Recent content by steve_il

80,000 people died in the US from the flu in 2017. 900,000 were hospitalized. http://www.nfid.org/newsroom/news-conferences/2018-nfid-influenza-pneumococcal-news-conference/press-release.pdf In comparison, 40,000 people died from car crashes in 2017...

I spoke to the Cessna sales director for my region as Cessna doesn't post their price list online anymore, unlike Cirrus. Not sure where you got 970k as that is not even close. Base price: 715k Air conditioning: 30,765 Tks FIKI: 55,180 XM weather: 7955 Garmin TAS: 14955 Total: 823,855 In...

American Flyers at kdpa closed a couple years back. I agree IAA has a 141 instrument program out of kdpa and I think is the only one offering a 141 program out of kdpa now. The only other place I know about is JA Air out of KARR. They got 141 approval using the Cessna pilot center (king...

If you have ever purchased a King Schools course, click on the "reference library link." They have links to electronic PDFs of POHs for most common Cessna planes (172K/N/P/R/S, 172RG, 162, etc) in their library.

Yep, cirrus introduced the garmin perspective in 2008 and they definitely command a premium on the used market over avidyne planes. The perspective is based on the garmin g1000 and are not touchscreens like the g3x. For a period of time the buyer could choose Garmin or avidyne, but pretty much...

This thread had me review the agreements for two flight schools/FBOs near me. Two have similar language in their rental agreements as the OP. "Renters / Students are financially and legally responsible for all damage caused to the aircraft and to property that occurs when the aircraft is...

Agreed I do the same. Garmin pilot on ipad mini and android phone.

This tripped me up for a little too. Hit the minus sign in the upper right hand corner. That will give you a pop up menu to file your plan with duats or Lockheed. Also Garmin said via email the Lockheed / icao is still buggy (atc had trouble finding my Lockheed icao plan I filed for a short ifr...

Your best bet is VFR if the weather cooperates. The NOTAM is saying Chicago center will be back end of day 10/13, but no one knows if they'll hit that date. I tried flying KDPA - KCMI IFR this past Saturday (10/4). KDPA tower said center's computers are still down so they are not...

I have AVEMCO currently and also was looking for a renter's policy with a higher limit. CV Starr (available via a broker) looks like they offer a $200k per person sublimit/$1 million aggregate on a non-owner's policy. Below is a PDF that I found via google of their application via a broker...

Currently, runway 2L/20R (the primary longest runway) is under construction and will be closed until November or December 2014, so you definitely won't get the RNAV 20R. The construction plan calls for intermittent closures of 10/28 as well, so be sure to check the NOTAMs before you depart...

I made a post yesterday but it isn't showing up in the thread. Did it get stuck in the moderation queue? Thanks for your help.