Recent content by W. Stewart

I am 6'4" and 220. I do NOT fit in Bonanza/Baron: I have to sit with my chin tucked to my chest. I do NOT fit in Grumman Tigers (once the canopy is closed). I have to sit with my head leaning towards the other seat. I fit well in the Cessna and Piper planes I have been in. (Well, except...

Quote: Originally Posted by PPC1052 Since this was a Bo, there must have been a doctor on board. Yeah, but he was killed...

I am not familiar with Spotify or any service other than Pandora. We use Pandora at home and office, and when I am operating in the OR. We actually PAY for it. . . and are very happy. Wells

Ron: are these "local guys" at your NC home, or in VA? We are building a cabin about 35 miles north of your Lake Norman home and am considering geothermal. Please provide me a contact if they are near me. Thanks. Wells

For me, that came 25 months ago. I really enjoyed the challenge of flying for 14 years. When our kids lived on the east coast, it was useful for travel. My wife never enjoyed it, but did appreciate it as a mode of travel. Most of the time it worked out well, although she was scared on two...

I would never be satisfied with just the stick-on indicator. When I was flying, I always had a CO monitor that would sound an alert, and even THAT was not enough to overcome the stupidity that set in one time when it went off. I had been flying a year and was not yet instrument rated. The FBO...

I don't know if this qualifies, since it never got to the approach phase, but it did involve an in-flight diversion in the name of safety. Years ago, as a new instrument pilot, I was flying from my home in NW NC to New Haven, CT in my Cardinal RG, with my wife and daughter. The whole northeast...

That was not my experience at all, back when I was flying (gave it up 2 years ago). While I never tried to base my plane there (I live 30 miles north), I went there on a few occasions to get some training from a very nice older gentleman, Gene Branson. If you do end up moving to the area and...

The scariest takeoff I ever had when I was flying was taking off from a very wet runway at Gaston's in 2004 in my Cardinal RG. I had my two sons with me and the drag on the runway, along with the small wheels on the RG, really made acceleration difficult. My knees were shaking violently as I...

I don't know your (or your daughter's) religious and political background/interests/beliefs, but if you are aligned with conservative Christian principals, then, by all means, explore it further. If you are not, I would look elsewhere--she might actually feel uncomfortable there. Don't be...

Why did you marry her? :)

I used to fly from NW NC to Princeton, NJ on occasion. Once, upon departing Princeton, I called NY Approach to get my IFR clearance. And they actually told me to GO BACK AND LAND AND CALL THEM ON THE PHONE! Of course, I did not. I air filed another IFR clearance originating at a VOR near...

I attended a 210 seminar years ago when I bought my 210. I found it very helpful in the ownership/maintenance of the beast. Of course, the 210 has more complexity than the 182. Between that and attending the GAMI LOP seminar, I was a much better owner/operator. Wells former owner of 177RG...

I hate to see them go. Where I live I am at the junction of three Sectionals. Plus, if you fly a fast plane you just zip through sectionals so fast. Once I got Foreflight, I would at least always have the WAC's for backup. Fewer charts to buy. Wells

Massachusetts Crow Deaths Researchers for the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority found over 200 dead c rows near greater Boston recently, and there was...