Recent content by jimhorner

Thanks for the PIREP and pictures. It's been advertised as much worse than that. Apprexiate the picts. Was there any wildflower action from all the rains?

No Pirep, but please share yours when you get back. I'm very curious about the state of the runway.

My first question when I see people doing things like sending this letter to the FAA: What problem does it solve? My second thought:

Interesting question that I'm about to find an answer to. We live in California and rent a hangar at San Jose International. However, my recently graduated son has decided to live in New Hampshire. He loves New England, has a job in NH, and is getting married next year to his long term...

I got some info from a friend of the owner. The plane is on the the rental list at Advantage Aviation. Evidently the thief tried to steal a plane adjacent to the one that was stolen -- covers and tie downs removed, but that plane had a dead battery. The thief then moved on to N446AC, removed...

I wouldn't fly until a mechanic has diagnosed the problem. What would concern me is that somehow the starter was engaged when you last flew the plane. Questions I would be asking are, how did the starter get engaged after or during last shutdown? Did that occur somehow while the engine was...

I saw what you did there. :) Or more correctly - I was there and I saw what you did.

Taking off from Half Moon Bay at night pretty much requires using one's instruments even if severe clear. My wife and I did that one night, took off from 30, turned left towards the water (and away from the hills). I was ready for it, but wow there were no visual cues at all. Everything in front...

Sure about that? Raising the gear before landing will guarantee at least one gear up! :) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Yes, I run tanks dry on long cross country flights. I don't want to end up in a situation with a little bit of fuel in multiple tanks. My Viking has 3 tanks: Left main, right main, and Aux. The mains in the wings each have 34.5 gal usable, and the aux tank between the rear seat and the baggage...

Are you sure that' a scratch and not a bug carcass? Maybe try cleaning it off, perhaps with a scotch pad? I've seen similar things on the back of my prop which cleaned right off with a little elbow grease.

True words. And just wait till you get SW managers trying to apply "agile" to Hardware development. Oh my goodness. Grrr. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

I agree the controller did a great job. I don't think the instructor added any value, and I personally do think that the young student would have benefited from hearing her familiar instructor's voice saying the same sort if things that the instructor (hopefully) used to say while sitting next...

I'm on my third terrain card for my 430 since 2012. Same symptoms. The previous cards just died. I feel your pain.

Wow. Great job by the controller. Kinda interesting to hear the instructor, however. I think I would be doing a lot more of "remember what you learned", "you're doing great", "you got this", "pitch for airspeed", "power for altitude", "looking good", "you can do this" sort of thing. And maybe...