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Not sure what my role is as Sue’s safety pilot. She certainly seems to be able to fly HB-DFA on her own. I simply sit in the right seat, relax, and wait for the next city to appear in the windscreen. Here’s my view of downtown Stockholm while on the ILS30 to ESSB this morning.

Using your logic, why even overhaul. Just sell your core and buy new….

Paging our resident prop expert @Cody Stallings

Have you checked on the price of insurance coverage. In the past, several N registered aircraft were quoted a very high price just for the minimum EU coverage. At least one owner scrubbed the flight due to cost of the required insurance, even when he excluded any hull coverage and only looked at the minimum liability required. I have no idea what it costs now, and I do realize that Scotland isn't in the EU (but Iceland is).

Have no idea if this is contrary to any FAA standard, but tire distributor Dresser says "Repair of aircraft tubes is not recommended." and the Goodyear aircraft tire manual says that in event of a tube leak, the tube is to be replaced.

Is there even such a thing as a tubeless tire (for a Mooney)?

I'm sure you already have looked at the list I've attached, if it's even relevant. Just in case you haven't..... usa_easa_145.pdf

Delays are definitely problematic, and they are often accompanied by an increase in the final cost. I'm literally betting that things will work out. Let's hope you aren't singing the same tune, 2nd verse, come summer.

A pilot who used to be on MS sold his M20F and now flies a 195. @Sean S

To answer your question, i.e. "Can you take the renewal "quiz" without being an AOPA member?". The answer is YES

In general, when dogs (without supplemental O2) are transported by air the pilot is encouraged to stay at or below 8k. I'm sure a brief diversion higher is fine, but I would not venture much above 10k even for an extended period. How well a particular dog can tolerate altitude is significantly dependent on breed. Brachycephalic dog breeds (I've owned Maltese and Shih Tzu) are particularly susceptible to breathing distress at altitude. https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/dog-breeds/brachycephalic-dog-breeds/

...and if you fuel under relatively warm conditions, and then spend sufficient time below freezing, the water can come out of solution in the form of very fine ice crystals. In extreme conditions, your fuel filter can be blocked by those crystals. The real reason to consider adding IPA to fuel in the winter.

Placard in my former M20E: "NO SMOKING SECTION - FIRST 2 ROWS"

Obviously, but the point I tried to make in my post is that the service time can be greatly extended by increasing the size (weight) of the gel pack. I used a large quantity of gel to ensure it would remain effective. The gel is typically effective until it contains about 40% water, and it can also easily be regenerated many times.

If you use a sufficiently large quantity of silica, you can get surprisingly long service life between changes. I used a home-build silica dryer with a large silica reservoir, powered by an aquarium air pump. When I returned home after 2 months in storage in my hangar, the silica reservoir indicated only about one third depletion. That was in Memphis in May & June, not the most humid time of year but this is Memphis so definitely not dry.

As I posted yesterday, fixed.

They were certainly effective in my Mooney. Based on experience, not theory.

When I had shoulder harnesses installed in my 64E I opted for the simplicity of non-inertial. I’m convinced that if we hadn’t been wearing shoulder belts when we fell into the soybean field in 2012, we both would have likely suffered significant injury.

Hopefully front shoulder belts have been added. That’s the first mod I’d recommend for a stock vintage M20

Last night I wasted 90 minutes watching the movie Horizon Line on Amazon Prime. The star of the movie is a GippsAero GA8 Airvan, somewhat similar to a C-208 Caravan. If you want to see some amazingly stupid aviation scenes, they begin about 25 minutes into the movie. The scene where the heroine refuels the left wing tank, in flight, using several whisky bottles is particularly incredible (as in not credible).

Maybe the source of O2 differs depending on the specific location. Before I retired from the chemical industry, I sometimes visited a couple of liquified and compressed gas distributor sites. I can say that the 2 major distributors of oxygen that I was familiar with each had a single bulk O2 cryogenic storage and vaporization system. They both filled medical and welding O2 cylinders from the same system. While the cylinder procedures may have differed, the O2 going into the cylinders was exactly the same.

I've landed at both Provo & Grand Turk, but it was many years ago so any info I can offer is likely outdated. On my first flight back in 1992, I filed IFR to Grand Turk. When advised enroute by Miami Center that fuel wasn't available at MBGT, I changed destination and landed Provo. While roiling off the active at Provo I was chased down by a USCG Falcon that then proceed to search my M20E for drugs. I suspect this occurred because I changed destinations. After refueling at Provo I proceeded to MBGT. After landing the fuel truck drove up and offered fuel. I suspect the fuel vendor at Provo had a friend in Miami Center!

Flightaware shows what appears like odd flight history of this aircraft, maybe constituting demo or test flights. Short flights out & back at ERV both the Thursday & Friday preceding this crash.

Welcome back Tom. You may want to pick a nearby field outside the DC SFRA.

My ID4 hasn't burst into flames yet.