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Nice, when do you pick it up?

Thanks, I already downloaded that one and have it in my binder to study. I've already enrolled and am slowly working through the first section of the training in an attempt to let it soak in instead of trying to power through and risk forgetting anything when it comes to test time.

Yep, already have the instrument flying handbook download as well as the FAR/AIM on my ipad.

Getting ready to start my instrument training and right now there is a 80% chance I'll be using the Gold Seal instrument online ground school. Other than purchasing the online course, what else is needed? Will I need to get additional books, tools, calculators, etc...? I've still got the E6B...

SSF looks like it could be a good airport for sure. Busy airspace doesn't bother me. I'm just outside of LAX and depending on the route of flight I either get crushed with traffic or end up in no mans land.

6 month wait isn't terrible in my book.

Piper Colt. Basically a Tripacer with only 2 seats.

It is time for me to start thinking of my next set of military orders and I'm curious how difficult it is to get hangar space in the San Antonio, Tx area. It looks like there are quite a few airports and airparks surrounding KSAT but I know that an abundance of airports/airparks doesn't mean an...

We got a deal on the Pro Max Aspen that we couldn't pass up. Synthetic vision, altitude and minimum callouts, ability to have more than one nav source on the HSI, and Nexrad weather.

Thanks!

Thanks! Goal #1 was to have a more reliable system as the old venturi vacuum system was questionable, #2 was a standard six pack layout, and #3 was to have the plane be IFR capable or my own IFR training. This accomplishes all of those. Thanks for noticing the font. I spent a few hours trying to...

Finally updated the panel in our little Colt. Here are a couple pictures of what we started with: Here she is with the panel installed and ready for testing while on the ground. And a couple shots of the expensive stuff during the test flight after ground checks were done. I've still...

Aircraft Spruce sells the basic Aspen and G5s over the counter. If you want the more advanced features of the Aspen or the GI275s you’ll need to go through a dealer. I just went through this debate and chose the Aspen paired to a GNX375 and am elbows deep in the install. The Aspen had more...

As always, great photos Jack. Kinda wish I had my Colt closer to you.

Yep, its currently the frontrunner when I upgrade my com to a nav/com.

That is true, but my idea is to go with a single nav/com that has the monitor function. Maybe I'm thinking of putting too many eggs in one basket but I see no reason to have multiple radios if I can monitor the standby freq on a single unit.

My thoughts exactly. I looked both on the website and in the pilots guide but see no reference of it. After griping about it in another forum a Garmin installer informed me it's in the install manual. Hopefully he is correct as I'd like to add a slim nav/com to the Colt in the future, but I also...

I can admit when I might be wrong. I heard from another installer that the installation manual shows an intercom function. It's a mono intercom and not stereo but if he is correct my initial gripe is no longer valid. Seems weird to me though that Garmin wouldn't advertise that functionality of it.

I saw that somewhere else as well, but the pilots guide makes no mention of it. It's also not mentioned on the Garmin website. I asked a vendor that advertised it on day one and they stated no intercom function with the 205 or 215.

It appears in Garmins attempt to update the nav/com they removed the intercom functionality of the 255. Not a big deal if you already have an audio panel or intercom but if your goal is saving panel space the 205/215 may not work for your needs. The Trig radio keeps the slim features with a...