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It's time to upgrade my 1960 Piper Comanche 250 to brighter and more modern lights, hence replacing all the regular lights with modern LED lights. However, the more I research about this, the more confused I get. 1. Landing lights: Those are straight forward. I will replace both sides with...

What is going on in this video? I am not IFR rated but started taking IFR lessons and want to finish that rating at some point once my plane is fully IFR equipped (I mean it is IFR legal for 1980 standards lol but not for today's standards). So, a lot of this still sounds foreign to me. From my...

I have two items for sale (or trade). 1. KLN89B GPS: When it was last installed a year ago, it booted up fine but I never used it in flight so I'm selling it "as is" and "for parts". It may work, it may not. $150 OBO. Slow shipping included. If you need fast shipping, you pay. Will also accept...

If anyone has an engine dehumidifier for sale, please DM me. Could be a branded one (Engine Saver, DryBot, etc.) or a homebuilt one - as long as it is working.

Maybe I'll make this an annual post. Last year's post is here: https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/what-an-epic-trip.142010/. We just got back from our annual trip to the south. Our Comanche flew over 2,300 NM and kept us in the air for 19 hours over the last month. We landed in 7...

I had my flight planned to MQY today, all lined up, hangar with the FBO, etc. As we approached MQY, approach said the airport is closed so we got diverted to JWN. FBO was nice and all but they have no hangar space. Is anyone at JWN who has a heated hangar where I can put my plane into tomorrow...

As usual, we came down to Florida for part of the winter, Canada just being way too cold this time of the year. However, this morning, the area we're staying at got hit by a pretty nasty tornado. The house we're renting was spared luckily, but many others around us unfortunately can't say the...

I noticed something during my past two flights, which both finished after sunset, but still during civil twilight. Obviously, after sunset, I have all my lights on. However, when I turn on all the lights, some breaker always trips. A few days ago, the fuel pump breaker tripped. Today, the nav...

Next week, I'm planning to fly from BDR to Northwest Florida. Plane is a VFR only Piper Comanche. There is no ADS-B out on board so I have to avoid all Class C or higher airspace. Additionally, I obviously have to avoid that big, red circle over Washington DC. Right now, this is the route I have...

I usually don't call the weather briefer and instead do my own briefing with all the various online tools available. Today, I had a flight planned from Buffalo, NY to the NYC area. I looked through my various maps and see, Buffalo and region is MVFR with ceilings at around 2,000 ft. Going south...

Here in Canada, we have to overhaul our propellers every ten years. Mine is due in August and I’m starting to look for options. I currently have the three blade McCauley propeller installed. It only has a few hundred hours but still needs an overhaul due to the ten year mandate. I figured my...

I'm currently not home, therefore, my plane is parked outside, temperatures are falling and today we even saw a few flurries of that white, wet, cold crap falling from the sky (you know, the S-word, I don't dare to say). We'll head to warmer climates in a few weeks but in the meantime, I'll be...

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I'll leave details out for privacy reasons. A few days ago, I get a phone call from an unknown number. I usually don't answer if I don't know the number unless I'm expecting a call. I quickly googled the number and found out it's an airport a few hundred miles away. I called them back. The...

I went on a short, one hour flight today. Since it was a short flight, I didn't want to go all the way up to my usual cruising altitude of 6,000 - 10,000 ft and instead stayed at 3,500 ft. It was a super uneventful flight with flight following. Center pointed out a plane at my 11 o'clock and I...

Our first long Comanche trip is in the books. While we did several 2-3 hour x-country trips with the plane throughout the summer, we always stayed in the Canadian Prairies. However, this trip took us all the way to southern Ontario. Total flight time: 8.5 hours. Was able to pick up flight...

I had the dreaded first annual inspection on my new (63 year old) Piper Comanche. I bought it back in May and flown it for about 30 hours since. I was hoping for the best, while expecting the worst. It ended up being pretty close to the best and I'm so relieved. No surprises other than minor...

This is my 750th POA post while I currently have a total of 423 flight hours. I started flying and frequenting this forum at the same time back in late 2018. That means, I spend too much time on the forum and not enough time in the air lol. What is your post to hour ratio?

Best thing I've heard ATC tell me to date. I had to fly to a city about 2 hours from where I live for business. Destination was a large (for Canada standards), class C airport. Prior to takeoff, I see a NOTAM saying that due to high volume, VFR traffic must remain outside of the class C until...

Hope some of you have been in this situation before and can share your experience. My mom is coming to visit us from overseas. She is flying into one of the larger international airports here in Canada. For me to pick her up, it's either a 7+ hour drive, or a 2.5 hour flight in the Comanche. She...