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Take pictures of each page of your logbook and put the task up on fivrr or you might try craigslist or facebook marketplace. Pay the cash cost of 5 minutes of flight time for each page converted to a spreadsheet.

Agree 100% Typical ATC interaction I have going into BFI: About 10 miles before SKYKO: "Cross SKYKO at and maintain one-zero thousand." At SKYKO or within about a minute after: "Fly Heading 270, descend and maintain eight thousand." Then a series of descend and maintain requests, sometimes with 10 to 20 degree different heading. Usually right as I am starting to level off from the previous one they give me the next one. 7,000, 5,000, and so on down to 3,000 or below. Usually I'm at or below 3,000 before I cross the extended centerline for KPAE. Then "Left turn to 160, maintain 2,200 until established, cleared ILS 14 right" Once established, they'll hand me off to tower.

My thoughts (that nobody asked for): There are many possible acceptable methods and this is one of them. More important than what method you use is that you use the same method consistently.

I'll second this. I've never gotten anything other than SKYKO when flying IFR. You can also fly VFR into and out of BFI quite easily. There are VFR procedures that the airport publishes: https://cdn.kingcounty.gov/-/media/king-county/depts/executive-services/airport/pilot-information/bfi-vfr-routes-final-20210515.pdf

Opening the person gate requires more than just a code, you have to have a badge as well. Not sure what you saw happening, but unless they have someone's badge and that person's personal code they can't get in. @dkkim73 I've had a tie-down spot there for about 10 years now and have never seen any of the homeless people inside the perimeter or even try to mess with the gate or fence. Yes, there is a line of really sketchy RVs (The land kind, not the homebuilt flying kind) and homeless people just North the airport. I wouldn't leave a vehicle outside the gate. But inside seems totally fine to me. I was actually referring to my tie-down spot for the plane inside the security gate, not a car parking spot in an area accessible to the public.

There are two transient parking spots in the NE corner of KBFI for $10/night provided by the airport. You pay cash when you leave; call the 24/7 security phone. There are signs on the inside of the fence with the number. When I was there three days ago there was a vision jet on one of the transient spots but I've never seen both of them full. I'd let you use my parking spot there, but I have a car in it at the moment and the key is with me. . Sorry.

If you have regular power and internet it's really easy. My Mooney has a permanently installed pre-heat system that runs on 110V. For the 182 though I just have a cheap ceramic space heater and some aluminum flexible ducting that I shove up into the cowl. And I drape a blanket over the cowl and tuck it in/around the air inlets For both I control them with a Switchbot Plug Mini: https://us.switch-bot.com/collections/plugs It's a separate app on my phone which is annoying, but it does report the amperage draw, so I have confidence that it's actually turning on and off. I've noticed that when I try to use the feature of the app to schedule it to turn on, while it does turn on, 'disabling' or 'pausing' the schedule will not always work. I check back a couple of days later and sometimes it will have turned on at the scheduled time (usually 3:30 AM) even though the schedule was disabled. You do need internet there for it to work remotely and you need 110VAC for the heaters. It's possible to do battery powered and cell-signal based stuff as well, but those are not necessary if you've got internet and regular electrical.

The autopilot wasn't working, but it sounds like the attitude indicator functionality was still working OK?

Real world Rocket owner here. A consistent 1,000 NM range is unrealistic for any Mooney. At least in my Rocket (which is a little on the slower end) I wouldn't count on 1,000 NM in any direction but East, and even then I ned a pretty good tailwind and willingness to climb high. Re: FIKI... FIKI is nice, but a non-FIKI TKS is functionally similar. The FIKI changes are redundancy and a heated stall vane. The TKS panels are technically different, but functionally the same. As long as everything works and nothing breaks the only difference is the stall warning horn. So be careful when/where you fly. Look at the SKEW-T LOG-P diagrams to find an altitude that is likely to not have ice. Don't plan to land at a short runway unless you know the stall warning will free after any ice encounters. Always have an out or two. But an AIRMET is not "Known Icing Conditions", neither is a PIREP from any time before now. But with that being said: don't be stupid. Or as they say: "Fly good. Don't suck." And @1980Mooney referenced this knowledge but to make it very clear: CAV Ice doesn't make a FIKI install for a 14V system for Mooneys so if you have a 14V plane it's not possible to get a FIKI system on it without paying for the certification which is probably in the $10,000,000 range to accomplish. https://www.noaa.gov/jetstream/upperair/skew-t-log-p-diagrams

How many bolts hold the prop on the flange, and are they always re-clocked to the same position when re-installing? I thought there were 6 bolts, so if they remove and re-install in a different orientation, you could be off by 1/6, 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, or 5/6 of a rotation, or be exactly where you were before.

Did the AI still track the horizon? Did the message just pop up unexpectedly? I'd be a little concerned if that happened while on an approach, but they did provide a nice big 'back' button that would probably bring the screen back to normal.

Ahh, but I don't want a ferry pilot; I want to fly my plane. Unfortunately I am not current on medical and IFR. I considered trying to find a CFII (or good weather and any rated PPL or better to be a safety pilot) and an AME so I could renew my medical and get my IFR currency back but I decided that I'd prefer to do it this way. This leaves me in Portland in late December which actually work fairly well for me. Part of my reasoning is that I want to inspect the new paint and interior on the plane.

I'm adding all the photos they send me to this album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/jnrkLwoWASCpGu4M7

The following week might work, I'm actually pretty flexible on this. Where are you based?

Mike: I know you want to promote your business but flying someone from Florida to the West Coast and back probably isn't a cost effective solution for a 3 hour flight.