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A draft bill in the Iowa Senate proposes to raise airplane registration fees by around 50%. The first year fee used to 1% of the manufacturers list price; under the proposal it goes to 1.5%. Top fee goes from $5000 to $7000. A new $500,000 aircraft fee used to be $5000, now it would be $7000...

15 or so years ago, I subscribed to SeriousXM mainly for the GArmin 496. At that time, it was very difficult to terminate their service. However, with new avionics I finally did get away from them. Today, I went on their site to see what it would cost to sign up again. 2 vehicles, several...

1. I have a Garmin GTN625 and the subscription ran out. I used to go through Jeppeson. Do I still need to? Can I go direct to Garmin? 2. US Lite PilotPac is $559. US Standard included NavData and costs $999. Can I get by with the cheaper one? What does NavData have? 3. I used to pay...

Does anyone know of anyway to adjust or work on the retractor on a Hooker Harness if the strap is fully extended and doesn't retract? The company says it's not field repairable and to send it in. I'm wondering if there is any experience in this community on that question.

I got an offer from Aviation Consumer for long-term renewal - up to 5 years for $320. I'm a long time subscriber but just kind of curious why this extra long-term renewal program? I assume if they go belly up my money is gone.

I see Google Earth removed it's airports layer some time ago. Is there a way to import an FAA or other airport location file into Google Earth? My searches haven't revealed a procedure.

https://www.avionazul.com 8 of us flew into Mason City, IA KMCW to eat recently. A nice Mexican restaurant right on the field. Good food, reasonable prices and friendly service. Walk perhaps 100 feet from where you tie down.

I fly from my own airstrip which is not registered with anyone and several programs will let me designate the site as a user site so I can use it in flight planning. The FltPlan.com support staff told me today via email that FltPlan.com wants an FAA airport, although I can use a lat-long. But...

I'm curious as to your take on pilots who use non-aviation credentials as part of their signature on an aviation forum. Does a PhD in agronomy lend credence to a post about a Saratoga? Does having an MD add weight to a comment about a Twin Comanche? Does your JD.....no, I won't go there! :)...

Pre-orders are open on 13 July. 3 versions. Who's been testing it? What do you know? What can you share?

I'm looking for some information on what is described as a European C180 air foil (no, nothing to do with the Piper airplane). I've had no luck searching online. Does anyone have a suggestions on where to seek more information on this airfoil?

I am interested to know more about whether a rooted Android tablet has any problems for use as an EFB. Do any of you have personal experience in this field? I'm pretty green on the issues of rooting so if there is a good website discussing the benefits I'd be happy to check it out. In...

Passed. Passed over. Bought the farm. Gone west. These are some of the "up tone" ways of saying someone is dead. There are many less genteel, such as kick the bucket or pull the plug. All ways to say one is not living without saying one is not living. Most have a connotation to them...

I'd like to communicate person to person with someone who has direct personal experience designing, installing or using an HF antenna in a small, carbon fiber airplane. Emphasis on system design, installation, hardware and so forth. Not concerned about the theory or frequency coverage or use...

I'm an EAA member who joined the Warbirds because I enjoy the magazine pictures and stories. I don't own and never flew a warbird. I get this buff colored postcard IMPORTANT MEMBER VERIFICATION NOW DUE. OMG. What's this? I call a Warbird buddy who says, "yeah, I got one. I think it's OK...

I typically check in daily and click on "new posts". Actually, my interest is in a couple of forums and the other forums not so much. Is there a way I can get 'new posts' only in forums I prefer to follow and have other forums ignored or not show up? Some setting or selection somewhere...

Do any of you have personal experience with an android emulator for Windows 10 that is so stable and so reliable that you have been trusting it to run WingX Pro, Avare or other reputable EFB on your Windows 10 platform? If so, I'd be happy to hear your recommendations. This would be for...

1. Has anyone flown a Flight Design CTSW without the ventral fin attached? How did it fly? 2. Does anyone know for certain why Flight Design added the ventral fin? There are several reasons to add a ventral fin - I'm looking for someone who knows for certain why FD added theirs.

https://consumerist.com/2010/04/19/loud-restaurants-make-you-eat-and-drink-more/ There is a fair amount of credible research that indicates people eat faster, drink more, and there is faster table turnover at noisy restaurants. Do loud restaurants bother your or do you like the amped-up...

I proposed to our local NWS site a TAF view like this one that we can get for normal weather. http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=41.691&lon=-91.6007&unit=0&lg=english&FcstType=graphical This would be in addition to the current product. It would not replace it in any way. The benefit...