PeteMc

I'll toss my suggestion into the pot. 1) Start using the FF Logbook. Pending how many flght you did last year... either manually start with 01/01/25 or if you had a lot of flights, just start with 01/01/26. (Only reason to start with 2025 is for FF to show the correct Currency.) 2) Download the sample_logbook_template.csv from the FF Website. And just start entering the Aircraft and Flights out of your paper logbook. 3) Once you're caught up to where the FF Logbook starts, EXPORT your Logbook which will be another .CSV file. Copy the flights from that Export into the .CSV file that has all of your other flights which will give you a complet logbook file. You can confirm with FF Support, but you can then just Import that file and replace everything that is currently in you FF Logbook. So basically you've got everythig now in FF. Notes on the .CSV template.... DO NOT delete or change any of the Headers (Titles)!! Do not Delete any of the Columns!! You can, obvioulsy, delete all of the Sample/Example Aircraft (top section) or Flights (lower section) to put in your data. Also, FF uses KABC, so be sure to add the K to the Airports that way if you just have ABC in your paper logbook. Also, if you have multiple flights in one day, FF may not show them in the correct order once imported into FF. I add a 0100, 0200, etc. in Time Out column for the 1st, 2nd, etc., fight for that day to put them back into the correct order.

You'd have to confirm with US Wings, but I'm wondering if the XL is for their Long version? So it is possibly a Large/Long vs my Long/Regular (which only has the one L tag).

No, I don't think it's different strokes. Pretty much what I'm saying too. I just want the plate there so there are no "Ummm... is that right?" The Plate page shows me where I'm going and it should just be a reference. But if something glitches or just seem off on the Nav gear, there's no futzing around with the getting the overlay more readable, it is just THERE. But then we also both agree, that was then, and now we're looking at the DP and hoping it keeps improving!

Yes, I get that. But if I'm being Vectored and every thing is set up on the panel, I might still be looking at the Map. But once I get that "Intercept the ____" and I've decided to continue in on the Approach, that's where I guess I go old school and want to focus on the Approach Plate and the Panel. But as you said, that's changing with the Dynamic Procedures, especially as they (hopefully) continue to improve upon the DPs.

I figure if I'm still looking at the Wx as I'm switching to the Approach, then something is REALLY wrong. I suppose if I were flying some sort of heavy metal then it might be a different story. Same with Traffic, if it's IMC then I'm not that concerned. Sure, there is always a chance someone will launch right as I get there. But then that was always a chance in all the pre TIS-B years too. And, in theory, if they are scud running in the pattern, I should see them before I switch to the Plates page too. With the Dynamic Procedures, totally agree that if I did use the Plate overlay, it would be silly to keep it on with the new DP. Now if you only knew a big wig at FF and could get them to make the overlay an OPTION!!!!

I actually do not like the plate over the map, well maybe I "hate" it is a better statement. And I don't know how many actual FF folks fly Mooneys, but if any of your are here, DO take note of the side-by-side that Pilot has. I know I've suggested years ago and I'm sure others have too.

So with the iPad in Horizontal View, you can do a split screen and keep the map on one side and the chart on the other? I've been tell FF they should do that for years!

Yes, but there are a large number of stories how the Auto Start/Stop messed people up. And then it matters if you care how accurate your Logbook entry is. Remember the Start is +60ish Kts and the Stop is when you slow below 60 Kts. So all the Taxi and Hold time before Takeoff is an ESTIMATE by FF. Sure, it's a fun toy that may save you... Or just royally mess with your time. Start engine, Start Track Log Stop engine, Stop Track Log Or... Just use Hobbs Time!

That's good to know. But I think I'd probably still use the SD Card. And hopefully they are going to get around to letting any panel device be the "Master" not just the GTN. I do have to pull my FS510 to install the DB in the GTN, but then I also just swap and leave the current update in my GNC. Back a few software updates they said that all the other devices would do a DB Sync from which ever device has the latest update, but that never happened. If they get that finally working I'm set with the one SD Card in the GNC.

Even if I had G Pilot, I don't think I'd use the WiFi update option. BUT... I've always thought there should be a Pilot Lite that came with the purchase of a panel device. So for those future purchasers, I hope Garmin continues to integrate FltPlan Go into the Garmin family and adds this option, as well as just making FltPlan Go a better product. It's my Backup option since I can't load FF on my Android. (FF should also come out with a Lite version that works on Android.)

I really don't know a lot about DERs and ODAs. But after reading the article, are they really getting rid of the services or just taking the Freelance/Subcontractor DERs and combining them one single group where they'll all be ODAs? I see that ODAs usually delt with large companies like Boeing. But I did not see in the article where it said the FAA would no longer be doing the work the DERs were doing. Did I miss it or was it stated somewhere else that the oversight from the DERs is just going away with this merger? And as a former Freelancer and Sub-Contractor... It's a great gig and you make a lot more than an employee would make, but it is usually project to project with dead time in between from that client. More than once I had a client grow to the point that they were constantly calling or just booking me for a new project that was starting as soon as the current one ended. Eventually someone would realize they should have a staff doing either what I was doing or what the people I was bringing in were doing. So is this elimination of the Freelance DERs any different? (I have no clue, just asking the question.)

The US Government, per the Paperwork Elimination Act (1998) started accepting Scans as a legal replacement of the original document. Later when E-Signatures started becoming more common, the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce (E-Sign) Act came out in 2000. The E-Sign Act is what made it possible for a CFI(I) to sign your ForeFlight Logbook entry from their iPad while sitting at home. Bottom line, your scans of your old Logbook entries are totally fine. So if you ever happen to be in a situation you need to show your old Logbooks and the person questions the scans for validity, go find a different person to deal with. (Not an Attorney, so if I'm wrong on this I hope one will speak up to clarify/correct me.)

Weeelllll.... I've talked to way too many Support people that are only capable of reading the script. Takes a while to get to someone that actually knows what's going on. Below is what's from Garmin's website. And where they're saying reformat to match the Pilot .CSV is where I was saying to Copy the column out of FF and Paste it into the appropriate column in the Garmin Pilot .CSV file. Less chance of accidentally messing up one of the Headers if you're trying to move and rename in the original FF .CSV. And there may be extra columns that get left over, etc. NOTE: If an error appears stating the action could not be completed, follow the steps below to verify that the format of the CSV file follows the layout of the flyGarmin.com logbook template. The template can be found on the Import Pilot Logbook page of flyGarmin.com. On the right side, find "Can I import from a custom spreadsheet?" The link to download the template is located below. Reformat the third party CSV to match the flyGarmin.com template. Repeat the steps above for the CSV import.

Just to confirm... You did take the .CSV file you Exported from ForeFlight and then copied over the data from each column (minus the Header) into the appropriate column in the G Pilot .CSV Template? Then you Imported the G Pilot .CSV Template into G Pilot? It also appears that Pilot deals with Aircraft differently, so you don't want the Aircraft Section at the top of the Export from FF. Probably the best way would be to search for a specific N# and then with that list it would be easer to copy the Aircraft Type into the appropriate fields. As for the potential changes in FF due to the sale, I figure it will take a while before it trickles down. So I'm in a wait-and-see mode to see if market pressures win out and there won't be much change in the CURRENT product. More likely there will just be no improvement and FF will stager. That will give Pilot, or whomever, time to get their act together to then have surpassed FF and we can move to a more superior product vs going backwards just because we don't like that FF sold.

Once the engine has warmed up, I doubt the 100w has anything to do with the MP fluctuation. My concern with that weight of oil would only be at the startup. Great in the summer, sludge in the winter. And as for my plate, which screws in, I didn't get a chance to look for it yet. Quite honestly, when I lived back east I never really needed to install it. And although it got pretty cold even in the summer in the teens, the oil temp never got out of the green. I guess in the winter there is that potential, but I really haven't done any long X-US flights in the winter due to the icing potential. So it's always been shorter flights.