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Iridium is definitely better than Globalstar. More satellites, better coverage. Garmin uses Iridium for InReach, Apple uses Globalstar for the iPhone 14+ .. we’ll see how that plays out.

Maybe need to change the title to [SOLD] or whatever

Oh no, I just meant “hard to find” … I’m tempted to buy these just to put them on a shelf. But I don’t want to take them away from someone who’s actively looking for one.

At a glance, these look exactly like my wing gauges … I’ve never had any problem with mine, but I gather that they’re kind of hard to replace if one departs the aircraft?

There's no doubt that the 275 has more functionality, but I care about the G5 primarily as a battery-powered AI, and the G5 has much longer battery life than the 275. The fact that it's a redundant AP annunciator (and a redundant AP control head) is just gravy I also went with the G5 backup in part because I prefer the look of the square instrument next to the big display. The 275 is a ton of horsepower if you're dropping it in a legacy panel with round holes, but I have the G3X for most of what I'd use a 275 for.

It might already have been mentioned above, but I didn’t see it - apologies if I’m repeating. One advantage to the integrated EIS is that you get engine telemetry along with air data. Every flight I take has streaming data to my iPad, and I have a full record of every flight with air data and engine data automatically. No SD cards, no merging flight data with EIS. Also worth noting that the EIS streams to the iPad in real time, so if your display craps out you still have all of your engine data on a tablet. This was a key reason I decided not to install a standalone EIS display - it’s already redundant.

The G500TXi and the G3X Touch have identical resolution per Garmin. Some say the TXi looks better, idk I have the G3X and carefully researched the differences before purchasing. I probably would have flipped for the TXi if it had higher resolution. I was going all-Garmin, so the interconnection advantages of the TXi didn’t have much value for me, and I like the tight integration with the GFC.

This site has some nice looking Mooney swag. I have never purchased anything from them, so ymmv. I'm sure it's all unauthorized. https://www.redbubble.com/shop?query=mooney aircraft&ref=search_box

That’s pretty impressive - must be the exception rather than the rule though. The airparks around here seem mostly to have a lot of available lots that aren’t moving at all.

Seems impossible, right? No idea.

This is all pretty interesting. What I’d heard about Craig Fuller before was basically that he wanted to build fly-in communities, and the magazines were a way to promote the airparks. You’ve summarized much more than I knew before.

I keep my AOPA membership for the same reason - I have the PPP, and I think it’s valuable. I also just generally think that we need to support general aviation advocacy organizations, though I’ve been a little uncomfortable with the kinds of salaries that AOPA executives are drawing. It’s a nonprofit, after all. I don’t read the AOPA Pilot magazine. There’s way too much fluff. I’d rather that money went toward education and advocacy efforts. I flip through the pages as I toss it into the bin.

Raising subscription prices to $30 for an ad-supported magazine is insane. The reason I really like(d) the Belvoir publications is that they were 100% content and no fluff. I felt like my subscription money was going straight to content. But if I have to read 100 pages full of ads to get 10 pages of content, I’m not going to pay top dollar for that. I canceled my Flying subscription when they changed the format because it seemed bizarre - like paying for a book of postcards.

Nice find. Weird content though - it’s an AI generated summary of a YouTube video? ETA: I’m watching the video now. It’s not a bad interview. The AI summary seems pretty good so far…

It’s a tough call. I did my instrument training in an aircraft with no autopilot and two KX-170B radios in the panel, and my reptilian brain still wants a VOR when overloaded. But if you're a new pilot today and you’re planning to fly TAA in the future or as a career, it’s probably best to build those neural pathways with buttonology and a certified GPS navigator.

It looks like he had an audio panel in the top of the center stack. He replaced that with the 396 in a dock, and moved the audio panel to the top of the right stack.

Yeah - I would expect a consumer magazine to steer clear of paid advertising.

I really only read the digital ones, and the paper copies go in the bin. Which seems incredibly wasteful, but for whatever reason it seems hard to order digital-only subscriptions without paying extra. I’ve always liked the Belvoir publications, as a long time subscriber to IFR and Aviation Consumer. When you subscribe, you get access to the full digital library, which is quite nice on an iPad. You can download PDF copies of any old issue that strikes your interest, and take it with you.

Just got my renewal letter. I’ve always thought AC was a little bit pricey at ~35/year. Sometimes I would get only digital, sometimes I would get digital+print, but I always chose the $35 option. Now it looks like they only have a $75 option, which is an awful lot of money for a magazine. I currently subscribe to IFR, Aviation Consumer, and Plane & Pilot. But they nuked one issue of each this year so they could instead send me a special issue of Flying that I didn’t want. And now the price has gone way up. I'm starting to reconsider the “bundle” at $149, which gives me more magazines I don’t want, but might actually cost less than getting the magazines I do want. How are others navigating the aviation magazine waters in 2024?

It’s been discussed quite a few times. The search feature on MS isn’t great https://www.google.com/search?q=levil bom site%3Amooneyspace.com&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

I had a similar thing happen after a major overhaul - but it was the lead wires that were only finger tight. Pulled the cowl and found the leads almost hanging off the plugs. That was after doing the first break-in flight. Ugh.

Ah .. okay it’s not another one

Geez another Mooney crash at 47N.

I think I do something similar to others - I always say "Mike Twenty Papa" (not "two zero"). I don't provide an equipment suffix unless asked. I selected "Mike Two Zero Papa" but I actually say "Mike Twenty Papa" ...

Is this correct year over year? The last time I looked at this was a few years back when we had a sales thread here on MS, and Textron vs Cirrus was 300ish for each. I think it was 306 vs 347, with the significant edge to Cirrus. I certainly don’t perceive Cirrus as outselling Textron 2:1. I think of them as being very close on annual SEP sales. Anyway, if Cirrus is reliably selling 2:1 year over year, then I’ll withdraw the comment. I may have seen the aberration and assumed it was the average.