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Hi all, Hoping to bring my 6-year-old airplane nut son for a longer stay this year. He's been to Oshkosh every year of his life, and loves it! We usually spend one day at KidVenture, and of course that's an obvious place to go with kids. However, today he asked if we could do some rivets at...

Hi all, We've got the new Whelen 70303 LED recognition lights for the Mooney, and I'd like the ability to pulse them, with hopefully minimal installation cost. We have the overhead light switch panel in a 1997 M20R Ovation, and I'm guessing that's where the wires go. Is there a replacement...

Hi all, Just wondering if anyone here is a contract pilot? I may do some contract flying on the side at some point and I have some questions... Thanks!

Hi all, As many of you know, I've been working for a small 135 operation for the last 2.5ish years. We're growing quickly, though, and in need of pilots. For FOs, minimums are Commercial ASEL, instrument, and 1,000 hours. 1st class medical required. Preferred: Bachelor's degree, CFI, multi...

I gave the details in the Bolt thread, but I recently ditched my Chevy Bolt and am finally getting a Tesla. I've been following Tesla since early 2015, when I still owned my first plug-in vehicle, a Ford Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid, and when they introduced the Model 3 in 2016, I was one of...

Hi all, Headed west in the Mooney again next week to see my brother in Portland and visit some other family and friends in Idaho and Montana. This trip, my son is 4.5 years old so we're going to try to keep the legs reasonably short and stop and see things along the way. He's fine spending...

Where do people get their tires these days? I'm set for now, but looking around for next time. I've been getting my tires from Desser Tire & Rubber for a long time. They've always had good service, reasonable prices, and everything else you want from a vendor. Not so much today. They used to...

Well, with Covid we already had one slightly non-traditional Thanksgiving celebration on Saturday, with outdoor activities, mask-wearing and an indoor mask-free dinner with my family, my brother-in-law's family, and my in-laws all spaced at tables about 20 feet apart... But now I'm thinking...

Apple introduced the Apple Watch Series 6 today, with several features that are great for pilots: 1) Built-in pulse oximeter 2) Always-on altimeter 3) "GMT" watch face Cool.

I've been doing lots of work with the NTSB database recently, and I've come across some really interesting and/or weird ones. I figured I'd post some here for your entertainment: https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/ReportGeneratorFile.ashx?EventID=20040721X01019&AKey=1&RType=HTML&IType=FA "The...

Hi all, Having set up a new home office for the duration of this crisis, I'm finding that my home WiFi, currently operating through a single base station that's around 10 years old, isn't really adequate at the far corner of the house where I'm set up. I know that things have changed a lot and...

(NOTE: This is an old thread. Reviving it to provide an update below.) Time for another EV thread! :D Long story short: Recently, my Volt's engine quit (see the Volt thread) and, to keep the story short, I ended up briefly owning two SUVs. I have a 75 mile round trip commute each day and I...

Hi all... I got some beard oil for Christmas. But, I need the advice of the smart people here: How many times do I need to wash my beard after using the beard oil for it to be safe to put on an oxygen mask? I'd sure hate to have an emergency and then start my face on fire on top of it... Thanks!

Hi all, I'm becoming rather annoyed with G Suite, mainly around data syncing. It seems that Google really wants to force you to use their own tools. I can't use Mail on my Mac to get my G Suite mail. To get it on my iPhone and iPad, I still have to use the kludgey Outlook workaround... Is...

This one's for all the folks at regionals, 135s, and other places where people may be upgrading to captain in a relatively quick fashion... @LDJones, @jordane93, and anyone else! I'm curious if your carriers have some sort of a checklist of things that one must experience prior to being...

Hi all, I know a lot of you have your airplanes in LLCs, as do I... But I'm tired of the software I've been using to track the finances. It's free, but it's klunky, no mobile app, etc. What do you all use for accounting for your LLCs, both airplanes and otherwise? I want something that's easy...

Is there any good way to download all or a portion of a Facebook Live video (after completion) without installing malware on my machine? (I'm on a Mac, FWIW.) Call this a humblebrag if you must, I un-humbly bragged on Facebook, but that's me winning a spot landing competition today... In a...

Hi all, I'm lucky to have a son who is an absolute aviation nut... But he's 2.5 years old, and two-year-olds definitely have their limits when it comes to doing one thing for an extended period of time, plus they generally have plenty of energy to release. Right now, I'm looking for a good...

I'm heading to Seattle soon for a family function, so I'm taking my family, and I'm thinking it might be a good idea to split it into two days worth of flying. I'll be going KUES-KBFI, 9-10 hours total. Since I have a two-year-old, getting an Uber, taxi, or rental to a hotel would be somewhat...

So my son LOVES airplanes, but right now he seems to be obsessed with landing gear, and he talks about putting down the gear on all of his toy airplanes - You can never start teaching GUMPS checks too early, I guess, though I can't specifically take credit for this, it's just something he picked...