PeteMc

I wish I could claim credit for this... Someone over in one of the FB Groups pointed out that all these drones that are being spotted (the real drones) will all suddenly go away when they get their fill of photography all the Christmas light!!!

Turf or paved?

I was curious, so I just pulled down their manual. I can find no reference to chart supplement, supplement, afd, a/fd, clearance, delivery or anything else that would be in the AFD. The Airport section seemed get the most hits, but even that didn't seem to have everything. At least from what I can tell with the manual. Are you sure they have it?

I like the purple for the UAS NOTAMs, what EFB are you using? G Pilot or something else?

10+ years ago, FOX was a News organization. I used to like switching between them and the other stations to get a better view from both sides. But now, your comments are maybe even a little to polite. And don't get me started on CNN Headline News!! I used to love them 20 some years ago. I'd turn it on between calls or meetings while I was catching up on emails, etc. It was great for getting the "headlines" of what was going on in the US and the world. I don't have facts, but I'm guessing it wasn't as profitable as Smart Phones started taking over and online news searches became a lot easier.

Pick another Airport. An extra 20 minute drive might be a bit of a pain, but much less than if a storm, jet wake or a helicopter tosses your plane around.

So there are always going to be exceptions, like the guy from China and the idiots flying their drone off an island in the Boston harbor IN the KBOS airspace. But otherwise I still contend originally it was just some people flying their drones legally and a LOT of miss identification of helicopters and planes. But then, it became a thing, so everyone with a drone was joining in and flying at night. So now you have all these people all over the place flying their drones and a lot of them were by the power stations, which we can see are everywhere. So good opportunity for someone that does want to do harm to just mix in with the crowd. So the smart thing to do is to re-enforce that no drones are allowed in these area. It could turn out to be a real thing and they just were not telling us. But the most obvious reason is usually THE reason.

2,500 ft is not an issue if you're light and the grass is WELL maintained. But if you're talking about leaving a grass strip on a hot summer day fully loaded for a trip, I'd give it a second thought. I've flown my 231 into a few grass strips, but I knew them well and knew people that were flying into them frequently. The one runway I did multiple times, Basin Harbor (B06) was 3000 ft and never an issue. But it was maintained by the grounds crew for the golf course that was there. So as long as they didn't have a lot of rain in the preceding days, that runway was better than some hard surface ones I've landed at. Also, you need to be careful about the lower gear doors on the 231. If the grass is not cut short, and some grass strips keep it a bit long to maintain the field, that will be an issue.

Thanks for the update!

Heard they arrested two guys for flying a drone around BOS. They were operating the drone from some island and a third guy escaped in a boat.

They know. But then if they tell everyone it's nothing, they can't get them hooked and then run the hype story for days and days to try and bump up their numbers. Actually, some people know. But based on how they can keep a straight face on this and other stories, I think a lot of them do not want to be told anything that contradicts what they're saying on air. This way they can claim they were just telling the story that made sense to them. I used to like FOX News, sorry... FOX "Entertainment" now days. But their stories are so full of holes now that I don't bother. All about the money for Merdoch and the people he has on the air. And it's not a Conservative vs Liberal thing, it's about a FULL story, even if it is slanted your way. They just now conveniently pick phrases or sections to rile people up to keep watching, even if it is NOT what really happened. (Mob mentality at it's finest. )

Note to Self... Pull a LOT more of the grounding wire out than you need and sort of whip it under the wing and then back out to your grounding point on the nose wheel. you'll never walk over or drag the hose over the grounding wire again. And that also means no more of those accidental disconnections when the wired gets pulled with the hose.

There's got to be all sorts of residue on the inside from the gases. The the corrosion, oxidation and just crud as you mentioned on the outside. I was surprised though when he really cleaned the pipe down to bare metal there still was no conductivity. Anyone here know metals and what exhaust gases can do to an exhaust pipe to greatly increase the resistance?

I'll have to check next time I get gas, but don't all gas stations now have warning signs to put external tanks on the ground before filling? So I guess YOU were the reason for the signs!!!

Does anyone have a direct line to some of the senior people at AOPA? I know they were talking about insurance rates in general and also for pilots 70+ and they were going to meet with various Insurance Co. to talk about their number crunching for rates not meeting what the data shows. (Why there are accidents, older pilots not causing as many accidents and they're putting in their numbers, etc.) But I haven't heard anything new and calling the 800# didn't provide any new info. I'd be curious what, if anything, is happening with this project. And a totally unsubstantiated comment from someone at one of these meetings was that not just pilots, but all insurance holders across the board are getting hit because of all the insurance payouts the last 10+ years. Lots of floods, fires, storms, etc. have got the Insurance Co. looking at their bottom line.

I've always used my non painted tie down, just like he does. VERY important point he made that you DO NOT want to skip over. He talked about touching the fuel nozzle to the plane if there is no grounding wire. But, as he said, you DO NOT want to touch near the open fuel tank neck without getting rid of static charge first. That's where all the fuel fumes are!

And if I can ask, what is the ball park that you're paying? with Old Republic. Mine has jumped for the last three years and I'm now over $3K too. So I'm seriously looking.

Since the plane just came out of the Avionics Shop, don't discount that you may also have a loose ground(s) in addition to the bad battery.

I don't typically go 5 hrs, more like 3.5 to 4+. I might take a few sips early in the flight, but once I get about to about an hour out from my destination I'll start hydrating. Also, it helps to really hydrate the day BEFORE your flight. Same is true if you're taking a commercial flight.

I'm assuming the "MO" is designating it was actually a Major Overhaul and not just a tear down and repair back to specs (leaving anything that was close but still in spec). My plane when I bought it was listed as X hours since Major. But going though the logs I only found a tear down and repair after a prop strike. When I got the logs to the mechanic to look over he told me they did a really good job and they came up just short of a Major. He couldn't figure out why they just didn't do it all.

Hearing the motor with no rotation may be a problem. I really don't remember if the lens wheel in my old beacon rotated when the bulb was out, but I thought it did. But if you're hearing things but not seeing any motion, it may be time to cut your losses. Even if some Tri-Flow or whatever gets it moving again, how bad is the corrosion and are you going to be opening it up every couple of weeks to keep it rotating? And I think Tri-Flow is okay, but whatever you use, make sure it's non-conductive and non-flammable.

Thanks! I guess that's why I was not as excited about it as others seemed to be and didn't use it much.

Yes, I can log in to my Android App or to Windy.app on my computer. But Windy.com appears to be a different Website/Company. Not that there aren't multiple Wx Websites. But I did not know there were two separate "Windy" Websites.

So I just discovered there is a Windy.app and a Windy.com Website. My Android App User Name & PW work in the Windy.app site. So now I'm curious about the other one.

Well, you're heading in the right direction. If you add another 1,022nm we can all have lunch at the Skyway Cafe @ KSFF.