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Not true at all...we have a completely redone Merlin IIIb with low time engines and we couldn't afford a $4 million dollar plane. Merlin's are a cheap way to get into a big turbine and the Garrett engines are very efficient for a turbine. Were 250 Knots at flight level 210 burning +/- $700 per...

Don't know if anybody has seen this bit it's very interesting. Sure would make taxiing around big unfamiliar airports or transition difficult airspace like Pensacola a little easier. Will be interested in watching the advancements made in this area...

http://www.amazon.com/CR-Spotless-Water-Deionization-Systems/dp/B000KFWVN4/ref=sr_1_6?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1402069991&sr=1-6&keywords=spot+free+rinse We have a system similar to this that we use for the motorcycles. Ours is an older version of this with a tank and it gets very heavy and...

Bingo....got a DEA plane in our hangar getting avionics work done as we speak. Been in and out over the last few years and looks exactly like that. IR camera looking for hot houses.

Just thought I'd share a couple videos my dad and his friend shot this weekend in our Beech 18 on their trip to Gastons for the Ozark Backcountry Fly In. First is a low approach, 2nd is landing and 3rd is the departure. For those that don't know Fastons is a 3k foot grass field in a valley on...

Lakeland FL to Conroe TX after Sun N Fun 2010: Had a 30-40 knot headwind flying in our Cessna 185 Amphib which did not have altitude hold. Average cruise was around 85 knots in a normally 120 knot plane and talk about turbulence. Took us a tad over 6 hours to get there and a little over 10...

Owned both...just sold my archer. Should have never sold the Tiger. Archer was a great plane but IMO it didn't handle as well as the Tiger, Tiger had better cruise and more room. I loved the canopy and visibility in the Tiger. At 6'4" 275 it was much easier getting in and out of the Tiger. I...

I got ALOT more float from being a little fast in my Archer II than I did with the Tiger. It was a considerable difference. And as far as the nosewheel is concerned my dad basically taught me to treat every single landing as a soft field and hold the nose off the ground as long as you possibly can.

Tiger is what I trained in and owned for the first two years! Awesome awesome airplane! Very simple to fly, good cruise speed, good useful load, simple cockpit! I liked the tiger better than the Archer I just sold. Very similar but the tiger was roomier and faster plus it was easier to grease a...

You can buy a very nice -10 Merlin III for under $600k. 300knots of pretty fuel efficient load hauling machine!! You just need to make sure you have access to a pretty good size runway and have your stuff together when you fly it. Not the easiest plane to fly but for those with the skills (not...

Good catch...just saw the superstol for the first time at Sun N fun! Unreal airplane!!!

Dead stick takeoff and landing in a Just Highlander Superstol! Flipping nuts if you ask me. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jeQP-H_31JQ

They are not street legal. Only does about 25mph. We usually drain them before traveling. It's really easy to drain them. Then we just use avgas from the plane to fill it up. Great to have at sun n fun and osh.

We have a couple Fuji Go Devil motorcycles that we can throw in the back. When folded through the cargo door and only takes a minute or two to set up. Will haul me and my wife no problem and its fairly fast. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PGsbSj6Hb2k

Our practice when we here friends or they here us is "Joe, 12345" and then switch over and have our conversation there on the #2 radio while monitoring frequency on #1.

Not at all but it should earn him a little respect instead of keyboard bashing him. Fact is he did more to save that jumpers life than 80% of pilots who would have frozen for a split second and reacted to late. Turning the plane as hard as needed at that low of altitude and speed would have more...

Blame Bush!

Yep lets make a hard turn to the left 5 ft off the ground in a 145hp 170 and stall or at minimum end up in the power lines! How about a hard right in the direction the diver is jumping and probably stall and end up in the hangars! Good training/instinct teaches just as when a bird pulls into...

Glabal star has got it's game together now. I still have my handheld iridium but both the boats I fish on have built in global Starr's and they work just as well now. They sent up alot more satellites in the last 2-3 years. 5 years ago they were complete garbage!!

So that essentially puts its last direction of travel towards India/Pakistan....