Recent content by drtcom

Thanks everyone. I will contact the STC originator and see what is required.

I got most of my IFR in instrument conditions. In the LA basin (SoCal), we consistently have IFR conditions in the fall/winter. My instructor would call me when he did not have an IFR student and IFR conditions existed. I even took my check ride in actual conditions, which he said, in 1975...

It's been awhile since I flew into VGT but the only problem I had was that they always kept me at a high altitude, relative to the pattern altitude, and when they turned me over to tower, I had to do a fast descent to get down without flying a very long downwind. With a Mooney, it required...

When you are good enough that the tower recognizes you, they will sometimes tell you to head immediately to the runway and clear you to land on a short approach. Most people who have never flown a Mooney probably don't understand how difficult it is to drop them in. Obviously, if you have...

Yep. I was a little tired when I posted this.

Reading these posts reminds me that most (not all) pilots fly a limited assortment of aircraft. There is no "standard" that applies to all a/c on how to use flaps for landing. I learned on a Cessna 150 and a Cessna 182. Owned a 182 for 4 years, then switched to a Mooney. Owned both G and F...

I had a Mooney F model and purchased several speed mods to put on my aircraft. The aircraft was demolished before the mods were put on. How can I sell these mods since an STC is for a specific airplane?