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160KTAS on 6.3GPH.

Less than 30 seconds to re-configure my ADS-B out solution to any N-number I choose. Modern boxes make this so trivially easy and have no mechanisms to prevent someone from doing so other than obscurity.

According to the document at https://www.faasafety.gov/gslac/alc/libview_normal.aspx?id=6581 the approach facilities are "near real time" while ARTCCs have a NEXRAD overlay up to six minutes old.

What I've learned is that TRACON radar is realtime, while ARTCC is nexrad. I'd believe TRACON over ADS-B or ARTCC. And has been pointed out, ARTCC (like ADS-B) is subject to "Nexraggeration" :)

I had the opportunity to nose around 52F last year when in Dallas for some training. Being an RV guy, and with 52F being something of note within that community, I was surprised to see the condition of the airport, the hangars, and all the ghost aircraft there. Sad.

I agree with you. Two (essentially) windmilling props of a twin at idle are very effective speed brakes that can "go away" quick with application of throttle. For that matter, the (essentially) windmilling prop of a Mooney with the power pulled back (8" of manifold) and prop in fine pitch is...

I've heard controllers kindly advise of areas of precip for some time but was wondering yesterday if it was the result of controllers being nice, technology enabling them to see precip better, or perhaps something else. Are these advisories now policy-driven? I started wondering if maybe...

After a small bit of research, it seems to me that eLoran is not likely to be "jammed" with a little static electricity. Consider that it uses an "all in view" approach unlike old-school LORAN, and also consider that it would be able to take advantage of sophisticated signal processing not...

Amazingly fun to watch on a big screen!

That's part of it, sure. But it's certainly not the whole thing since it's a mitigation that is easily overturned. Primary radar, multi-lateration, and several other mitigations ensure that an errant GPS position report is not going to cause "mid air collisions and innocent deaths" as you...

That's a known risk inherent in the design of ADS-B. It's not just a risk on an aircraft-by-aircraft basis - GPS spoofing isn't exactly an unknown thing and would result in exactly the same scenario for all aircraft. But there's a way to detect an aircraft reporting an incorrect position...

Separation won't be lost - it'll just be larger since it'd be provided by radar. I agree with this, regardless of whether the issue is safety or efficiency.

...and all of those are efficiency improvements over what we have today.

No, I'm advocating that your assertion that ADS-B is intended "to prevent mid air collisions and innocent deaths" is simultaneously hyperbole and preposterous. Primary radar already does that - and better than ADS-B ever could because it sees non-transponder equipped aircraft. Additionally...

And primary radar can't go away because it'd be far too easy for a miscreant (think 9/11) to pull a breaker and do whatever they want. It's inefficient, yes, but it's not subject to being easily disabled. Also, being a "chief pilot" as you put it gives one the ability to do basic math...like...

Not now it isn't, and it won't be until 2020, if even then. And primary radar will never go away.

The departure from AirVenture is something I always look forward to. After all, how often does the FAA not only allow but demand a high speed dash at no more than 500 AGL? :cool: This year, departing on Sunday morning, I was launched behind an Ercoupe and a Cessna on floats. I...

I think you're thinking of TCAS. ADS-B isn't what you describe. At all.

You don't even need to walk to the front gate. After you get ushered into HBC and shutdown etc. you'll walk over to homebuilt camping registration (much closer) where they'll give you the camping passes, admission wristbands, mug, etc. in exchange for a small fee :-) It runs pretty smoothly.

I referenced crossing the yellow line on the ramp, which you replied was not true in "ANY STATE". Sorry for your misunderstanding.