kpaul

I officially flew the certification aircraft: 2678 NM 23.9 hours 9 different airports/ 7 states All in the past 8 days

137# I gained 7 back removing the vac and standby vac sysyems.

According to their w&b it was empty of fuel.

Yeah, I had no idea they did until I showed up to get the plane.

I started a thread for the F/G here

I think the E started about 3 months +/- behind. As for the pre 65s, they are probably 8 to 10 months out.

I want to say 3 months behind, but I am not really sure, it might be a little less. Maybe a Christmas Present to yourself.

I had a Century 41 previously with electric trim. So I'm not sure what the actual weight difference between the old and new. Unfortunately, they did a re-weight of the aircraft. And let's just say that over the years the plane has put on a few pounds that were not accounted for.

The GFC500 for the F/G is fully certified and flying! Expect 2-3 weeks for the PMAd parts kit to be available to ship. I picked up my F, which was the certification aircraft, yesterday. I was only able to fly one coupled approach (LPV) into my destination. I wasn't up for much after the 5 hour flight. I of course have the full system to include yaw damper. I did like the yaw damper in the climb, as I was able to be feet on the floor and the ball was centered the entire time. I have quite a bit of time behind bigger aircraft autopilots so the transition was very easy and straight forward as are all the modes of operation. One a side note for the 64 and earlier aircraft, Garmin is in the process of accepting the certification aircraft for those models. Due to the flight control and empennage differences they could not use the current E for the earlier models. So for those of you wondering, the GFC500 is on its way to you as well.

Enroute to New Century as we speak. Sitting in Denver with a layover. I pick up the plane tomorrow morning. According to Garmin the certification paperwork was completed on the 16th. More to follow!

I don't know why anyone would be in that much of a hurry to land in Brownsville.

Sounds like an excuse to fly and pay Dan Bass @DanM20C a visit. He has/had the equipment. I had mine recalibrated by him at OSH.

File a delay at the field you plan to do approaches. In Foreflight it would be KTUS/D0+30. You can put a delay at any way point, using waypoint/Dh+mm ATC should understand if your delay point is an airfield. In the remarks section of the flight plan write you would like multiple approaches at KTUS.

Heck, I flew C-130s until 2008. We had three of those ADF heads in each aircraft. They were interesting to tune to say the least. We had two bearing pointers on the ADF display. It was a great day when they both agreed where the station was. We just picked one and "parked" the other. Flying NDB approaches was an everyday event for us, we would even do the full procedure while flying instrument formations, and it was guaranteed to be a requirement for our annual check rides. I actually still enjoy flying NDBs, when I could find one still in operation. It's fun to see the look on the student pilots face after demonstrating one and asking if they want to give it a try.

My Foreflight, connected to a Stratus, already does this, I get the callout through my Bluetooth headset. Also my Garmin Aera 660 which is wired into my audio panel does as well. They make the announcement within a few seconds of each other.

You don't need a front to have the winds change quite significantly in the mountains. Where I live in Montana, it can be calm one hour and 20+ kt gusts the next.

The flares come out of the aircraft in a pattern that tries to cover the heat signature of the engine. They tend to not launch correctly when the plane is pulling negative Gs or doing whatever else the Russians like to do.

So none of that is chaff. They were dispensing flares. The flares attempt to draw heat seaking missiles away from the hot engines. Chaff is small bits of metal used to hide the airframe from radar guided missiles.

But it doesn't raise the price that much. Might see the 7K in parts back, but the install cost is a loss. A buyer would expect a plane north of 100K to have an autopilot.

The same thing happened to me a year ago. Only they did not claim they were busy, but that I was at fault for not responding to their email. Funny how I never had an email from them in my inbox, junk mail or deleted items. So like many other Mooney owners I made the switch to @Parker_Woodruff. He has helped me move between my insurance, canceling my policy while Garmin had the plane and now re-insuring back under my name. Other than the fact he seems to always answer the phhone and email, he has earned my trust by being around and sharing his inside knowledge about the insurance industry not only here on MS but also during airport visits and events like the Mooney Summit.

It has to do with the ILS not being monitored. You would not want to go missed approach at your intended destination, then fly to your alternate only to find out the ILS is not operational, but since one one is in the tower there was not a NOTAM. Now you are short on fuel because you used your alternate gas getting to this approach.

Gallatin College part of Montana State University in Bozeman, MT has a program as does Rocky Mountain College in Billings, MT. Gallatin is an associate degree while Rocky is a bachelor degree. Montana State has a ROTC detachment. Monetarily, the Air Force is the cheapest way to get a multi-engine commercial. In fact they pay you. It iis also pretty quick, only takes a year. Of course there is that 10 years you owe back to the taxpayers. I just retired from the AF, my son attended Gallatin (started, but didn't complete the program). You can't beat flying out of the Gallatin Valley!

I just figured it out for my Samsung phone. Under the browser settings select Desktop Site.

The only way I have been able to find that is to either find/click your user name in the members online section at the bottom or if you happen to be in a thread that you posted in, you can click on your own avatar.

I have flown the RNAV to mins into there for my annual a couple of years ago. Assuming you are IFR proficient, it should be pretty straight forward. There is nothing overly complicated about the approach into there. Even if it was VMC, I would have the approach loaded since you are planning to arrive at dusk.