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Foreflight just gave me a notice that there is an updated firmware available for the Stratus. Has anyone updated their units yet? Any issues? Also I tried to find a listing of the changes, but wasn't able to. I thought I had seen a list in the past, but couldn't find one for this update...

I have had the Stratus 2 for a while now, and have been wanting to try out the viability of using the AHRS as an actual back up. Yesterday I went up with a CFI on an insurance check flight. He asked if there was anything I wanted to work on, and I mentioned I would like to see if I could fly...

I am such a pack rat. Although I think I kept it because it has a picture of Meigs Field on it. Who remembers these? Definitely before the internets.

My 50th birthday is coming up, and since I was really young I wanted to fly in a fighter jet for my 50th. I just got permission to do it (can't believe at my age I still have to ask for permission, apparently some things you never outgrow). Anyways, I know there are or were a couple of...

The creepy Rob Lowe commercials made me think of these. I wonder if a campaign like this by Cessna or Piper would help GA. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjl2R_XZ4bo The French Poodle is my favorite.

I finally got a chance to play with Synthetic Vision in the plane. It took a bit here to actually get something to show up in red. It was VMC, so I was able to compare it to Real Vision. I would say it was right on. I haven't broken down and ordered my Stratus yet, but after today it...

I was in the pattern at my airport which shares the CTAF with Clow (1C5) this afternoon. I heard an Aero Commander (sp?) call left downwind 18. Then right as I was about to land I heard: Aero Commander Emergency Landing 18 Clow. I thought that was odd phraseology, as I would normally say...

I was answering some approach questions for a PPL friend of mine that does not have his IR. He has been my safety pilot for a while, and is starting to get a pretty good feel for the IFR system. We were talking about the various phases of an IFR flight, and he asked about clearances. We...