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You're absolutely correct. But that G5 is tempting.

My Cessna 340A has two TSIO520NBs. I fill the dumps to 12 quarts before flight. After a several hour flight the level goes down a quart. If I check the level after an overnight I'll find that level is back to 12. The case lower seam allows the oil to flow into the pan through gaps among the...

I got my IFR back in '70. I had one tube navcom and an adf. I felt that I could fly anywhere, even ILSs. To fly to Nantucket from Hartford I just turned in the consolan and flew direct. Of course half my flying was to the avionics shop to get the navcom retubed and retuned. I eventually got 2...

I was just reading IFR magazine. The article was describing a "visual" approach in IMC by selecting the course to the runway and programming the VNAV feature of the GPS. With two 530s in my case, I could show the navigation page on the top 530 and the VNAV on the lower. I think later RNAV...

If one is botching a roll-your-own DP it's very likely there was no careful planning.

Yes the FAR omits Part 91. My reference to required is that the FAA went to the lengths to define the departure procedure that will keep us pilots alive. Physics requires us to use it. There are many part 91 pilots that bite the terra firma within a minute of departure. One, in fact, within...

You are required to fly the departure procedure prior to entering controlled airspace, basically to avoid attempted flight into cumulogranitus. SIDs on the other hand are ATC procedures meant to organize aircraft flow into airports that are in very busy airspace. I live in the Florida Keys...

I don't program VTF in my 530s unless I am VFR and just want the glidepath. I request from ATC the initial approach fix I want. If I don't then they will vector me inside the IAFs and IFs And I'll have to be on HDG mode with my autopilot then at the last second I'll have to reprogram the GPS...

I fly a Cessna340. It has two Garmin 530Ws, a Garmin 345 Transponder, a Garmin audio panel and a Narco DME. I like the two big gps screens. I select one for navigating and the other for traffic, weather, terrain, etc as necessary. I like the knobs. In turbulence touch screens are tough to...