Recent content by Arbiter419

Excellent first response from Russ, he pretty much nailed it. I have near 1500 hours in all of the flavors of PA46s. The PA46 really thrives at high altitude cruise, and in my opinion they kind of cut the legs off the thing by not pressurizing it. If it's what you have, it's definitely a fine...

Love to hear it. Great machines. I've had the privilege of flying s/n 7 all the way through the serial number range up to picking up the newest delivery from Pilatus USA in Colorado. I agree with the above for the autothrottle FMS mode...not particularly comfortable. If you ever get in a jam and...

Sounds like you're a good friend and family member. That CFI sounds like a d bag who doesn't understand that even if you had a commercial ticket, what he's insinuating describes a pt 135 on demand op, which is a great deal more complicated than just exercising commercial privileges. Fly safe!

My old dad taught me to fly when I was in high school. Went out after that and ended up with a bunch of ratings and turned out pretty generally okay as a person and as a pilot. I'd never be where I am without him. Teach your son how to fly, you and he will treasure every moment.

Unbelievable! Fantastic as always!

Very under rated airplanes in my opinion.

My personal preference is to start, run up, and depart on one known good tank. If it quits when I switch tanks after takeoff, then I'll just swap back to the good one and go land.

Tell your chief pilot that some goofball independent CFI in Pennsylvania thinks he's an idiot. I'd tell him to kick rocks and not even feel a little bad about it.

Briefly as stated above.

I've never had a bad experience with Sun. CJ cannon's as mentioned is great. While you're there, see if Piper is back to doing factory tours. It's less than a five minute walk from the FBO. Lots of pilot mill training on the field there, and just about every other costal airport in Florida...

Depending on year, your POH probably has a line or two in there about parking across a slope and turning the fuel either to off, or to one tank only. From a quick google search of that years POH, I found "To ensure maximum fuel capacity when refueling, place the fuel selector valve in either...

Welcome! BUY is a great airport, I usually end up running a few charters in the summertime in and out of there.

It's always something. Hopefully you guys have a great weather day. Keep us posted!

Enjoy it. Some of my earliest and fondest memories are flying around with dad. He was strapping my carseat down in the thing from the time I was 6 months old, after that I would sit on books and cowl plugs to see out over the panel. I was so lucky and fortunate to grow up flying. Dad started...

Welcome!