What's really comical here is how many "intelligent" pilots here start complaining about illegal immigrants, but then end up complaining about what the boyz over in the bario are playing on their car radios. Los hombres are likely 3rd generation American dude.
Look, I'd wager that 4/5ths of...
If I don't remember somebody checking in on final, I'll generally just broadcast "XXX123, cleared to land Rwy17" or similar. Sometimes they answer, sometimes they don't, no biggie. If I needed somebody to go around, I'd be in the final controller's ear, or on guard freq. or something. 99% of...
How about making the idiots in Management who squandered One and a Half Billion Dollars on the Advanced Automation System, with absolutely NOTHING to show for it, pay it all back? That's right folks, according to the GAO, the FAA spent $2.5 BILLION dollars back in the 1990s on the AAS, and only...
You mean this one? ;)
http://www.myairplane.com/databases/approach/pdfs/00354HI21.PDF
IAF is JENOM now, used to be ABUCK iirc. Was often on the checkride for the REE pilots.
Back to the original post;
I'm wondering if there's a bit more to the story about a "non-pilot" owning this aircraft, and if that's why you got hassled to begin with. Is there someone at this airport unhappy that your friend owns the Grumman? Perhaps they tried to purchase it? That would...
The one site I looked at had Ohmite rheostats going for around $24-$50 apiece. Don't know if that site was the cheapest though. Still that's not a lot less than your $80 Cessna part. Might be more since the rheostat on my 172 controls two separate circuits. Sorry, can't help more.
It's not quite that simple. Ohmite makes a hundred different, but similar rheostats. Do you know the exact model number and rated load? Do you know the A&P is going to sign this off for you?
Another option is a solid state STC'd replacement from Tanis for (gasp) $375, but it's highly...
Simply updating the radios is relatively simple for a good shop, depends on what you're wanting and willing to spend. A new 430 and a couple other new radios will cost around $20k installed. We paid around $7000 for a used KY97 and KNS80 plus new CDI plus used KR86 and plus dual avionics...
Bullshat.
The *average* controller doesn't make that unless he worked at a major hub every weekend, Holidays, lots of nights, and did a fair amount of overtime to boot. I've got 26 years and made about $60,000 less than that in pay. Now, they want to add on the claimed value of bennies like...
Albie, just my experiences;
I was an airplane nut from age 8, but my Dad had me take lessons with other folks in a J-3 and C-150 when I turned 16. (He was a DC-8/L1011 Capt) I think he felt it kept personalities out of the picture. He did work with me after I got the Private, but he was a...
Hey Gorilla,
Thanks again to you HMN guys for giving controllers T-38 rides too. :D
I still have photos, didn't :puke: once. (Had the O2 and AC going pretty good though)
Too bad they won't let the new generation of controllers do that.:(
Yeah, that was one of the "tricks" of the Arrow. Got briefed on it during my checkout. Happened to lots of pilots. Turning on the nav lights dimmed the gear lights. I think the Lance was the same. Don't recall the older pipers having that feature though.
I did my Comm/Inst ride in a 180 hp Commanche. From what I recall, some of the airframe parts can be difficult to get. One of the renters dropped the 180 in from about 20' and cracked a main gear casting. Those were tough to find even in 1975. But it was a sweet airplane anyway.
If you're...
...in flaps at a mile, and make at least the second turnoff, 3400' from the threshold, in a freakin Skyhawk, with a 10 to 20 kt headwind... $@#&&**#*&$#!!!
It ain't hard folks, I can always make the first turnoff. For crying out loud, 2200' is more runway than I had to solo on. You are the...
I understand all of the above, and you have a point. It's the really egregious examples that get me. The guys who come sailing onto a midfield downwind at 10,000' and 300 kts gs, (when they were assigned 3000' 20 miles back), at a measely 1500 fpm descent, and then start chippin for the visual...
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