Recent content by martym

Based on findings discussed on page 3, looks like another ~20 sec and the left carb would have filled up with debris and water and failed that engine as well.

Preliminary is out and it is ugly for everyone involved.

The plane was ferried from MI to PA around Dec. 15th of 2023.

Some of the 430 parts have been unavailable for some time now . . .

In 2019 a 14 y/o named H. Scott flew an Aerolite103 ~700 miles from VA to OSH. But it was a male named Henry so I guess it wasn't that big a deal.

Just here to call dibs on the cracked one if it's going in the trash.

What you describe is a pretty common procedure when cleared to join an arrival and are already inside fixes on the transitions. In most cases the only "programming" difference is how the unneeded fixes are deleted.

The country of Alaska has a pile of dirt higher than the lowest usable flight level.

I have 2 of those on my camper. They are not much good to see if the camper is slipping or skidding.

Those are not designed to be used in airplanes. Because they resemble slip/skid instruments, people think they are the same.

You definitley need permission from the FAA to remove or attach a dataplate. It's in the regs. The rest of that is pretty sketchy. The process could take months or years. Why be a slave to bureaucracies when you could buy another plane and be flying.

At the end of the day, the manufacturer has to issue a new data plate so what the FAA says has little value. If the manufacturer is out of business, you're SOL. I've been through the process with an owner to have Cessna issue a new dataplate. Never again. They can make it impossible to comply.

not really. Nobody in the FAA is qualified to do forensics on a number stamp anyway. The point is it can be faked. Data plates can be faked as well. The FAA mentions it in an AC.