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Drive a car to N WI, I’ll pick you up? You log the time?

Here comes Spring & Summer Flying Season, 100LL is always $1.50 or more above auto fuel. I think the new prices will take a bit to work into storage tanks at airports. Just to cage my thinking, will we be above $8 by June? I’m not talking at ORD, just the average small airport. ‘Settle’...

I see Canada is investigating? Do we give them a few days then join a ban on Aeroflot flights & planes? Just wondering where this stands? Seems kinda reasonable? Canada claims Moscow-bound Aeroflot flight violated its airspace ban https://mol.im/a/10559151

I think I know the answer, ‘No’, but still thought I’d ask. In the past with Garmin ‘portables’ I got a code to do an initial update. With a panel mount GPS that free update doesn’t seem to be a thing. The current database is dated Dec 2019. Before I drop some coin at flygarmin I wanted to...

Just thinking about tires a bit, mains, since a new nose went on 3 years ago. My main tires are coming up at near 9 years, Michelin 600-6, 6 ply. The plane is hangared, the tires look close to excellent. The tread is full, no cracking or checking of any type. The previous owner had a good...

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Woman-Loses-Arm-Foot-in-Plane-Propeller-Accident-in-Florida-Keys-563042971.html Be careful, sounds like maybe the chocks were in place after start-up? Or something similar. The time was reported as 8:45 P.M.. All the best for the long recovery...

Need a new ELT, thinking this 345. The description isn’t clear. It seems the position can be sweetened with a connection to a panel mounted GPS, or a few portables? Does it NEED this gps connection to work, or will it be at the ‘within 3 km’ level with just the internal position? I do not...

One of the very weak points is my directional gyro, dated, worn, vacuum operated. The whiskey compass isn’t far behind. I get by fine unless a radar facility is giving vectors, which requires plenty of cross checking. Anyway, I understand the idea of ‘comprehensive’ panel planning, the ‘big...

I may do my ‘validation flight’ in the next few days. Yes, I’ve read the ‘circular’, or whatever it’s called. Any tips to streamline? My plan was to get with approach, climb, maneuver, turn, 360’s, & find a point to criss-cross over. Don’t want to do it 3 times to qualify. This is a...

I guess bigfeets don’t hibernate after all. Watch those puppies & childrens around Provo, UT, a Bigfoot is likely to be famished this time of year. https://www.reddit.com/r/bigfoot/comments/abvyj4/sighting_in_provo_utah_jan_2_2019/

Back when I had a metal prop, I would occasionally wipe it with a light coat of oil, nothing crazy. It reminded me of care one may give their favorite shotgun at times. With a composite prop, MT in this case, I don’t see much mention besides cleaning with mild soapy water? Besides that...

I have one up for sale soon. The screen averages about 1/2 the LED legs out. The radio transmits & receives fine, you have to almost count the clicks with a frequency change. Any idea of value? I’m thinking eBay. It seems screen replacements are hard to come by now?

I have a GDL-39 that works pretty well, Garmin Pilot to IPad Mini. The 110 type home plugin works fine. The lighter receptacle plug in is mostly inop, hardly works even fiddling with everything. I’m looking at buying a new charging cord for use in the plane. I see el-cheapo one’s on fleabay...

I'm kinda looking into getting this radio to a higher level, or replace. I'm kinda looking at sliding something into the existing tray? Here are my main issues, 1st the screen is buggered up, lights half out. I have to almost count the clicks to get to the correct freq, kinda a pain in a busy...

Just asking about a corrosion prevention idea. In the past I have sprayed Corrosion X into the wing when I had the tip off, and also back into the tail. I applied it best I could from the access point, fair coverage I would say. I see there are maintenance centers that apply the stuff with...

I was up with the snowmobiles a few weeks ago. Besides a few regulars we met with some sledders from SD. We showed them some great off-trail riding behind Herman. One of the highlights was stopping in at 'The Station' after some Baraga Plains riding. Over News Years we flew into KSAW, the...

Here's some music for the beer party, kinda cool. https://soundcloud.com/james-wynbrandt/rock-your-wings

Sorry I don't gave any pictures. I was just up a bit East of 6Y9, it was very cold with about 20" of snow. It may as well be January. I don't think the snowmobile trails are officially open until the end of deer season, but they could be. With the way deer season and numbers have been, the...

The field is closed due to an 'incident'. I hope it turns out O.K. Reportedly on departure.