Recent content by plainolplanes

Yes, and actually needed it for the exact same reason as the other post.

I bought the fancy hand held radio with gps/vor/ils.... capabilities. Thought maybe that was a little bit overboard. 5 flights later lost the electrical system, came in pretty handy although I did not need the nav functions at the time.

Happens all the time at my home airport (uncontrolled). Not for the purposes of filming. 100s of times I've come in for the approach around dusk, cross the threshold and see herds of deer either milling around on the runway or few feet from it. This may continue for several laps around the...