Recent content by 5MikeCharlie

And hopefully, they never will!

Is your battery in good condition and fully charged? You symptoms could be caused by a weak battery.

Escape

Afterwards, the patient can tell everyone he was in a plane crash!

My thoughts exactly.

While I was flying yesterday, I accidentally killed some bugs.

I used to be really into waterskiing, wakeboarding and boating. When I started flying and later bought the plane, I sold the boat. Still have a SeaDoo so I can get out on the lake.

I had the control line balsa wood model little toot when I was a kid. Had the Cox 049 engine and was a cool little plane.

I rented the hangar first. It’s an insulated T-hangar with electric for $300 per month. Ended up buying the plane a year later. Even though I paid for the year with no plane, I was still able to use it to store some things.

I'm lucky in that we have a really good guy that installs these at my home airport.

I recently installed a JPI 830 in my 182S. I got a quote from all the main online avionics distributors and ended up saving a few bucks off of what was advertised. Installation was around $1700.

I agree. Buy what makes you happy and fulfills your mission. I do find it funny sometimes when people that go through the trouble and expense of earning their pilot certificate because they love to fly then go out and buy a plane that will get them to their destination and back on the ground...

Ha! Good catch. :)

Just curious. When was back in the day? Spent quite a bit of time there back in 91-92.

I saw an interview with him once where he was telling a story about flying with the real Pappy Boyington. Robert Conrad had earned his Private Pilot Certificate in order to prepare for the roll. He said he later bought a Bonanza (I think) and used to fly it back and forth to the set. One time...