Recent content by SnoFlyer

Their address in Switzerland is an EU outsource service provider. Common for companies with no actual presence in a company to use one of those as their "HQ" address. Likely there aren't even any real full-time Garmin employees in Switzerland.

61.65(g)(1), as stated:

Hey folks I’m waiting for my checkride (and waiting.. and waiting.. been signed off for 4 months and counting) but I was thinking I could start my IR while I bide my time for the checkride under 61.65(g)(1). I’d still do the ppl checkride separately, there’s nothing in there I can find that...

I'm sensing it was "because I want to issue a PD and give you a number to call but I have to wait until you're on the ground" but definitely wasn't handled well.

Have you had any trouble finding a shop willing to work on it, given the brand is not well known here?

I hear ya, but let me tell you, software doesn’t come cheap. Amazon just raised the BASE salary for senior programmers to 350k because they’re hard to hire and retain. 20% seems like a lot but they haven’t raised prices in years. Join SAFE and get 33% off before the price raise and it’s not...

This is a great time to mention that joining SAFE gets you 33% off your ForeFlight subscription, and the discount is greater than the cost to join except on the basic plan. You can even use it mid-year to get the discount and reset your renewal date. You don’t have to be a CFI to join...

I used to skydive there, occasionally. Important not to accidentally land in the prison

This looks like exactly what I need! Thank you!

I heard the same thing about the Zulu 3, to be fair. I have big ears and a wide melon of a head, too. I tried on the A20 before I bought them and they're actually not bad - very comfortable under most circumstances. Just SOMETIMES with sunglasses, they start to pinch one ear. Weird, I know...

Kind of an expensive option to replace $25 earcups...

I had read that the FCC was also partially to blame, by allowing 2x the transmitter power and allowing the antennas to be oriented vertically, unlike the EU which required they be angled down. And the NSTC for not getting the Executive branch to mediate the dispute before the implementation...

Does anyone know if it's possible to find a set of earcups that are a bit larger for the A20? I love everything about the headset except I have giant ears and the stock headcups are occasionally just a little tight. I see there's lots of third-party options, but do any have slightly larger...

Thanks everyone for the input. That's a great example. If you've got a G3 Cirrus with an Avidyne or an early G1000 model, there may not be any upgrade path (beyond swapping out the separate GPS on the Avidyne). So at what point does Avidyne lose interest in maintaining database updates for...

Seems like eventually they’ll stop the database updates for G1000 to try and force people into a $50k upgrade to NXi, it’s just a question of ‘how soon’…