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Hi- My partner and I bought a used tug for our Commander 114. (Getting the plane out of the hangar is downhill and no problem; getting it back in is a chore, especially at the end of a long day!) The tug is big, and is definitely overkill for our plane, but it was relatively inexpensive and...

Except for the fact that CSC DUATS never filed the flight plan, :mad: , everything went well. I was planning to overfly the VNY VOR and KBUR, but ATC told me to stay a bit north of that KVNY and KBUR. Just as I passed Van Nuys, they gave me a specific heading which ended up taking me directly...

Hi- There are complex TFRs planned for the Los Angeles area this Saturday, and I have an event to go to in Santa Barbara. The TFRs take effect at 12:30 p.m. local, so getting up there by 11:00 a.m. won't be a problem. Getting back is the issue, as I either need to route myself many miles to...

Congratulations, fellow new owner! Gerry

Bob- There are a LOT of us in UA with multiple flights to KMYF, including both weekend lunch and weekday dinner events at Casa Machado. Don't hesitate to post your local questions like this on the group's Facebook page, as you'll get good answers there! As for next weekend, don't forget that...

It does, thanks. I haven't put it in the form of an equation, but my math was along those same lines. Gerry

Good suggestion. Thanks. Gerry

Thanks, TJ, and YES! We are going to be looking for a third partner, whose investment will be used to modernize the avionics and panel, and fix up a few other little things that could use some attention. The only caveat for you is that you'd need to move from KC to a reasonable driving...

Absolutely!! Gerry

First of all, thanks so much to all of you who replied and shared your thoughts, experiences, and advice. I completely agree with so many of you that this should have been spelled out -- in writing -- much earlier in the process. I sent an e-mail to Bob letting him know up front that I agree...

Money changed hands between Bill and me. Bob was not involved, other than to give his consent as per Bill and Bob's Co-Ownership Agreement. Bob and Bill didn't do their Co-Ownership Agreement until about 10 months after they bought the plane back in 2000. I will expedite getting the Agreement...

I've never heard of such an arrangement before. Everything I read and was told about co-owning a plane is that everyone pays an hourly rate agreed to by all into a maintenance fund. That way, as long as people are flying it, there will always be money available to pay for both regular and...

No! The former co-owner, whose 50% share I bought, will pay us $10,000 to be applied to the overhaul. In exchange, he's been credited with 80 hours of flying time to be used by 12/31/2020. That's a rate of $125 an hour dry. My co-owner and I will continue at the rate they had been prior to...

Hi- I'd appreciate some advice. As I mentioned in a recent thread introducing my new plane, I am in a co-ownership with "Bob" which began on 9/3. Bob had co-owned the plane for over 15-1/2 years with "Bill." They had been looking -- though not hard -- for a third partner to share expenses...

I'm sorry for the delayed replies, but I've been busy studying the POH, dry flying, and taking care of other miscellaneous things that fall under the category of "real life." I now have 2 transition flights in with a CFI, and after a third one tomorrow (Monday), should get signed off. Then...

I'm actually a little concerned about that. Not the weight itself, but the forward CG. When I run the numbers, I'm always under gross by a healthy margin, but forward of the CG envelope for that weight. But everyone flies them safely, and no one I've talked to says they've seen any accident...

What I've read based on the experiences of others is between 11 and 14 gph. The "hot shot" turbo-normalized and factory turbo models use more, I think 15-17? The 320HP Super-Commander (STC'd IO-580) burns 17-19, I believe. I don't have any personal experience in going somewhere yet, so I...

I'm a happy Garmin Pilot app user, but it is not free. Monthly is more expensive, but if you pay for a year up front it's only $74.99. I added the new Terrain feature, which includes a subscription for Safe Taxi (which you can choose to automatically come on when you drop below 40kts). The...

Haha, yes! I've always been amazed that Monterey is Class C and Long Beach is Class D. Laughable is right. Gerry

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the 50nm requirement is "straight-line distance," right? Here in Southern California, and I imagine all over the western states, we can fly 70, 80, 90nm to get from one airport to another, but have it not count as a cross-country for ratings purposes because the...