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There isn't anything cheaper than GTX-335 in 1090ES, especially if you consider that the $3k deal included the antenna, and the Appareo didn't (well, they started doing the same promotion later, IIRC). The Skybeacon is a joke and GDL 82 is a UAT unit, which is not going to be permissible for...

I only saw one example like of this, but that was a sales demo aircraft. I thought, whoo boy. If that's what a demo ringer is like, what chances do I have? Although, seems like flying fine regardless.

I spent about 12..15% of value of the Mooney for 2020 compliance, depending on the market price. I'm going to spend even more on corrosion mitigation.

AIM says you should contact what's charted (published). It's in the white rectangle. Could be a tower, although I'm sure it never is, these days.

I'm afraid I have to agree with Steingar here, although my argument is a little different. Imagine 2 airplanes that are identical otherwise, but have different fuel capacity. For example, a standard Mooney M20E Super 21 and the same but with the 130 gallon tanks, the kind that people fly from...

At 15:58 UTC on Friday 6/14, flying near Big Spring (KBPG) at NM-TX border, I heard a Mayday call. It appears a glider had a canopy pop and went down. I don't know if the canopy hit the tail or not. The tail number was N118MM, but I'm not sure. Seems like everyone on the frequency heard it...

I finally flew in to KAPA after all these years of KFTG, mostly to be able to say that I actually did it. It was a total non-event. The field was almost deserted. The "monitor tower" instruction seemed like a big overkill, but anyway it wasn't anything requiring Capt. Sully. Although everyone...

Now if only they decommissioned the tower at KAEG.

also by people who hear that elevator does not control the angle of attack

With some qualifiers, yes (well behaved airplanes, not flying upside down, etc.). Stick position controls the AoA - and vice versa. And the best part is, people wrote about it in books in 1944! 75 years later we still have pilots who fail to understand how it works.

It didn't look stalled to me at all. And in fact you can tell because the airplane was maneuvering with a positive load even in the short video. It would not be able to do it when stalled.

Is primitive transference actually a thing at the level these professionals operate? My first airplane was set up with throttle on the left, stick in the middle (for the right hand). I also put some 50 or 60 hours into Remos GX, where I held the stick with the left, and throttle with the right...

The narrative and their equivalent of preliminary report was delivered by MAK to Rosaviatsiya, who then posted it with its own directives to the air carriers (mostly about revising the sim programs). Here's one copy if anyone's interested: https://bmpd.livejournal.com/3646419.html Here's my...

Flying to a busy fly-in can be intimidating. But as long as participants fly in an orderly manner, it's not a problem. Stay concise on the radio and don't get mad when someone cuts you off. Good on you for checking NOTAMs. My favorite tool is actually the official briefing at Leidos. It's quite...

The S-20 is an expensive airplane, as far as RANS go. I'd start with S-6S Coyote II. Gear is not particularly tall on it - just tall enough to permit easy boarding (admittedly, from a perspective of a taller pilot).

Why would anyone fly a real airplane, when you can fly an imaginary electronic airplane?

I'm 6'5" and smacked my head real good when boarding a Skycatcher. There is no interior padding, so hitting the inside ribs hurts. Don't want flying one in a bumpy air.

My out-of-pocket cost for the GTX 335 was $5,020.00. He could probably buy another C150 with a working transponder for that much :-)

The RSS feeds are still down, but they did change something: there's no Cloudflare ID anymore, and site redirects to a page "unavailble". Also, they took down the comments for blog articles. What an amateur hour. Two months to fix the RSS feed!