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The passenger seatbelt is a regular as well…

Impressed I have never seen one on a non transport cat aircraft first plane I flew with one was a 747-400 how does that work without inertial nav?

He did. Mine has not been as dramatic as Patrick’s, but Brian has been getting me dialed in as well. Especially if you have a Bravo, I would highly recommend Brian.

I’m in the middle of Brian Kendrick tweaking all the little things that everybody else seems to miss. I’ll get something up eventually.

Sectional chart got me in the C.

Had mine covered in leather. Turned out great!

That looks great! This was the Great Southern Haze Layer last weekend, coming from NC back to Sweet Home

Yep, bent it into a bit of a U.

Thanks for that. I was just about to say that my VSI lags a bit.

Did the Johnson bar nut-cracker it?

Flew to our place in CO for Labor Day weekend. Mt Humphrey's by Flagstaff High Desert Ship Rock KPSO landing in light rain

When I had my M20F, I had one of those Sportys E6B electronic calculators. I kind of missed that thing.

Had one of those moments only a Johnson bar owner can appreciate….ALWAYS check the floor before raising the gear! I relearn this about once a year. Today could have been ugly, gear wouldn’t go up…..WTF?? Look down and realized I had smashed an errant port-a-john. LUCKILY it was empty!!!! Quick gear cycle verified bar was fine and time for a new urinal. Johnson Bars and Port-a-John’s are not compatible, despite their names.

Affirmative. Negative. Have WAAS GPS.

Short for variometer another name for VSI, but the type used in gliders is more sensitive. An IVSI is a VSI aided by a mechanical accelerometer to reduce instrument lag.

You have a IVS?! Do you have a INS?

I thought you said large aircraft

antenna length = wavelength = speed of light / frequency. So a UAT antenna: 299792000 / 978000000 = .3065 meters or 306.5 mm or 12.068 inches. quarter wave is then 3.017 inches. That's why those transponder antennas are so short. Apparently quarter wave antennas perform well omnidirectionally and are easy to make.

Before you start tearing into things, try getting a large Gats jar and push up all the way to fully open the valve and get lots of fuel out. Do it several times. There may be some gunk under the seal which will clear out with a substantial draw. I've found most people don't pull enough fuel out to fully flush the valve on a regular basis. Do it several times to see if you can clear any gunk under the valve seat.

Fantastic write-up. Thank you!

I just flew 25 hours over 2 weeks. My EDM 830 started to alarm "DIF" at low RPM (i.e. not in cruise) with #6 cylinder EGT being the hottest. I am thinking either a manifold inlet leak or an injector issue. Anyone else had a similar experience? The aircraft had it's 50 hourly last week and compressions were fine.

Don’t be surprised if the new valve doesn’t stop the leaks. On my J, replacing the valve didn’t fix it. I had to remove the nut plate it screws into, clean the tank where it attached and re-rivet it in with new sealant.

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I would say, someone at some time disconnected your trim drive shaft and got it out of sync.

Turbine or turbofan fuels don't have lot of odd aromatics? Maybe the new stuff like SAF or bio-ethanol would have required careful compatibility teste and monitoring. Anyway for their tank or rivet reseal, they send someone inside to inspect, scratch and patch every year