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Question about MOAs. See the image below, the floor of the Brady NOR* drops to about 2,000 AGL while the other MOAs are about 4-5,000 AGL. While I know that I can fly through an MOA, ATC really doesn't like it this part of the country and I prefer to avoid MOAs. What is a "NOR*" ? Or is it just...

I saw this news article today: "Man Apologizes to Passengers as He’s Cuffed By Police After Plane Diverts Because Someone Said ‘Bomb’ During an Argument" I recall when one of my programmers and I flew to Dallas in about 2003 to meet with a manufacturing client. My coder was explaining the...

I’m planning to take the family up this Saturday and fly through the path of the eclipse. We’ve purchased protective eyewear and I’ll clean the windows! Unfortunately, I don’t own a convertible Cherokee which leads to my question. How to give my pax the best viewing experience? I’m thinking of...

I subscribe to the USPS service called Informed Delivery. They send me an email early each day showing scanned images of the front of whatever will be delivered that day. The registration card was shown, but never arrived. USPS says to wait 7 days before reporting lost mail. I've waited, but my...

A few years ago, the local property tax assessor declared the value of my C172 as if it were almost new. At the time, that was a value about 4x its actual value. I filed a protest (requesting a hearing and all their evidence) and a few days later I received a phone call from them. She quickly...

I don't fly into LR often, but have landed at KORK when I do. Barrett Aviation has always treated me well. I just learned that Harry Barrett passed away last week and they've closed the FBO permanently. The woman I spoke with, I suspect his widow, said the airport authority is trying to get a...

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I've replaced my Garmin units with IFDs. The used Garmin 430 units with their data cards quickly found a buyer. I still have the Garmin USB Aviation Data Card Programmer and the Jeppesen Skybound device. No more data cards. The buyer didn't ask and I didn't think to offer them to him as well...

Today my daughter and her family were flying commercial and on final when the pilot aborted and performed a go around. The captain announced a near miss with a small aircraft. I can see the track on FlightAware and thus determine the exact time of the incident. All of the recordings of the...

I had a mild case of COVID in October. Symptoms were much like bronchitis without a fever. Felt crummy for about 8 days with a slow but full recovery over the next three weeks. I'm 65 yo and I'm in reasonably good health. Had both Pfizer shots but not a booster as it was scheduled for two weeks...

This is my first major avionics upgrade. The quote doesn't mention credits or who "owns" the older stuff. I'm assuming I get to resell it, but I'd like to know what's normal operating procedure for the industry. Is the avionics shop assuming they get anything they replace and it's baked into the...

Once I earned my PPL and bought a plane, friends (and even people I'd only met once) began asking me to take them up. My personal rule is to be rather non committal and wait until they ask at least one more time. That seems to weed out the casual requests. So far I've only flown with a handful...

I own a 2006 Piper Cherokee 6XT (PA-32-301XTC). Piper only made 51 of this turbocharged model. If you own one and would like to join an informal group of 12 other 6XT owners to share information, DM me.

Yesterday I flew northward 300 nm through central Texas and then returned. I had flight following so ATC knew my destinations. I used the airways to avoid MOAs and TFRs. At least twice on the way north and twice on the way south, different controllers asked me where I was heading and what my...

I'd like to touch up some small spots on my Cherokee, but I'm not sure how. It was painted in 2008 and always hangared so I don't think the paint has faded much. These are mostly stone chips and small scratches; all are less than 1/8" in diameter. I figure dabbing some paint into these blemishes...

I know only the basics about the TIO-540 in my new-to-me Cherokee 6XTC. I'd like opinions of what might be wrong. Six cylinders, constant speed prop, fuel injected, turbo charger. AvGas was clean. Last week, while in the pattern with my CFI, the engine began running rough on the third climb...