Recent content by richas

I owned for a few years and boy do I miss it. :-( I bought a 58 Pacer PA-22/20 160HP for $19k. Looked rough but was solid with 200 hrs SMOH. Found a hangar 40 minutes out of town for $120 month. Found an A&P that would fly in for owner assisted annuals, $500. He signed off on all the other...

Trollllll!

They are the Volkswagen of avionics and why they make engineers take an ethics class in college.

Correlation is not causation. Of course your phone seems slower when a new model is available. Or it actually is, clogged up with umpteen apps etc. That Apple, the world leader in phones, would risk it all with sabotage seems unlikely at best.

I soloed around forty hours. Started and stopped a lot, my first instructor milked me for hours, and I did a fair amount of sight seeing. ;-P Rich

I saw it at Osh, it is amazing. Notice that the pitot tube is at the front of the left gear fairing! Rich

I just received my 25 year pin, and decided not to renew. I sold my plane and it will be a few years before I can fly again, probably in a homebuilt. The dues were just to much. There is GA and there is GA. I may not be in their GA. Joined EAA. Rich

After 25 years I have stopped renewing AOPA. Too expensive. Sticking with EAA. Rich

I had the same issue with the Pacer. Replaced the spring with one from Airframes AK and no more shimmy, beefier, stiffer spring. Noted in logbook as owner provided part. Rich

No kidding, what is your position at Appareo, sales?

Ignoring

If the other guy had ADS-B OUT and this guy had 1090 ADS-B in...

That's it! Thanks

And I thought the Internet was eternal... Rich

i remember visiting a website that described approaches and departures to many airports and had inflight videos to the actual airport. Mostly on the west coast as I recall. Now I cannot find it. Anyone? Thanks