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Class 3, that I had to jump through a ton of hoops to get the first one. (Had a single kidney stone 2 yrs prior to getting my medical, plus my left eye was below limits. Also had high blood pressure and was pre-diabetic.) Got the medical with an SI for the kidney stone, and a SODA for the left...

I originally purchased a 98 Archer III during PPL for the purpose of training and building experience. Got my PPL, IR, and a lot of experience. (About 600 hrs, with about 200 XC) Recently, I sold my plane to close on our dream house. (Found what we wanted before we had the money for closing.)...

I have a 98 Archer, 6600 TT/1850 SNEW, that I bought in 2014 to finish my PPL, get my IR, and build some hours. All that behind me now, I'm gearing up to get my ME and then buy a twin in a few years. My plan is to rent a twin locally to train and build hours in, so that when I finally buy my own...

So, I had an AI failure a couple years ago, and replaced the AI with a new one. Then, about a year later, I started seeing a problem with the AI where whenever I climbed above around 8k MSL, the AI started showing a downward pitch that increased as I continued to climb. When I would come back...

It seems that moving my plane to an airport an hour from my house just so that it would be in a hangar impacted my flying far more than I thought it would. In fact, I haven't flown at all in the 3 months that it's been hangared. So, I've decided to move it back to the airport 12 minutes away and...

Okay, so, I'm 57 yrs old, make a great living working from home, for myself. I can work or not work as I please. In fact, I could retire right now and likely continue to make a good living from royalties for the rest of my days. I've got my own bug smasher, my SEL PPL and IR, and about 600 hrs...

When I lived in CA, my plane was in a hangar 15 mins away, and I flew at least once per week, if not twice. Lots of short XC to the bay area, Monterey, Sac, and occasionally down to LA/San Diego. But since moving to the DFW area, I've flown only four times in the last four months. (And that was...

My last battery only lasted about two years. The new one is a sealed unit. I recently saw a thread on POA where someone (I think it was Doc Bruce) talked about making his batteries last using a battery minder/desulfanator on all his batteries. I would like to make my new battery last as long as...

That is the question. Moved to McKinney TX area a few months ago. My 98 Archer III is currently tied-down at KTKI. Prior to moving, the plane had spent the last 3 years hangared in CA. I'm not crazy about being on tie-downs here, especially coming into storm season when hail is a greater...

So, I must moved from CA to TX, and apparently we're having an unusually cold spell here. The nights are dropping to -1 to -9, and the last couple days the temps didn't get any higher than -2 all day. Warmer days are coming, maybe 5c to 12c. My question is: I arrived with 15w50 in my bird...

So, we moved to Fairview TX a month ago, and I flew my plane from my old home drome in central CA to TKI. It was a pretty easy trip, really. Now I've been here a month, and I'm feeling a bit apprehensive about going up, despite 600 hrs PPL, 100 of it with IR. (But only 10 hrs IMC) I've flown...

So I moved my plane from a hangar at KSCK in Stockton CA, to a tiedown spot at KTKI in McKinney TX. For the first time since I bought her, my 98 Archer III is an outdoor girl. I have cowl plugs (with the little flags) and an old but still usable canopy cover. (Tiedowns are chains here, BTW.)...

After getting all our possessions to our new home in Fairview, I flew back to Stockton CA to pickup my plane. (N9294Q) Departed Stockton Sunday morning around 0630 and flew to Lancaster (KWJF), then Blythe (KBLH) and then Tucson (KTUS). Millionair in Tucson got me a hotel room and rental car...

So, we're gearing up for our move to Fairview the end of October. Four days after spending our first night in the new home, I'm flying back to CA to bring the plane over. (It's a 98 Archer III, and I'm PPL/IR with about 600 hrs PIC and maybe 10 hrs IMC and IR current.) Longest flight for me was...

After a week-long recon of the general McKinney, Plano, Allen, Frisco, and surrounding areas, we have signed a lease for a transition home in Fairview. Ten minutes from shopping, golf, ice hockey, and the airport. I won't be able to get a hangar at KTKI, so I'll be on a tie-down for now. (I'll...

We're about 95% sure we're moving to McKinney TX in January 2018. All that's left is to go there and make sure that the humidity isn't too much for my wife to handle. We'll be there for a week in September, and if my wife doesn't pass out going from air-conditioned building to air-conditioned...

Wife and I are looking to move out of CA to escape both its state income tax and its general insanity. We're seriously looking at Texas with an eye on the greater Austin area. (We want to buy an acre or two outside of the city and build.) Anyone know if the state is GA friendly? It doesn't...

I just got a bill from the county in which I reside for a $1246.01. Apparently, they consider my airplane "personal property." They valued my plane at $112k, which is $32k more than I paid for it. (And is definitely more than it's worth if I sold it.) They also say I'm delinquent, which is a...

After a number of flights, we have concluded that any altitude over 7,000 ft gives her a pressure headache that takes until the next day to clear. It can take only 15 minutes at altitudes above that for this to occur. Now, I've been milking that as an excuse to purchase a pressurized aircraft...

Looking for advice before I turn the problem over to my A&P. Flying at 12000 MSL today, my AI started gradually indicating a dive, eventually reaching maximum downward deflection of the AI. Of course, I was flying straight and level, with no change in altitude, airspeed, or vertical speed...