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New definition of "Shelter in Place" as found online: "As this explainer, well, explains, residents of the six counties (Bay Area) in question can get in their car to drive elsewhere, can pick up takeout from the many restaurants still serving it, can go out for a walk or run or for all sorts of other activities (while advised to stay six feet from others), and on and on. Police have some discretion to enforce a stricter set of guidelines, but as of now they aren’t doing so at all. You can leave your house whenever you want." I went flying today for the first time in 3 weeks. I never came close to another person. I drove to the airport alone, entered the gate code to open the gate, then disinfected with a bottle of Germ-X I've had in my flight bag for a few years before you couldn't buy a disinfectant if your life depended on it, and drove to my hangar. Awhile back I had updated the System to the G5, which among other things is the heart of the GFC 500, but had never flown to check it out. I decided to go over to the Monterey Bay and shoot a few approaches. It was forecast to be IFR over there all day. Earlier, I had called Norcal to see if they were allowing multiple approaches. They were. During the trip over, which was VFR, I could checkout the G5. KSJC was not "dead as a door nail", but it was close. One Southwest plane came in as I was doing my runup, but there had been no activity since I had gone to the hangar. On the trip over to KSNS, I did my testing and, unlike some people who were having problems with this update, my G5 worked perfectly. Tops were above 3,200 feet so all the approaches were in IMC and all holding was IMC. In the 1½ hours I worked over there I was the only one working the airports. The GFC 500 continues to be amazing. Here is the FlightAware track of my flight. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N9148W I did the RNAV 13 into Salinas, did the hold, then got vectored for the same approach. On that missed I asked for and got the RNAV 28L approach into KMRY. ATC asked me if I wanted to do the hold for that approach or get vectored, so I took the full approach with the hold. That was the 3rd approach and I had promised Shirley I would only be gone a couple of hours, so I got a clearance back to San Jose, where I flew the ILS. While the airspeeds varied as required, track and GP were rock solid. Unlike many previous times, there were no delays or "keep up your speed" requests getting back into San Jose. It was a good break from staying home all day.

Stuff happens. I once had the tower switch runways ay KMRY and forget to switch the localizer. Trying to intercept the ILS when IMC with unexpected reverse sensing is an interesting experience, but I figured it out pretty quickly (and this was before moving maps and gps) and the local controller apologized profusely. Unless something really puts me in actual danger, I always cut the controllers a lot if slack. In my experience, they don’t screw up nearly as much as I do and I’m just happy no one is keeping score. Skip

I am late to the party, but... 1) I am very appreciative of the time and patience Shadrach gave to me as I battled a similar problem. Ross, once again, thank you from me personally and on behalf of all Mooney pilots. Your "12-step" thread is very useful. 2) nukemizz, thank you for the diagram. It too is a great help for someone who will get into this project. The more information the better. 3) I had a similar problem, after rebuild to correct a leak. In my case the flaps would bleed up very, very slowly. As in minutes, hours, or days, depending on the phase of the moon etc.. and ended up buying another pump from a scrapped Mooney for parts... and got things working. I SUSPECT the issue was the ball (part 24) or its seat (in part 5, as photographed in this post (https://mooneyspace.com/topic/33869-m20-hydraulic-pump-flap-diagram/?do=findComment&comment=576813). I tried staking the ball.... and my calibration for staking, or material used, might have been the culprit. I still have my old pump body, and it could likely be resurrected. 4) The issue with this system is testing it. You make a fix, and without a good testbench setup to check for leak-down, all you can do is put it back in the plane, bleed the system, and hope, and that is a job requiring time, mess, fluid, and assistance. This is what led me to purchase a scrapped pump for parts. On Ross' suggestion I was hunting around for a simple hydraulic pump to create a testbench but could not find an economical solution, and also did not see a way to get something with an appropriate amount of pressure to simulate the system. 5) Ross has made note that the main difficulty is bleeding the system. Maybe I got lucky but I never had a problem bleeding the system. I used a garden sprayer, plastic tubing, pipe clamps, and EXTRA fluid and just bled and bled until I was getting no bubbles out of a piece of small tubing connected to the hydraulic reservoir overflow pipe. That was my method and it worked well. Buy extra fluid if you do this project! Get a gallon or half gallon. 6) My pump had washer/spacer #23. It looked like something machined vs off-the-shelf. I don't remember if the scrapped one did. I could not figure out its purpose. Nukemizz, your last post suggests that is its purpose. To keep the spring from bottoming too early?? Hard for me to visualize the rebuild now 6+ months later. 7) The bleed-off screw (#26) is very, very, very touchy. Don Maxwell (I think?) noted 1/8 turn makes a big difference. That's 45 degrees. I am going to revise that to suggest 5 degrees of turn makes a significant difference. That's how tight of a tolerance you're looking at to get this right. And when you tighten the big jam nut (#28) that tend to also turn the bleed off screw. I had a big screwdriver trying to hold that steady while I would heighten the jam nut and it always took several attempts to get the retract speed dialed. Patience. 8) Rigging the retract cable also looks to be a point of error. I saw evidence of different setups in the pump that came out of my plane vs the scrapped one. Take time to get this right so that the cable is clamped appropriately.

This is a very valid discussion for society to have, and its been missing in public at least. How about we look at the long term, say 25 years, and ask what is best for society. Should we do nothing and let the virus burn through, or shut down society as we know it. Imagine if nothing was done and 5% of the population was lost in one year, consisting of mostly of . those with pre-existing conditions and the elderly. What would things look like in two or three years. Sounds horrible, but understand we loose something like 1.2% of the population every year due to old age. Contrast this with the current scheme of shutting down businesses and forced social distancing. This will certainly impact this years death rate. But the economic impact will also have a long term increase on the death rate, as well as the quality of life. It also impacts a much wider portion of the population. Look at Argentina a few years back and the impact of their economic failure or Venezuela today. I'm reasonably convinced either decision will have no appreciable impact in 25 years, but I also believe the riskier choice is shutting down the economy, as the impact to society is longer term.

The 13th amendment states "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." One really should understand the civil war was the first time the draft was used in the US and there were significant riots in places like NYC. And the 13th amendment was passed shortly after the civil war. Kind of makes you wonder why "involuntary servitude" was added in addition to slavery. Unsurprisingly courts have found the 13th amendment doesn't apply to the draft. This does not mean the courts are correct. When courts make such rulings, they are hardly impartial. To me the language is plain and simple. If someone has not been convicted of a crime, they can not be forced to provide labor against their will. The draft clearly fits that category. Of course with any such thing, there are limits. For example a surgeon deciding to walk off the job in the middle of a surgery, which is substantively different than not starting a surgery. As to the "orders" forcing businesses to close and social distancing. The age old argument of necessity will be trotted out and wrapped in words like "compelling interest" and "necessary to save lives". You can bet a good number of courts will uphold these orders, and let the next level sort it out later in time. --So, yes there is a real danger of setting a precedent.

I think, though I could be wrong, that many of us are frustrated due to conflicting reports. Most of the links here come from sources that are no longer credible to many Americans. When we have been subjected to blatant propaganda over and over, how are we supposed to take anything they print seriously. It is a sad state of affairs that the public cannot get reliable data and information because the media have an agenda.

Originally they cared because everybody was paranoid about interference with avionics, but that turned out to be essentially a non-issue. Then they cared because of the interference across multiple cell sites/carriers due to the elevation, but that's not really an issue any more, either. Now the main concern seems to be privacy/civility issues with the travelling public aboard airliners. So on a GA airplane there's not really anybody left to care about it, and if you're using for a safety purpose I doubt anybody will fault you for it. The vast majority of folks probably forget to turn them off when flying, so actually making a call isn't really a big change. I can text somewhat reliably from the air, but voice calls are a crapshoot.

It might be informative to understand how the coronavirus works: https://www.snopes.com/news/2020/04/02/what-the-coronavirus-does-to-your-body-that-makes-it-so-deadly/ There are two important numbers for how serious a virus pandemic can be. The first is the mortality rate (the percentage of those infected that die). The mortality rate is difficult to pin down as it apparently varies depending on a Number of factors. But according to Johns Hopkins University the mortality rate in the hardest hit areas of the US exceeds 4%; in New York, it is 6.67%. https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/us-map The second important number is the reproduction number, R0, which is the number of additional persons infected by each infected person. The R0 was originally thought to be 2.2, but recent analysis from China indicates that it could be as high as 5.7. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/7/20-0282_article Both of these numbers are much higher than for the flu to which COVID-19 is often compared. Seasonal flu mortality is about 0.1% and R0 is about 1.3 according to CDC calculations. The best database for COVID-19 statistics is maintained by Johns Hopkins University https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/ The Johns Hopkins data feeds the University of Washington IHME models used to predict deaths. This is the model that originally predicted >> 100K deaths in the US without social distancing. After social distancing was widely adopted by the states, the projection went down to as low as 61K deaths and is now about 68K. The projection gets updated every few days as new data is available. Note that the projections assume that social distancing continues through May. https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america At least one study of the 1918 Influenza epidemic by researchers at the Federal Reserve and MIT indicates that early and aggressive public health interventions may lead to reduced economic fallout. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3561560 There are indications that rural states that have had low infection rates without social distancing may just be late to the party https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/17/politics/republican-governors-stay-at-home-coronavirus/index.html Immunity is not as simple as the headlines often portray it (we need a vaccine and effective treatments). https://www.wired.com/story/sorry-immunity-to-covid-19-wont-be-like-a-superpower/ Anyway you look at it, it's a disaster both economically and medically. A lot of folks are hurting. Skip

Welcome aboard TCABM... or I should say, congrats on your first post! You found the quote button. If you want, there is an edit and delete button too... Best regards, -a-

Did and Angel Flight with medical supplies today. It was great to have a good excuse to go flying. And, I got some unplanned exercise. Apparently they don't bother to plow the snow in all the areas of the airport during a shutdown -- this is at KBJC, a class D airport! I had to move some drifted snow and clear about a 50' path to thinner snow that I could taxi over. Beautiful blue skies with a little wind and few bumps. More snow in the Denver area than in Gunnision. Flew home near Leadville (Lake County) airport. It is about 25 miles up the valley from image 1958 (pretty close to center of picture). I have already checked that one off the bucket list so continued home.

Please don't misunderstand I am not trying to trivialize that this virus isn't hardcore all I'm saying is there are concerns beyond just health and illness to consider. I'm sure there are millions of people that have lost their ability to provide for themselves and their families and I can't count how many TV doctors and health officials that think of this as an "inconvenience" that I have watched or read in the news. Look I don't post much here on MS anymore because when it comes to our main subject i.e. Aviating and Mooney experience I don't have much to offer but I read multiple times a day because I have so much to learn. But this situation with Covid and all that it has done has really struck a nerve. I just want things to get better but worry how easy it was to just shut everything down.

Surefly is on its way back to them today. Spoke to tech support and they asked a bunch of questions, I'd already done everything they would have suggested, and with the savvy data showing its misfiring alot on a cylinder pair, they're ready to take a look at it

Brought my GoPro out to record the first flight in our 305 Rocket with a brand spankin' new pair of Garmin GI-275's. Videos of these things in the wild seem to be pretty tough to come by and I know a lot of folks are interested in these, so I thought I'd make one and share. Pretty impressed with these things...the screen is incredible! Perhaps the GFC500 AP is on the list at some point, but to be honest this thing works great with the stock Century 31. The 275's have a GPSS HDG emulation mode that works really well. I was able to fly coupled ILS and LPV approaches without a hitch. As a newly minted IFR pilot dumping the vacuum system and moving to glass sure gives me piece of mind. Well worth the upgrade. I recorded in 2.7k HD. I'm no editing pro - so apologies in advance.

I sure had some fun with my former speed brakes!! Sometimes, with no other traffic in the area, it was fun to come ripping into the pattern, chop the power, throw out the brakes and drop the gear almost simultaneously...... super fun it was. And John King hasn’t aged a bit

In the 90s, CNN was a top tier news organization. Now, I ignore their existence. If they reported the sky was blue, I'd have to confirm it outside myself, with additional reports from people I know around the world. Wired? Half decent articles on simple electronics, robotics, etc. Health? No. Real news??? No way! That's not even what they do. Right now, they're just jumping on the virus bandwagon to get more clicks and raise advertising rates. And I'm concerned that in an interview, the NJ Governor was asked directly if his shutdowns, social distancing and other virus responses against society and the economy violated the 1st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, and his response was, "that's above my pay grade." I'm afraid that's a common situation right now, people in power making rules without regard for the legality of those rules. We've all seen several parts of Amendment 1 violated: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble. Churches have been closed. House parties, even among a few friends, banned. Those who proceed are raided, attacked, shut down and sometimes arrested. How so? State laws cannot conflict with Federal law. Oh, wait--all of these state-promulgated shutdowns, lists of businesses that cannot operate, masks and gloves that must be worn, and how many friends and neighbors can meet in someone's home aren't laws! So how are religious services being broken up, house parties raided, attendees of both arrested by police? This is very bothersome. And what happens next fall, when the flu ramps up again? Do we really just roll over and surrender our rights? Forget the thousands who fought and died to make sure those rights were codified into law? It's a slap in the face to every veteran, living and dead. I'll get off my soapbox when the voices yelling the opposite do the same. Let's all go fly our Mooneys. I have a letter in my car from Corporate Legal saying that I am free to go wherever I am going in pursuit of the essential business that my employer is engaged in. Just in case I'm stopped and the nice Badge & Gun asks to see my papers . . . . . Let's remember the words of Ben Franklin, who knew whereof he spoke: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

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I had an event just like this coming back from Manchester NH many years ago. Transponder was the first to go. By the time I noticed the discharge the comms were garbled. I had been talking to NY center. They could not understand me but I heard them tell me they lost my transponder. It was dusk with scattered deck. I immediately descended NORDO through the class Charlie into Allentown/Queen City. Called center on the ground and all was good. What I question was the legality of my return. It was Friday evening so no services. FBO offered an over night battery charge. The next day I called tower at my destination and told them when I would be arriving and that I may be NORDO when I got there. They thanked me for the heads up. I used the Comms on departure and then shut everything down until 10 miles out from destination. Plenty of juice for Comms. No issues.

The Inter Av is simply a Motorola 8AL series alternator. They were made under the Leece Neville, Motorola, and Prestolite brand names. The only difference between the aviation and automotive versions is the external fan. There is no 500 hour inspection on them, he may be thinking of gear drive alternators on large Continental engines. That said, brushes are recommended every 1000 hours. They are cheap, and the alternator doesn't even have to come off the engine to do them. Brushes are #103-15. Motorola ServiceManual.pdf

The pre-tax quote was $7.3k for the ADI and $8.7k for the HSI or $15k for both. The optional OAT sensor was $1k and synthetic vision another $1k. We opted out of the synthetic vision for now. After tax on the parts, $18k is in the ballpark. Options considered were a 10" G3X + GI 275 for $28k or a 10" G500TXi + G5 for $41k. The G3X couldn't drive the Century but the G500 could with the GAD43b adapter, hence the GI with the G3X and the G5 with the G500. Engine monitoring would have been an extra $10k on both. In retrospect, an extra $10k for a larger glass panel may have deserved extra consideration. However our original intent was to fix some funky behavior with the autopilot. While multiple signs pointed to a failing ADI, we thought it prudent to hold back a little in case the AP needed further service too.

FCC? Who's that? Do they do ramp checks? Has anyone had the FCC call them over the radio and give them a number to call? The FCC can say what they want about cell phone use. The problems they are worried about have been thoroughly debunked. So if I need to use my phone to call ATC while in the air, I wouldn't hesitate 2 seconds. Or even to call my wife to let her know I'm about to land and please come pick me up.

Apparently it’s also the oximeter holder. :-)

I think it is a post light?

Some musical inspiration in these most difficult times we are all sharing...................no matter what style of music you love, there is music for everyone...............there is nothing more powerful than music! Enjoy!!

That paint scheme looks familiar! Love it. Your tail number is 103 before my ‘65C. Enjoy!

Congrats. No greater bang for your buck in all of GA than a C model Mooney. Enjoy.

For the reveal...tada!

Just thought I’d mention this. The shop that I use at KSPG has taken excellent care of me over the years. He did the R&R on my m20f’s engine, repaired fuel leaks, replaced two rivets in my Rocket tanks, R&R of my Rocket exhaust, installed my EDM-900, rearranged my panel, and has done all annuals for me since 2016. Annuals run around $1k before repairs and he’s extremely reasonable on rates.

Just a little bored sitting around the house so I thought I'd post this link: Where I live and fly. The top live camera is at KPLU. I live about 2 miles on the other side of those trees. The bottom live camera is S50 which is where we base our plane. If you had been watching yesterday you would have seen me a couple times on both cameras. Stay healthy.

Absent a cure or vaccine, how do we think this thing ends? Basically enough of the population gains immunity by catching COVID-19, so that the number of cases doesn't grow. Flattening the curve makes that take longer, and only makes sense because it reduces the load on hospitals. I don't think it changes the percentage of folks who get COVID-19. It just changes the number of folks who could have been saved by the medical system, but weren't due to over capacity. I don't have the data to estimate that number, but assuming that' it is the set that makes it to ICU, its not huge. And its fair to ask if the societal cost is worth the lives saved. --And yes it is a moral issue, and one our country has long lived with. For example, the decision to install a guardrail on a highway is evaluated based on the cost to install vs the estimated lives saved (or conversely lost). A component of the FAA issuing an AD is the fleet cost vs the safety benefit. It will be interesting to see the impact on places that didn't enforce social distancing vs those that did. In particular, it will be interesting to see how Mexico fairs.

With an N number like that, it can’t be all bad....

Non-owned aircraft coverage: Both are good companies but need more details to confirm which is better coverage for your scenario. If your plane is owned by a holding company, definitely Starr for the non-owned hull & liability coverage since Global only covers this if the Named Insured is one individual or one individual & spouse. Otherwise you have to pay for a separate endorsement to cover an individual. Emergency landing transportation expense: Global offers a flat $10K for expenses associated with transporting your aircraft after an emergency landing with no damage to the aircraft. Starr typically offers 10% of hull value. Old Republic pays up to the value of the plane. This matters if your plane goes down in the Rockies and you have to helicopter it out.

It's difficult to understand how a local municipal ordinance or statute can somehow gain the required authority to supersede the US Constitution. There are still people within the United States that believe that authority cannot be created by a decree (legislative or individual)... it must be derived from a source.

Rubber products simply aren't designed, or able, to retain their original properties for more than 10 years. And 22 years in service? Just replace them. This goes for everything. Hoses, door gaskets, engine isolators, etc. Show someone a 22 year old shock disc that costs $5, and he'll replace it without question. Heck, it's a 22 year old rubber part! Toss it! Show someone a 22 year old shock disc that costs $110, and he'll try to justify keeping it in service awhile longer...to the detriment of the landing gear system and everything riding on it.

That looks like a low vacuum light was installed, if you ever had a stand-by vacuum system installed that worked off of manifold pressure. If I remember correctly when I had the system installed in my 201 the warning light came with it.

I understand why you feel that way. Is your “pot metal” comment your personal theory or is there additional supporting information? We’re pushing 700hrs on a case repair done by Crank Case Services of Tulsa. With regard to cams and cranks, I have found the Lycoming metallurgy of the 60s to be anecdotally superior to later periods. My internals are all original and have had several years of disuse over their lifetime. Yet no cam or crank problems at teardown. Dynamic balance is a good idea to help reduce the possibility of cracking.

Those are covers to access the light bulbs for trim and flap position indicators. They unscrew but careful because they are plastic and may resist. Chances are they’ve never been removed. I removed mine once, cleaned them and applied a drop of triflow on them and put them back.

I have seen 500 hour inspections on front mount gear driven continental because failure of the alternator might also dump its guts in the engine and even if it doesn't stop running it likely did substantial damage. Not that anyone wants an alternator failure but at least belt driven failure even catastrophic ones dont harm the engine. If he is willing to do it and it is not a lot of money I would do it for piece of mind. Somewhat off topic. I needed to replace my battery last year and when I was shopping for one the nerd in me couldn't just buy a battery but i had to read all of the specs. I found the Concorde RG35AXC rocks. Because batteries degrade I used 80% of reserve power. I found if you do go down to minimum equipment the battery would likely last longer than your fuel. Not suggesting to over look your alternator but having a great not just ok battery is good insurance.

I have an InterAv alternator on my Mooney 22+ years. Failed once and we overhauled it Brushes were way worn out. New parts from InterAv in those days, Brushes and bearings. Diodes were all OK The slip rings for the brushes were another issue. they were way worn with about 1400 Hrs IIRC. Had to turn the slip rings in a lathe to clean them up. Worked perfectly for many years until engine overhaul at which time I put on a new one. Still going strong after 800+ hrs since new engine. Might not be a bad idea to look at it now as its been 16 years. Just be prepared to buy a new one if it looks like crap when it comes off. Another item to look at is the mount that it goes on and that bolts to the engine case. A lot of them crack at the bolt holes. There are MANY different Alternator mounts for 4 banger Lycs. Finding the right one can be a challenge. Do some thinking about the drive belt at this time also if you remove and replace the alternator. You gotta remove the prop to change it! Things can snowball in a hurry once you get into it. Maybe not waking sleeping dogs is an option. Some people do subscribe to _ "if it ain't broke don't fix it" No one can tell you what's right for you Your choice of many options. Welcome to airplane ownership

You made a claim in your original post, I asked for supporting documentation, and you don't have it. I'm not going to do your research for you. And it's not just regulations and market size that keeps our 80 year old technology prevalent. Continental has the certified CD-155, Austro has a certified diesel Mercedes Benz converted engine, and Orenda certified a big V8. The reason there aren't a ton of STCs to put those engines into airframes is that either 1.) they bring limitations with them or 2.) it's difficult to justify installing an $80,000 CD-155 into my M20C when I can overhaul my existing engine for $25,000. Again, our old technology engines are remarkable in meeting so many trade offs so effectively- which was the point of my post in the first place.

If you are worried about the alternator failing then pull it off now. It’s cheaper to fix in the hangar now than an AOG trip to Elpaso. I have never had an alternator last 1200hrs on an airplane. A simple inspection now will give piece of mind. 14v sounds acceptable. I have also changed way more batteries directly after I’ve replaced alternators than I care to admit. Aka, was not the alternator. I’ve also had bad batteries damage alternators too. Your guy is not wrong. Any maintainer that wants to pull an alternator is doing you a favor as it’s absolutely no fun to change on a vintage bird. -Matt

As @Warren said my 252 with the TSIO360MB engine will make its full 210 HP all the way to FL230. And it's certified to FL280. It's fast and very efficient at those altitudes.

It is also scary because we do not know where it will go, and how large it will grow. Some say it will grow to only - "only" - 50,000 dead. Some say 10, 100, and I have seen even some say 200 times larger than that, if it were entirely unconstrained and we do nothing. I don't know. But it is unknown. On a weekly basis, it is currently a more significant killer than any of the standard killers we are used to, heart disease, cancer, car crashes, https://www.dropbox.com/s/3ba5izxtyu1lcgw/Screenshot 2020-04-17 15.35.36.png?dl=0 Here's food for thought (not just you creekrate I don't mean to pick on you). During WWII people were drafted into the Army and Navy, etc (and at many other times in our history). Why is that not an infringement of our civil rights any different from asking people to act in a manner that addresses this threat? That said, PJClark is right. This are rules of isolation put forward with essentially no enforcement mechanism. So toothless on the one hand, and well advised on the other. That said, as toothless it seems the call that these are infringements to rights of freedom also become toothless. If anyone wants to go out and protest on the steps of the state capital in Michigan, no one is stopping them. I think some places are writing civil fines but no one is being arrested - but I am saying that from what I am reading and I don't know for sure. On the other hand during a time of drafts to the army, people go to jail for not complying. So why is that not arguably a worse infringement on basis rights to freedom? Or are rights to freedom also contingent on a responsibility to a call to protect them?

Just a thought but if you're fairly handy you can do the install yourself. I got direct wire harnesses through Jesse Saint that he got from Approach Fast Stack. I just installed the AXP340 and a 430w along with a new bluetooth audio panel and a G5 HSI

The truth is nobody is trying to vigorously enforce any of these restrictions...for the simple reason that they're un-enforceable. There is no legal or constitutional authority. They're highly encouraged, sensible suggestions. No precedents are set.

Very glad that landing turned out the way it did. Highways look attractive but as you can see in the video, there are wires, overpasses, and signs. All of which should be avoided. Oh, and traffic. I civilian teach students to use highways only as a last resort and if chosen, carry more airspeed to use to avoid last minute obstacles. I prefer fields, or other open spaces devoid of obstacles. For military students, we teach no off-field landings. If we can't make an emergency runway, we eject. Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk

My worry is that a precedent has been set. Suppose the 2021 flu season is slightly worse than normal...can the economy and life be shut off again to save lives? Maybe there are too many car accident deaths in 2022 and "they" no longer allow driving? Too extreme? I don't know...I never saw this coming. What is the New Hampshire motto? Live free or die... I am about there and willing to take my chances. If someone else's idea of freedom is self isolation so be it... I now believe enough people know of the virus and they can decide on their own how to best protect themselves and what risks to take. To the original poster @bonal my ownership has been affected. I sold my C last fall and planned to upgrade this spring. I won't be doing that yet...

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Took a social distancing flight.

I have complete faith that Science will provide the solution(s) and this too will pass in time. Its far from easy to remain patient, but I want to see as many of us as possible survive this thing - including my self! During this pandemic, I am just thankful that as an aircraft owner pilot, and not a rental pilot, I don't have to feel I am taking big chances getting into a rental plane that may not be corona virus free. At least airborne I know ATC will do a great job of keeping me at least 6' from any other aircraft. In all seriousness, I do believe early social distancing has been paying off in flattening the curve here in CA. Check in with your local tower and ATC controllers to see how they're doing as well. Both my tower and TRACON folks are working on reduced staff but from what I understand none have gotten sick like some other areas in the country.