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The way I see it, a WAAS sensor is a WAAS sensor. Why does it matter if the electronics are housed in a transponder or anywhere else? If it's good enough to be approved in ADS-B out, then it should also be good enough for IFR. Your GPS installation has to be approved in order to file "/G", which...

Because they are consumer devices, you can buy duplicates cheaply. For instance a brand new Android tablet is $180 at Best Buy. A refurbished GNS430 is $5,700. You can buy 31 android tablets for the same price of a single GNS430. The consumer device markets are more competitive and higher volume...

But the GTX345 is panel mounted. The only thing not panel mounted is the screen. Why should that matter? Does anyone know if the FAA is likely to change their stance on this issue? I can understand why handhelds are not worthy of being certified for IFR since they have poor antennas that could...

The plane will mostly be used for $100 hamburgers type operations. I already have all my ratings, so no time building will be done in this plane. I live in the southwest, where the weather is VFR almost all the time, but I see myself doing one or two trips a year into areas where IFR might be...

I'm in the market to buy a C-152 or C-150. I'm trying to find one with all old school instruments, and then do some upgrades to modernize it. I want all panel mounted instruments to be old school. I plan on using a yoke mounted mobile device for all the fancy screen stuff like ADS-B traffic...

i'm not an acting instructor anymore. I only renew the cert for the heck of it.

I turned in my flight instructor renewal papers middle of October 2012, and have still not gotten my plastic in the mail... the renewal does show up in the airman database though...

wow, thanks for the great information. I don't really mind a lengthy checkout. I haven't flown since 2008, so I need a bunch of flying to get back into the saddle anyways. I like the idea of taking a 210. I always likes those things. The only problem is that KSMO-KAVX looks like the most...

because catalina island is only accessible via airplane, unless you want to take a boat.

which american flyers are you refering to? when you google for "American Flyers socal rental", the first result is this thread!

its my understanding that the Duchess, Seminole, and the Seneca are 'trainer twins' and will have trouble holding 5 people while still being within the envelope. Of course, I don't have W&B so I can't really check for sure... by the way, there will be 4 adult males, and one adult female.

Me and a group of 4 friends want to take a weekend trip in an airplane with me flying. I don't own an airplane at this time, so we'll have to take a rental. The flight will be from Santa Barbara, CA (KSBA) to Avalon (KAVX). In a light twin, thats about 45 minutes one way. Not many planes...

Just curious... If not, why? Is it because you don't think it's worth the hassle? Is it because you don't trust computers? Have you looked into digital logbook products before and found them all to be too crappy and/or not worth the money? full disclosure: I'm the CEO of an aviation...

I'm thinking of flying a seneca from Miami to Sao Paulo, Brazil. I have a lot of experience planning flights in the cont. US, and I've even done some flights to Mexico, but this is something entirely different. The flight will be in a Seneca II, and my tentative route is KMIA -> MKJP...

20 TB a month of traffic serving pdf files! sheesh!! That doesn't sound right...