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I'm looking at the aircraft registration CD for a plane I might buy and noticed something I hadn't seen before. It is a "Termination of Enforcement Action" letter assigned to that tail number. The letter seems to indicate that the enforcement action could be against the aircraft or the owner...

To be completely transparent, I wanted 4b but once we got 4a rendered I was also torn. So basically @Mtns2Skies was between 4a and 4b, leaning 4a. I was between 4a and 4b, leaning 4b. The voting validated why we were both torn haha

Yessssss, love the look of the 140. The only reason why a 150 TW edges it out for me, is because it looks like a baby 180 :D. Hmmmm maybe I should just one up @Mtns2Skies and aim for a 185 or Dehavilland Beaver? He can't say no to a Dehavilland Beaver right? And for those who can't help...

Better than fighting over who gets to fly (at least that's my argument haha)

Booooooo where was all this practicality before we bought the 180? :p

I want my own airplane, preferably a Cessna 150 TW or 150/152 Aerobat, but would also consider a Cessna 120, 140, or 172 TW. @Mtns2Skies claims we need to be "better positioned financially". I claim that we already own a 180, there's no such thing as "better positioned financially", so we...

Fineeeeeeeeee, what about the de Havilland Mosquito or the Avro Lancaster? These surely should be in a different and much higher category than the MU-2.

Where does a Dornier do 28 fall? It's a ME piston tailwheel, #3 is only SE piston or turbine tailwheels.

Sigh... I don't even know where to begin with this quote: "Do they understand that a tablet can turn off at any time or that an Internet connection can be lost when in flight? These concerns not only arise for older GA pilots, but for younger pilots as well."

That was my first thought, but as it turns out, the author got her PhD for Civil and Environmental Engineering, focusing on aviation safety (https://spiral.imperial.ac.uk:8443/handle/10044/1/61833).

Stumbled upon this article about GA safety, thoughts? I find it to be aggravatingly inaccurate and overly generalized. For example, "Pilots trained with conventional (analog) tools, are untrained in the use of new (digital) technologies, which are not generally certified by aviation...

Everyone so far has covered the typical specs for laptops fairly well so I won't repeat that. @Mtns2Skies didn't actually find his laptop at all useful for working on campus. He ended up using the engineering labs at our university because they had the specific CAD software as well as much...

To me it seems like the Mooney and the RV-9 both fit the mission of flying around. Is there anything in particular that the RV is better at? Is the fuel burn really that much lower? Are replacement parts that hard to find for a Mooney? It sounds like the cost reward isn't there. But I have no...

Short answer, nothing special under the cowl. But to address the original question, that is not actually Austin's 180 take-off sound :eek:. His camera doesn't record audio, so he snagged some from a YouTube video (tsk tsk).

I completely agree. Even though both Austin and I fly, I am very happy he didn't propose with anything aviation related. He started flying well before he met me, so that was something not unique to our relationship. He proposed in a way that was very specific to our relationship which made it...

@Mtns2Skies nudge nudge, hint hint ;)

That's a hard question. I think for scenery I really like Nehalem Bay State (3S7) you can walk to the beach from the tie-downs. Ranger Creek (21W), which is nestled in the Cascades, is also a favorite. It has benches and firepits on airport for camping. As for best airport based on $100...

You mean this one? http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=9157C

Thanks for the replies so far! Sounds like we need to start getting more quotes and be willing to travel. He must have forgotten to mention that or I forgot he mentioned it (he's not up right now, so let's blame him ;)). Any shops in particular there? We've also contacted Wipaire, but haven't...

We're looking at getting @Mtns2Skies's 180 repainted in the near future and have gotten a couple of quotes from places in the midwest. One was around $22k and the other $35k. We were expecting $15k to repaint the plane in the same paint scheme (white base, green accent). Are we off base on our...