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I don't browse POA, excuse me, Pilots Of America very often, and post a question even less than that. However, it always amazes me what a good job you guys do in answering and discussing. For a simple question like dual transponders, I have received thoughtful, insightful information. Ok, so I...

For local Mexican food off the beaten path, try Jacala. www.jacala.com. It's the oldest family owned Mexican restaurant in San Antonio. Get their "puffy tacos", cheese nachos, and cheese enchiladas. A real fun experience at T82 is the Hangar Hotel. www.hangarhotel.com

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I was browsing some Piper Malibu's on Controller.com and noticed that some have dual transponders. Why dual? Is it for redundancy? Or is there a pratical use?

I have been an Anywhere Map users for several years. I still have a current subscription to their Pocket Plates software which looks really good on my Samsung 7" tablet PC. First off, the Samsung 7" tablet has a great yoke mount and fits perfectly on the yoke providing an excellent...

The Jacala Mexican food restaurant is the oldest family owned Mexican food in San Antonio. The "puffy" tacos are one of my favorites. It's off the beaten path, but easy to find. 605 West Ave. Just a mile or so off of I-10. See www.jacala.com. Be sure and get the cheese nachos too.

I think it was the fact that this all happened during a handoff from Departure to Center. When Center picked us up, he must have noticed that we were not on the course he expected. Tim, I believe you're right on. John, great post on using the 430/530. I'm going to fire up the simulator and...

OBS seems pretty simple. I did know the DTK before takeoff, because we wrote it down and turned the heading bug as a reminder. This was a departure from an uncontrolled field, Polk Approach was contacted after we were airborne with the IFR request. Had it been a controlled field, the heading bug...

Aha! I was waiting for that question. :D Yes, the autopilot did give a warning tone. But it didn't take long for ATC to respond. Remember that it happened during a handoff from Departure to Center. Pilot squeezes autopilot button and responds to the handoff, tunes the new frequency, flips the...

Both of those are great ideas. Jay, yours is probably more intuitive than Tim's. I was thinking there was a solution by using the flight plan method. Although I didn't use the flight plan page to start out with. I just used the DIRECT to method, which loaded it into the Active "00" slot and was...

Yesterday, I filed IFR and was cleared as filed, direct from KDRI to KSWI. I entered this into my 530W and got an DTK of 314 degrees. After taking off, we coupled up to the Stec-55x, captured the route and begin the flight. I was flying right seat, with a friend of mine, in training, in the...

I spend most of my time flying a Cherokee Six. I have two of the new Lightspeed Zulu headsets and really like how they perform. By the way, the bluetooth connection to my cell phone works great too. Anyway, most of my passengers do not want to wear a headset that fits over their heads. I see...

Well, I'm not only new to this forum, but new to all the Garmin stuff that's stuffed into this plane. I've only been a renter up until a couple of months ago. I have about 800 total hours and have carried an instrument rating for many years. Being the computer geek that I am, having all this...

Being a brand new member, this was my first post on this forum. Thanks everyone for a lively discussion. It was informative and interesting to read everyone's input and approach to this ATC request that popped up. Rather than just blowing them off, it created a challenge to me to dig a bit...

Thanks Jason. Actually, ATC did precede the clearance, with something like, "Do you know how to use waypoints?". The fact that I accepted the clearance was only because I was VMC with light traffic and bored. By the way. Thank you for the alternate method of reaching the waypoint. I'll...

Wow SPEED. That is impressive. I wonder if Garmin has thought about that feature. OK, here is what I discovered. Still not sure if it's the easiest. But, it's pretty fast. From the map page, press MENU and select MEASURE DISTANCE <ENTER> Move the cursor to UKW, then press <ENTER>. (the...

I am new to using 430/530's and was flying Westbound near KGLE when ATC issued me the following request. "Nxxx" is cleared to a point 10 DME on the UKW 170 degree radial, then Direct LLO" My flight plan from KGYI was Direct UKW V161 LLO destination T82. I understood what he was doing. He...

Troy, Thanks for the posting. I wanted to attend, but was unable to make it. It sounds like there were quite a few people there. I would have been among the "older" group, but the benefit would have been the same. I have downloaded the PowerPoint and viewed the links you provided. I'm a new...

Lockheed Martin User profile. You can set up a user profile with Flight Service. You basically give them that information that is usually on your every flight plan. Aircraft ID, Type/Eqp, TAS, Pilot Name, Address, Phone, Home Base, Color of aircraft, etc. They add that information to their...