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My airplane is certified (AA-5B) but I thought this forum would be a good resource for my question. I recently had the Tiger repainted, and am thinking about adding a graphic element to the tail just to make it more interesting (right now the tail is just white). I see a couple of different...

I'm hoping this ends up as a non-issue but I'd like to educate myself just in case. I brought my plane (AA-5B) in for repainting a month ago, and was informed by their A&P/IA that because of a stop-drilled crack in the fiberglass tail cone the plane was "unairworthy". Mind you this is the...

Most of the aviation museum recommendations I see focus on military aviation (warbirds). Are there some good spots that specialize in vintage airliners or other civilian aircraft? Bonus points for East of the Mississippi River but I’d take suggestions anywhere.

Any Virginia residents here? I'm looking at a relocation to the Old Dominion and am trying to understand the annual personal property (vehicle) tax as it applies to planes. My understanding is that the annual tax is a percentage (determined at the county level) of the lower of either the...

Always check those TFRs... "President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden were briefly evacuated from their Rehoboth Beach residence Saturday after a small plane mistakenly entered restricted airspace."...

Thinking ahead a few years to when I want to sell my Tiger. The current paint and interior is pretty bad. What’s the consensus - is it worthwhile to repaint & upgrade the interior prior to sale? Pretty sure the answer is ‘no’ from a purely financial perspective but I’m also wondering if many...

Thinking about a snowbird trip to Florida this winter. I searched for earlier threads, but didn't see anything in the last few years. So... is there a preferred GA airport for a 2-3 day stop in the Miami area? I see OPF, HWO, and TMB seem reasonably close. FYI, I'd be flying in a single...

Kathryn's report: http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2021/12/piper-pa-31-350-navajo-chieftain-n64br.html#comment-form RIP. In the comments someone posted ATC audio (with a somewhat misleading MS Flight Simulator animation). Without going into too much speculation, it's a bit painful to listen...

I'm looking at a forecast a few days from now and wondering about the weather implications. It's going to be about 40 degrees at the surface, with rain forecast, and ceilings at around 4000'. Sounding forecasts don't suggest any kind of inversion - just a normal lapse rate to a freezing level...

Yesterday I canceled a family IFR trip because it would have required flying for 3.5 hours in solid clouds/rain, with ceilings of 900-1500 the whole way. My rationale was that (a) I'm not comfortable flying a single engine over large expanses with low ceilings in case of engine failure; (b)...

Unfortunately I have no access to a hangar, so my plane is tied down outside. The paint job wasn't beautiful when I bought the plane in 2017, and it looks significantly more oxidized now, although I keep it touched up to prevent corrosion. Part of me says to wait to repaint until I foresee...

When I have an overnight stay at a Class C airport (or even some Class D's) its pretty common not to have tie down rings available. Instead the line guy says "don't worry, we'll double chock you". But given summer thunderstorm season, I'm always wondering what will happen if a Tstorm pops up...

I'm planning to fly my Tiger in for the day (or overnight) to Atlanta for a Georgia Tech football game. Would you recommend FTY, PDK, or some other GA airport in the area? I see past threads where the consensus is that FTY isn't great for basing a plane or leasing a hangar, but I'm not sure if...

Not sure if the link below will work without a subscription, but the upshot is that Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO, recently bought my home airport (20N / Kingston NY). He owns a 200 acre estate across the bridge & I suppose he wants rapid helicopter access. According to the town supervisor...

Over the last three months, I've had my GTN650 loose GPS signal twice in flight. In January it went out twice on on an IFR flight (each time for about 2-3 minutes). Last week, flying into KSAV VFR, it went out again (twice) for 2-3 minutes at a time. Both times it came back for the remainder...

When I overhauled the engine on the Tiger a few years ago, the Aerotech alternator had 700 hours. The A&P said that was near end-of-life and I should replace it ASAP. Of course, my next A&P disagreed and said I should just keep it until incipient failure. That was 400 hours ago and (knock on...

I haven't really followed the issue, but I just came across this article on Ligado's plans for a 5G network that could interfere with GPS: https://spacenews.com/gps-committee-calls-fcc-ligado-order-a-grave-error/ I know there are lots of engineer types on here who are smarter than I am...

Anyone ever gotten a "Datalink error: FIS-B weather has failed" error on your GTN 650/750? Yesterday I flew from New England to the DC area, and never received Nexrad weather, but had that error message displayed. The manual just says "see dealer", so I guess that's what I'll do... just...

I have a new GTN 650 installed in my panel, and a question came up... if I were to loose GPS signal (or loss of WAAS capability), is there an obvious announcement on the Display, or is it only through the flashing "message" icon that I'd be notified? After looking through the Pilot's guide...

I'm looking for another pilot to share operating expenses for a 1979 Grumman Tiger (AA-5B). The plane is currently based at KFME but I'd be happy to consider relocating to either KCGS or W00. This is a nice Tiger with a recent Penn-Yan engine overhaul (160 SMOH in 2018), and brand new IFR...