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  1. Greg Lutz

    StopOver Recommendations (FL to MA)

    I have not left the airport. It's only about 2:20 from my airport in MA so food has not been an issue. It's either the first or last stop depending on which way I'm going
  2. Greg Lutz

    What is Infant Mortality TBF for Lycoming IO-360?

    I've always heard that if the connecting rods are not torqued properly that catastrophic failure will manifest itself within 200 hours.
  3. Greg Lutz

    Cross country weather planning

    This let's you quickly look at weather across distance browsable by time for a 3 day window https://www.avxcwx.com/?stations=KPYM,KBDL,K1B1,KAVP,KLHV The data is nothing new because it's publicly available but I had not found a free site that presents the data this way
  4. Greg Lutz

    Short field training

    I had a 150 horse Cardinal so I was pretty much in the same place. Replaced it with a 210 so useful load is much less of an issue
  5. Greg Lutz

    US Naval Aviation Museum is reopening!

    I'd like to see that. Anyone know how it compares to USAF museum in Dayton?
  6. Greg Lutz

    End of I Fly 740b

    I had one of the original iFly units. Loved it but it was not very robust. Kept using iFly on phone for a few years after until I installed Garmin units in my panel and went with their phone app for compatibility.
  7. Greg Lutz

    Cross country weather planning

    Yeah, I did not glean that from the screenshot on their website. Anyhow, AVXCWX is free and quick. Again, not meant to be a preflight tool, just a means to ascertain the likelihood of a successful trip over the next few days.
  8. Greg Lutz

    StopOver Recommendations (FL to MA)

    KMFV is always my last stop (or first if heading south) on that trip. Not so much on the food but gas is always a good price.
  9. Greg Lutz

    Cross country weather planning

    Weatherspork looks nice but it does not appear to do what AVXCWX does which is weather over distance browsable by time. And, yes free is important to me. I already give Garmin plenty of my money for this publicly available data
  10. Greg Lutz

    Cross country weather planning

    Per Dana's request, the search is now placed on the URL so you can bookmark different searches. If the search is not on the URL the last search from your last visit is used. Like this https://www.avxcwx.com/?stations=KPYM,KBDL,K1B1,KAVP,KLHV
  11. Greg Lutz

    Short field training

    Sounds like your Warrior could use an engine ;)
  12. Greg Lutz

    Cross country weather planning

    That would not be terrible but I have other things queued up to do first. Also, TAFs and METARS are available all over the place. I wrote this page because I could not find a site that gave me a picture across distance over time Also, if you compare TAFs to this app you will find them amazingly...
  13. Greg Lutz

    Cross country weather planning

    METARS are a picture in the moment. TAFs only give you about 24 hours where the NOAA data goes out 3 days this is intended to be a planning tool not a preflight tool intended to answer the question: Can I get there and back this weekend?
  14. Greg Lutz

    Cross country weather planning

    If no airports along the way, look here https://vlab.noaa.gov/web/mdl/nbm-stations-v4.0 you might come up with something like this: KPYM KBDL 46014 OKPC1 MBMW1 note that's just an example because not non-airport stations are in CA
  15. Greg Lutz

    Cross country weather planning

    These are not METARS, this is the NOAA nation blend. There's a link on the info page to all the stations included. At some point I'll add functionality to find non-airport stations but that's down the road a bit
  16. Greg Lutz

    Cross country weather planning

    URL parameters are coming
  17. Greg Lutz

    Cross country weather planning

    C has been added along with F for us older guys
  18. Greg Lutz

    Cross country weather planning

    I'll work on that. Right now it's all raw data but should be pretty simple to add a setting for preference
  19. Greg Lutz

    Cross country weather planning

    I saw some usefulness in a website that shows 3 day weather forecast for cross country flights so I created one. Real quick way to determine if you can get there. It got a nice write up in General Aviation News. https://www.avxcwx.com. Have a look.
  20. Greg Lutz

    New England Spring meet-up

    Have not been to 1B2 for a while. Last time the restaurant changed hands it was not very good. Quick bus ride into town though.
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