Recent content by Lando

Here's the track: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N333LD That could have ended up a lot different while they were over the water and lost a couple thousand feet. Glad it all worked out so well...I don't think I had a landing that good until pretty far into my training!

Ha! Is that the old Iron Eagle tape deck?

I connect my iPad to my Stratus WiFi network while flying and then connect the iPad to my audio panel via Bluetooth. However, when I try to play downloaded music from Spotify the Spotify app seems to get confused by the Stratus WiFi network (which has no internet, just ads-b data) and tries to...

Correct. I was thinking it might be useful to get 25+ hours in a SR20, but if it won’t count toward an SR22 I may as well keep dragging along at 20 knots less in my Piper for now and save that extra $$ for when it counts. Thanks for the insight everyone...always appreciated!

Does anyone have experience transitioning from a Cirrus SR20 to SR22, from an insurance perspective? My 400+ hours so far have all been Cessna and Piper, but I now have the opportunity to rent an SR20. If I get checked out and start flying the SR20 for the next 6-12 months, would that have any...

I just download a few playlists to Spotify on my iPad. Then I still get the FF alerts and can listen to tunes. That said, if I need to call for a release on my phone, I always just connect my phone straight to my A20 to keep things separate and functioning.

I’ve always navigated to Utilities > VCALC and then just configure the waypoint, offset and altitude in there to get the time/FPM. Hoping to get out to the hangar again in the next couple days to explore. Am I understanding correctly that if something was reconfigured the VCALC tool would...

Hmmm...I’ll have to take a look. Thanks for the idea!

When I flew over the weekend, the descent calculator utility in my GTN 650 would let me enter all the variables but it would not do the calculation. I also noticed that the unit was slower than normal to acquire satellites when booting up. Anyone else seen this before?

Great feedback, everyone. I really appreciate it! Reading all of this and doing some research based on the input has definitely given me confidence to take this on myself...while still being able to keep it really simple and manageable. It looks like the trickiest part is going to be liquidating...

I have an IRA that I don't anticipate adding anything significant to over the coming years, so I've been tossing around the idea of taking it away from our financial advisor and simply moving it to a self-managed Vanguard, Schwab, Fidelity, etc. account to reduce the fees we are currently being...

Do it in the plane. Just make sure that you mount a GoPro and record the intercom so you can debrief the flight after. There is so much going on during the flights that you’ll miss half the feedback your CFII gives otherwise. It was amazing how much more valuable my training flights were when I...

I have a GTN 650 that is my primary, but it’s always nice to know how ForeFlight works as a backup, for situational awareness. I guess I just assumed that Foreflight would let me specify a hold like I can on the 650 and was surprised that it wasn’t an easy process. Thanks for the info!

Is it possible to add a hold at a random waypoint in ForeFlight? I feel like this should be a pretty basic feature but can’t find anything on it.

Since it’s a helicopter, what would keep the pilot from simply slowing down to a hover and turning around if the ceiling was lowering significantly in front of him?