Cyril Gibb

Indeed, it is I. Now that Covid is at least stabilised it's time to go beyond burning holes in local skies. I just stuck on my 2022 customs sticker.

Nope. Still around and still enjoying French Wine (and cheese). We've been so busy on our bike trips that I'm never thinking about flying unless we ride by a small airport. France is the epitome of cycle touring on the planet, and there are very few areas we haven't covered. This summer we're flying into Toulouse heading south and west to Tarbes/Pau/Lourdes and then looping up and around to fly out of Lyon. We're flying commercial. I've gone back and forth on the North Atlantic when I was a kid. After seeing that at sea level precludes ANY thought of single engine ocean crossing.

If you have a faulty or intermittent switch, test the other 3-wire bundle to see if it works correctly. The unit actually has two SPST microswitches inside, each with NO and NC connections. The NC is for the Sonalert and the NO for gear operation. If you swap the the connector wires to use the typically unused switch (for Hobbs Meters?) it will save you some $$. In the connector, swap red->green blue->yellow white-> black (reverse the colours)

Sounds interesting. Available somewhere?

I've used a cell switch to turn on an interior heater and the engine heater for years with no problem in the winter. I turned it on a few hours before heading off to fly. Several months ago, I decided to leave the heater on constantly in the interior to keep the gyros happy. It only took 2 weeks for mice to invade their new warm happy home. Chewed the pitot cover, cowl cover, kleenex box and paper towel roll. Will do a more through check in the spring. Several nests. I set up traps and warfarin everywhere and stopped using the permanent heater. I now seem to have caught or killed all the little buggers. Use caution.

Hangared in Kitchener. Many moons ago I had a tie down at the island airport downtown, within a walk from where I lived. Sadly, GA got pushed out years ago.

I usually try to follow a consistent pattern when putting away Gladys, including installing the pitot cover, even in winter. This is what I saw yesterday going for a flight: Mice? How would a mouse get to the pitot under the wing? the ribbon is well off the floor. Maybe a bird in the hangar? The only obvious thing would be aliens...

Probably, unfortunately good advice, except... If you’re going to pay for everything yourself, and don’t expect anything from the original shop, find a lawyer who will accept the case on a contingency basis. You have nothing to lose.

Liability insurance is required in Canada. Minimum amount varies according to MGW.

How did witnesses (plural?) know that less than 12 gallons was in each tank? How much is less than 12 gallons? 10 gallons... 2 gallons? Was fuel visible in each filler? Why were multiple people checking the fuel level in that aircraft just before that flight? That's a curious piece of information that begs for more detail.

Damn, I was in Clarence's shop when I picked up a new battery on Friday. I've just been flying here and there for something to do during this incredible spell of great weather. If I'd known you were headed back here, I would have picked you up....

I'm looking at options.

Further to my previous append.... \rant on It seems silly that I can just remove my backup VOR/ILS and still be legal, but not install a a non-approved backup VOR/ILS. Wouldn't a non-approved instrument be safer than no backup at all when the poo hits the fan? A similar argument is about the "certified" G5 being 1/2 again the price of an "experimental" G5. Don't they come off the same assembly line?

Yup, I looked, but it's not for certified aircraft. I'd install that in a New York minute if I could. Do you know if there's a way around that here in Canada?

Note to those with deeper pockets... No, I'm not considering replacing my entire panel "while I'm at it", so don't bother suggesting it. My backup VOR/ILS gave up the ghost. We went as far as testing directly into the unit to make sure it wasn't a splitter, antenna or coax problem. Anybody had a recent and positive experience with a shop repairing legacy avionics?