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    A Day of Firsts, Including an ADS-B Anomaly

    There are three different types of signals that you can receive on your ADS-B in unit. 1) ADS-B (airplane-to-airplane). If another aircraft is equipped with ADS-B out it will send a message out about every second with its X/Y and altitude. The altitude should be both baro and GPS. This...
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    Flying into Boise (first time)

    I fly into Boise on my way to and from Seattle fro Denver each year. It is a fairly easy airport. Easier than most class B airport. Yea contact Big sky approach when you are about 20 miles out. whe you are on the ground and are ready to leave I would first do your run up on the ramp if...
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    Is there an ADS-B NOTAM System?

    I was having a similar problem in Denver. I emailed the avionics check address and my report came back that everything was working great. They looked further that I was requesting AbS-in data on the uat frequencies but they were not sending it back to me. They have opened an internal ticket...
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    Aviation IT

    I had a friend in Seattle that was a IT tech support guy for Paul Allen and got to fly around with him in his 757 everywhere he went making sure his systems always worked and he had secure connectivity. Don't think there are a lot of jobs like that out there though. Sent from my iPad using...
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    Airplane With No Paperwork On the Avionics

    Do you have a 430 or 430w? what are the other avionics. If it is a 430w, there is an STC and many IAs could simply write up the 337 after verifying it was installed and configured per the STC. He will just need the appropriate manuals and docs. A garmin dealer would have the needed paperwork...
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    Flying Video: On Top of the World

    Loved the video. Thanks!!!!!
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    Gps backup

    I had a 16 gig and it just fit everything. If you want any storage left for other things get the 32 gig. Also if you only load a 10 states or less the 16 would be fine. It depends if you want it for aviation alone or general purpose plus aviation. Also if you get the cellular version (even...
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    Cherokee 140/160

    go for a 180 or 235 if you can afford it. I moved out to Denver from Seattle with a Cherokee 140 with the 160 STC. Sold it and bought a 235 the first year I was out here. Love the 235. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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    Most beautiful place to learn flying?

    San Juan islands in Washington. Friday Harbor or Orcas Island airport.
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    Best route to Telluride from Denver

    I am looking for some suggestions from the Colorado pilots for best route to take my Cherokee 235 from Denver (KBJC) to Telluride (KTEX). I was thinking about KBJC -Corona Pass - RGL - KEGE - McClure Pass - KMTJ - KTEX. I go to KSBS, KEGE, KASE and LXV all the time but I have never been to...
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    Domain Name Registrar

    I use gkg.net . Have been using them for over 10 years and they have been great. I also use zoneedit.com for my DNS hosting and rackspace.com for my email.
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    Bose X's are dying. What to do?

    I think Bose will do a complete overhaul at around $175. give them a call. they will be like new!
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    Balloon Accidents near Denver

    exactly. I was at the restaurant at BJC Saturday am. We watched try to land many times as they headed towards the mountains. Finally about 15 minutes after the last one landed one of the people at our table was a police officer on call. He got called out to the scene where one balloon hit a...
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    Bonanza down KFLG

    I am in the Denver area. My rule is don't fly in the mountains if winds at passes greater than 25kts and keep it below 90% of gross
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    iPad Mini v Samsung Tab2 7"

    I was in the same boat except with Nexus 7. my solution EBay!
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