Recent content by Fitzee

Loss of power and at night could help you glide to a more favorable off field landing.

I agree on the 172 as your first plane to get all papered up. Get one IFR certified with at least a 430W, for a few hundred bucks u can get a pre-buy check by a sound mechanic and you should get your money back when you are ready to upgrade.

To get TSA prescreen 100% of the time, you have to go to your carrier's website and become a member. You fill out a tab with your passport number and in no time you are approved, obviously you need to be a valued customer. I fly American or United around 100K/yr. total and love TSA pre-check...

request an appeal, get a notarized statement from meter maid if appeal is granted. Whatever the verdict is abide.

I got the Garmin dual G500 along with the GTN750, already had a 430W. Installed the STEC55x and to monitor the engine installed the JPI900. The gasoline indicators on the 900 are not to be used as a stand alone fuel management device (poor) but the engine monitoring is really good. Plane is...