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I am traveling from Ohio down to the gulf. It has been ongoing for a month.

I use Garmin flight. I will see if they have that option.

I have a Garmin 650 with flight stream and gdl88. I also use Garmin pilot on my iPad. Up until recently I have never had a problem getting nexrad weather. I now get in initially, but it never updates in flight, and it will eventually disappear. Any ideas, it needs a firmware update, but I haven’t seen anywhere on Garmin that would suggest I would be having a problem. I checked and I am getting excellent satellite reception and I get the proper airplane traffic.

Martha Lunken did my instrument check ride. She is a great lady. It is great to talk with her. She is still actively doing check rides, so I am not sure what is going on with then.

I reported it immediately to ATC, so they had the location. I believe they were filing a report. It was not a little toy. I was probably 3 or 4 feet in size. It would do way more than a bird strike.

Flying home yesterday VFR at 4500 ft and my passenger saw something and pointed it out. I had zero idea what it was, and then it came so fast... I had to take immediate evasive maneuvers and just missed the drone. It probably was just 50 below after I pulled up and turned hard right. It was a big one too. It won't be long before someone hits one of those things. I hope not, but that was way too close. They are dangerous, and someone is going to get killed before they do something about it. Mark

Where and when is the mooney summit?

I had the rigging checked and it was perfect. So that isn't the issue. If the rigging is perfect, could there be another mechanical problem?

I had my leak resealed 4 years ago. it cost $3500. It leaked when it got back to the hangar. I took it to a service center. They said my tank leaked. I said I know, but I am going to have it stripped and sealed. They said they could do it, and it wouldn't leak. They would pressure test it and their guy was very good. Well it cost me another $3500 and it leaked when it got to my hangar... I am not patching again. I knew I should have done it from the beginning, but they thought it would work. My last annual, said, you have a leak...

Adds too much weight. I don't want to lose what little that I have.

I think these all look great. I really appreciate you guys. I will be making phone calls and pick one. Mark

that is what I am talking about! We did take the panel off, and checked the chains. They were in identical positions on the plane and were not binding.

OK. I am going to bite the bullet. I have a new engine, new avionics, and my plane is really fast. Now I have to fix the nasty leaking fuel tanks. I am going to get the entire tanks resealed, but I would like to know who has had their tanks redone completely, when they were done, and what has been the results. I know there is a place in Florida that does it as well as Minnesota. So if you had your done 7 years ago and still no leak, I would love to hear that. Also, if you had your done and it leaked when you got home, I would love to hear that too. I have had mine 'fixed" three times, and each time it has leaked when i got home. so no more of that. I am going for the total deal.

Cincinnati so it was about an hour and half trip. Totally worth it.