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    Flight Plan Filed -- Told to Expect Different Route

    1. As far as i Know, you will almost NEVER get the route you request, get used to it. 2. You will almost NEVER fly the given route. seriously, sometimes i feel like i'm wasting ink copying down the complete clearance from my experience, outside the busiest airspace and even then outside...
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    What are currently the best EFBs for Android?

    Garmin Pilot on android rocks, well atleast on samsung s8+ and up. that being said, i had to switch to apple due to someone stealing my samsung tablet and it being 300$ more than the apple air to replace it. 8( , so unfortunately, i'm an apple user now. LET'S GO PACERS
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    Commercial Spaceflight and Aviation Trust Fund

    people love getting, it's the paying they have issues with
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    A new panel with only GPS navigation for IFR flying

    how about putting a beacon on top of all the cell towers, functioning sim to gps. or hurry up and turn ELoran back on
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    Best way to prepare for a flight to a new area.

    Nothing to prepare, get a map, plan a route, check weather then go 8). Only issues, if a large B/C keep the airport diagram close. USE flight following
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    What is the most fun "Aviation tool/gear" you've purchased?

    Garmin Pilot and gdl39 3d, play with these even on the ground. also wife got me a pair of Rayban Aviators love walking around in these saying pilot stuff
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    A new panel with only GPS navigation for IFR flying

    Not really how it works, the part you're focused on is TINY and in practice, mostly identical, follow line. slight complication in how you get the line. There are complicated approaches, gps and nav but they all boil down to following a list of simple instructions. read an approach plate...
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    Colorado Rockies Hitting Coach In Pilot Seat

    wish that was my excuse
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    Headset Evaluation

    do you need ANR, no, get it anyway. my opinion, if you know you are in this for the long haul, get the best you can afford. my first was a lightspeed 20xl, used them for 20 years before they fell apart currently have Lightspeed zulus 3 and the Lightspeed sierra, impressed by both. I would NOT...
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    A new panel with only GPS navigation for IFR flying

    I do, couldn't figure out a good reason to remove it, works great.
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    Colorado Rockies Hitting Coach In Pilot Seat

    this is what happens when you post EVERYTHING on social media, no one cared until someone put it out for public viewing. My family has pictures of me in the pilot seat of a 747 when i was 4, thinking they should shutdown all flights
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    A new panel with only GPS navigation for IFR flying

    it does happen, someone/something was jamming gps around ksgr a few months back.
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    Which light planes are best for....

    I do ksgr to kind quite often in my mooney, usually about 148 to 151 kts tas, get a good autopilot and plan for fuel stops around memphis, easy. much better than airline. due to winds, which seem pretty much permanent, ksgr->kind is really fast, coming back can be problematic. really sux...
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    A new panel with only GPS navigation for IFR flying

    there is no "calibration" it's a 5 second check to verify the things are still within spec. the check ISN't required for an ILS approach if you can fly a vor you can fly a gps, the equip in the plane works pretty much the same only diff being it's trivially more difficult to know your current...
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    A new panel with only GPS navigation for IFR flying

    have to agree with the guy above "VOR, ILS, LOC, and LNAV/LPV approaches are functionally identical to fly", having only a gps isn't going to save you anytime, it'll just leave you with less options in the not so common case gps fails. Even though i don't really use my nav radios, I'll maintain...
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    A new panel with only GPS navigation for IFR flying

    so in the 4 years i've had my IR, i've NEVER used the nav equip. yes, i'll do the 30 day checks but i never really use them for navigation. that being said i did have a radio failure just a few weeks ago. long story short, the crsr button came apart in flight preventing me from changing the...
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    Best overall month to do a long trip by 140 knot piston single?

    I generally start flying north after about april, i'm way to scared of icing to try during the winter. Thunderstorms you can fly around or just wait out too hot, fly higher, etc... pro tip, avoid the turbulence, gf will talk about you forever if you shake her about too much oh yeah, if flying...
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    Sportys Rant - incomplete process and tests including topics not seen

    Just take the test, all you need is to pass. It's really just a checkbox, checkride is where you need to perform.
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    Single GPS antenna

    1. Yes, you can but it needs to be a gps specific splitter. 2. It's like pulling teeth to get a shop to do it
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