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  1. Joe B

    convert iphone headset to aviation use

    Aviation headphones use 150-ohm speakers, vs. 23-ohms which Apple uses for iPhones. The impedance mismatch means the "civilian" headset will hear sounds at a substantially different volume level than the aviation headsets in the plane. If the able planet headset has its own volume control you...
  2. Joe B

    Rise of the Planet of the Apes

    So that's where my iPad went! I've been looking all over for it.
  3. Joe B

    What criminal liabilities do pilots face?

    Philadelphia Inquirer, 2004: I believe this was tried under state law.
  4. Joe B

    Tablet computers for IFR

    It must be an installed device. See Administrator v. Hammerstrand (1992), attached. This decision establishes that your wristwatch doesn't count as the required clock because it's not installed. By extension, neither is a conventional laptop or tablet. You'd need to fashion some kind of...
  5. Joe B

    Land of the drunkards?

    According to the CDC's FAQ: Next question: did they really go out and test everyone's BAC for this survey? :wink2:
  6. Joe B

    Is Immigration & Customs an excuse for crashing a plane?

    From the CBP Private Flyers Guide: Shades of Avianca 52! The pilot might have wanted to use the "emergency" word.
  7. Joe B

    Now a Second Drone Lost?

    "The U.S. Air Force confirmed that the unarmed MQ-9 drone crash-landed at the Seychelles International Airport Tuesday morning." Sounds like a landing accident. Bets the UAV was based out of there?
  8. Joe B

    Flying Boats

    For a few dollars down you can order a new brand spankin' new Super Goose. http://www.antillesseaplanes.com/index.htm No word on deliveries....
  9. Joe B

    Unusual airplane seen in Addison

    It's a PAC Cresco modified for geomagnetic survey work. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAC_Cresco
  10. Joe B

    In-Flight Entertainment

    Likewise. We used that system a lot back in the day. These days everybody brings a laptop or iThingee to watch movies or listen to music. Those little earbuds go under the earcups of the headphones just fine. Pilot & copilot have XM radio care of our weather receiver. Haven't really used...
  11. Joe B

    Log your GPS database updates

    http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/rulemaking/recently_published/ See the NPRM entitled "Pilot Loading of Navigation and Terrain Awareness Database Updates". Gismo nailed it. You just think .gov doesn't pay attention to what's going on here on the Blue Board.... :D
  12. Joe B

    Using Flight Following to Practice Manuvers

    If the subject aircraft does not respond on the radio to the termination of FF what will ATC do? Will the controller shrug and assume the flib moved on, or will he dial 9-1-1?
  13. Joe B

    Open letter to the AOPA

    It's an online marketplace for shares in aircraft partnerships. More here. The annual report says AOPA is "a non-profit tax exempt individual membership association". IOW: A club. The AOPA Foundation is their 501(c)(3) arm.
  14. Joe B

    Aviation Vanity Car Tags

    I used to see WOXOF around.
  15. Joe B

    Cherokee Six Power Failure in Pattern

    Add to everything above: Pull the blue knob (prop) all the way back as part of your emergency glide procedure in the PA32. It's good for a 200-300 fpm credit to the sink rate of my 300hp Toga. Probably less in the -260, but still a help.
  16. Joe B

    PayPal

    I just logged in to my PayPal account and got the same message. I don't think I've ever gotten a piece of paper from them in the first place. It looks to me like I'm just agreeing to them doing what they're already doing.
  17. Joe B

    How do you identify your airplane on the radio?

    I've never lost my airplane on the radio...
  18. Joe B

    Mode S transponder codes

    Tom, Every airframe is assigned a unique 24-bit Mode S code. The code is used to maintain the technical side of Mode S communications. For example, when one is tooling along receiving TIS advisories the ground computers are talking to "Airframe 12345678", not "NC19143". The Mode S standard...
  19. Joe B

    Legal Trouble

    The owner of Jones Publishing (which owns POS) has issued a statement expressing their intent to retain Mr. Weiler as Executive Director. The owner's statement as well as Mr. Weiler's can seen in this thread: http://www.piperowner.org/forums/topic.html?id=151092 What a sad mess.
  20. Joe B

    Living in DC area -- Advice?

    When we moved to the area, one of my wife's criteria: "I'm not moving someplace where I'm older than the trees!" My nephew-in-law lives in the Del Mar section of Alexandria & is quite happy there. It's an area with real house & yards, though neither are very big. Alexandria also has its...
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