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My T-Mo Alcatel hotspot shut down last night when the temp hit -16 F. Otherwise it stays active for many days to a few weeks before I have to reconnect to the phone network for some reason. I use it to monitor a couple of web cams looking outside the hangar to see how much snow I will have to...

My first ham license was in 1961 while a senior in high school. And while I was reading the above posts I had one receiver on here in my "shack" tuned to the 40 meter (7 MHz) CW (Morse code) band so CW is still alive. I have had my Extra class license for about 35 years now and have had various...

I have had SiriusXM in my airplane from the time of my Garmin 396 for both weather and entertainment. I also have SiriusXM in my cars and on-line. I was disappointed when the 40's channel was removed from "on air" and "met opera" too BUT my main listening (99%) is the old time radio shows or...

Years ago my "moonlight" job included flying deceased individuals from one city to another. It was much less expensive for a family, particularly if the destination was a small town, rather than using a commercial airline and then potentially a long ground travel. I flew a Cherokee 6 and the...

I have lived in Colorado Springs for over 43 years and for 20 of those years flew an O-300 (135 hp) '64 Skyhawk. Density altitude at my airport (KFLY) can easily exceed 10 k on a hot summer day so the Skyhawk was marginal to say the least. Now I fly an Arrow 200 (non turbo) that makes trips to...

Happened to me last Monday and to a friend here in Colorado also!! Scared the heck out of both of us!! Don't you just LOVE ADS-B !!

Neither will affect reception.

Like many other pilots, I did my primary training in a PA 22-108, a wonderful Colt and your photos prompted me to look back in my logbook to those days in the mid 1960s. Congratulations on a fine looking machine that will serve you well :)

I also miss the velocity vectors in FF BUT I also have basic Garmin Pilot (so I can update firmware without having to bother a shop for such a petty request) and GP does have hash marks on the directional arrows although I haven't figured out the scale yet. I agree with the OP to e-mail FF...

A number of years (decades!) ago I was flying on TWA from my home in Colorado Springs to Boston via STL on a very hot summer day (before the long runway was built at COS). The 727 could not take off from COS with the passenger load and enough fuel to get to STL so we had to stop in Kansas City...

Full flaps until I run out of rudder keeping the track straight then repeat until no flaps at which time find a different runway (at my base the runway is not very wide!)

The external power port on my '69 Arrow, and other years as far as I can tell, CANNOT be used to charge the battery. It only provides a way to energize the main bus DOWNSTREAM of the battery. It is useful for "jump starting" or running the avionics, etc. but NOT to charge the battery. Check...

The only "property" the FAA controls via their $$ is the main runway and main taxiway. All adjoining land is privately owned by individuals or the airport association (ramp and nascent FBO).

My oil sample to Avlab went into USPS on 17 January and it also has disappeared into a black hole. I keep getting tracking messages that show it has been between Mississippi and Tennessee about a dozen times and has been scheduled for delivery 6 times. NEVER again will I use "pre-paid" FEDEX...

On the other hand...at my airport ALL hangars are privately owned including the ground. Each owner pays a percentage of their unit's property tax to the airport association for maintenance of the main runway and taxiway, AWOS, lighting, etc., . Other taxiways are "owned" (and maintained) by...

Dawn Patrol: starring Errol Flynn, David Niven and Basil Rathbone,

Looks like barometer input?

A dipole from wingtip to vert stab to wingtip with an antenna matcher works well on 40 m and higher frequencies on a C-172. An aircraft band steel "bent 1/4 wave" antenna trimmed down about 1 inch or so works well on 2 m when mounted on the aft fuselage. Don't ask how I know.;)

On 17 January I sent my oil sample to AvLab via their return shipping label. Since then the box has been in Mississippi numerous times then back to Memphis numerous times. Delivery dates have been posted only to be followed by "in transit" messages. IF the sample ever gets to AvLab it will be...

Your lack of ADS-B signal on the ground is one reason why I rely on SiriusXM weather rather than FSB.