Recent content by pericynthion

The 12A B&C permanent magnet alternator works great in my VariEze. I have a Garmin 480 (2.5A / 5A xmit), an AvMap Ultra EFIS (0.1A!), a LightSpeed electronic ignition (1.5A?), a homemade LED landing light (1A), an SL70R transponder + encoder (1A) and that's it as far as electrical equipment. I...

A fellow subscriber to GPS World? ;)

It's fun! Lots of interesting aircraft. Wait times at the cafe can get pretty long.

Hand-prop it :yesnod:

Even after the physical VORs go away, will they remain in the databases as three-letter identifiers with associated lat/lon, to be used as GPS waypoints?

Shades of Southwest 1455?

A pilot should *not* read back all ATC instructions. That's a waste of airwaves. Only read back those that are required to be read back, or where there is ambiguity.

Center and TRACON radar isn't accurate enough to vector to a target as small as a farm field, even if a suitable map were available.

Google does some balloon experiments for Project Loon. I know they've flown them over CA and NV, not sure about NM/CO.

It really helps (at least, it helps me) to have an audio system that can put one frequency in one ear and the other freq in the other.

I've never understood the appeal of a commercial pleasure cruise. I'd much rather sail with Henning.

For me this sort of commute is a more compelling case for GA than the daily trip to work (although I'm not one of the people saying that is never feasible). Aircraft to look at: Beech Bonanza, Mooney, RV-6/7/10, Long EZ/Cozy, Glasair, Lancair, Cirrus SR22, Cessna 206/210/400 Speed starts to...

No such language is needed in the op limits. If there were a restriction in the op limits *preventing* you from flying in Bravo, you'd have to obey it - but I've never heard of that. Perhaps you are thinking of something to do with Phase I? @OP: One annoyance with your particular proposed...

While living in Berkeley and working in Santa Cruz, I commuted in my VariEze from OAK to WVI two round trips a week, for a few months. It was pretty fun. In terms of door-to-door time, it was about equal to driving, mostly because both airports were some distance from home/work. But much more...

No harm, no foul, get the IR.