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We kept getting GMC Acadias as rental cars and decided to look at those to replace our Mazda 5. Eventually we ended up getting a Chevy Traverse, which is the same platform but ~3k cheaper. As far as the drive train goes I'm not sure how modern you are looking for. It is a direct inject V6...

I just recently had to divert to Idaho Falls (enroute to Kalispell) because of a mag that was dropping out. We could feel the plane (Piper Saratoga) lurch as the mag dropped out. Also, we could see that tachometer twitch when it happened. Definitely noticeable, but you have to know what to be...

The Air Force (and other armed forces) still view GPS as a military system that the rest of the world is mooching. They're probably testing to see how well their new receivers work in an area of jamming. GPS III is supposed to have a safety of life signal (L5) that the Air Force will...

So how near an airport is too near an airport to complain about the noise. I live outside of the magenta circle straight north of KAPA (and I think Murphy does too). That's >5nm from the airport. Am I allowed to complain about the noise?

I don't have a rule of thumb for you, but I have flown through the wake of an RJ. Our flight path was perpendicular, and we were about 1000' below. It was just a big bump, and that was it. Might be a much bigger bump for a heavy, but I'm not sure you'd need to avoid it if you are heading...

I agree with this approach. If the TC (and POH for that matter) have removing the seats as an approved configuration, then there should be no need for a new W&B. The PIC can use a negative number in the W&B calculation just like if they were adding bodies to the seat.

I taxi at 5700 feet...and lean for takeoff.

Take BDU with LMO or BJC as alternates. Actually, in the summer in Colorado if the weather is bad enough to need an instrument approach you don't want to be flying. We only have a few IMC days a year that aren't deadly (or just really unpleasant) to us bugmashers, and those are only in the...

How about this formula: Descent Rate = 1000 feet / (Glide Distance / (Glide Speed/60)) Where: Glide Distance is in nm Glide Speed is in nm/hour Descent Rate is in feet/minute

It must be your huge muscles. More than a 1/2 hour imbalance in my Cherokee 6 would make my arm start to hurt.

Yep, it can be a pretty big effect. My Dad thought our Cherokee 6 had a heavy wing. I finally borrowed a flap rigging tool and found the right flap hanging 1/4 inch lower than the left one. Adjusted it and, viola! no heavy wing.

I went around the north side of El Paso (westbound) into 5T6. No big deal to get past the ridge. Gotta recommend the museum at 5T6. We pulled up and parked the plane right next to the entrance of the museum. Since, we flew in we got a pretty cool personally escorted tour. We sat in one of...

3rd vote for this. I had a similar issue on my Cherokee 6, o-540. The left mag was arcing internally, but only above ~8000 feet. I could actually hear the popping over the radio. I switched between the mags and there was a huge power drop on the left. I did a precautionary landing, but on...

Don't know. My plane got totaled in a hail storm before I got to renew.

The PA-32-260 may be the way to go. The cockpit is wider (4 inches I think) than the PA-28-235. It has the same engine (redline at 2700 instead of 2400). Gobs of legroom in the 3rd row and more baggage volume than you can use. The insurance on a PA-32 will be higher just because it has 2...

Dang it. :(

Go through ABQ and you can do the whole flight at 9500 or below (that's assuming you're OK with only being 1000' above the dirt). There's some neat volcanic cores and sinkholes to the west of Albuquerque and if you're up too high you'll miss them. We just came back to Denver from San Diego...

So I just took a plane trip around the Southwest. I departed Denver, went to Las Vegas, Death Valley, San Diego, Yuma Az, Phoenix and then back home. My plane had just returned from the Bahamas (club plane). I fully expected to trigger whatever little alarm the CBP/DEA are using right now...

Having a pulse-oximeter up here is kinda neat. I used mine when we flew from Denver to Wolf Creek in March. We went over the pass at 13.5k. I stayed above 90% saturation. I would like to try some O2 on a night flight and see what happens.

I jumped over an older couple who wiped out at the end of the moving walkway at the Fort Lauderdale airport. The recorded voice clearly wasn't loud enough. I threw down my bags on the other side of the couple then turned around to grab my 3 kids so they wouldn't become part of the pile up...