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No, I can't give any comparison, only that I am happy enough with the Halo's that I don't see any reason to try something different. "If it ain't broke..."

I've never tried the Clarity Aloft but have had a set of Halo's for a couple years now and have been very happy with them. I bought my wife a set earlier this year and she is very happy with them too, wishes we had gotten them sooner. (Disclaimer, both of us have been wearing earbuds with phones, music, etc... for years). Not sure about the quality comments you are referring to. I haven't had any issues with the volume control box. The cord is a little too long for me but I just coiled it up and put a small zip tie on it and it is perfect.

I agree, if someone wants to get into General Aviation now is the time. About 2 1/2 years ago my wife and I were talking about some friends of ours at church and she mentioned that he was a pilot and had his own plane. My reaction was "What, how can he afford a plane?" I knew what he did for a living and while he did well, I didn't think it was well enough to have a plane. I was talking to him the next week and asked how long he had been flying. The answer, about 30 years. I asked what kind of plane he had and he told me a Mooney. I had to look up what it was because I had never heard of one before. I have wanted to fly as long as I have memories but always thought it was beyond my reach financially. After talking with my friend I started doing some real research on the costs and decided that it actually was financially possible. One ride in his Mooney and I was hooked on them. It is all a matter of priorities. People at work are amazed that I have my own plane, yet we have customers come in every day and buy vehicles that are $50-100k. Those same people that think owning a plane is extravagant don't think a thing about that person buying a Corvette or a Cadillac Escalade. Then again, I still have to pinch myself sometimes to remind me that this isn't a dream. I actually own a plane and can fly it, dreams do come true.

I got mine in 2016 and it was right about $8,000 all in, materials, flight time, written test prep, and fee to the DPE, everything. As for popcorn, microwave just isn't the same. Grew up with Sunday afternoon after church consisting of popcorn and football or whatever other sport was on. When the Stir Crazy popper came out and you didn't have to shake it anymore to keep it from burning that was a game changer. (I did learn to make it on the stove and did so for two years as a missionary, couldn't afford to buy the popper and take it with me from one assigned area to the next). I still make popcorn almost every Sunday afternoon, I'm on about my 3rd or 4th Stir Crazy popper in the last 25 years.

Nope, they should start moving with the first pump. About 4 1/4 pumps should be full flaps.

My Mooney is part of the retirement plan. It's how I will get about to visit the kids and grandkids. The first thing my wife looks at as we think of different places to retire is how far away is the airport and what is the flight time to where the kids live.

My tablet gives me a heading to fly and makes adjustments depending on what the winds are doing if they are pushing me off track. If the indicated heading I am flying is the same as the leg shows I should fly it works perfectly. In my mind I "think" that if I set the TruTrack to the heading on the tablet it will get me there. The reality in practice may be different.

I've put a couple hundred hours on our Mooney with no auto-pilot. I'm with you that I hate to see the date slipping further back, but for what they are saying it does for the price I am willing to keep flying without one and wait a few more months. Planning on purchasing it through @Jeev and if I decide to have him do the install too the Winter/Spring months are much nicer for flying to Vegas than the Summer/Fall months.

I'm planning to do the same thing in the next couple of months with my step.

Don, our family will have you in our prayers.

Turning final at Kern Valley next to Lake Isabella a couple weeks ago. Also have video that I "think" I'm about done editing. It's a fun approach right along the hills on the west side of the valley.

I tried Davinci Resolve and really liked it, except the fact that it would constantly crash despite having a system well above specs. I also used Windows Movie Maker but there were some things I wanted to do that it wouldn't do. There are a number of other's that I have tried as well but I have finally settled on ShotCut. There is a bit of a learning curve but once you get the basics (you will be doing most of the same things with all your videos) it is really easy to use. There are good tutorial videos so anytime I wanted to learn something new I would just watch a video and play around with it. If you are looking to add any more cameras I have been very happy with the Apeman Cameras. I really can't tell a difference in the quality between my GoPro Hero 3+ and the Apeman Cameras. Apeman Bundle - $50 and comes with a camera, a case, mounts, and two batteries. The batteries provide about 1:15-1:30 of constant recording time which is much better than I get from the GoPro Apeman Camera - $36 and comes with a camera, mounts and one battery Battery Charger - $14 and comes with two more batteries. For $100 you could have two cameras, mounts, five batteries, a case, and a charger.

Not sure if this is what you are after but it's pretty funny.

Ah, thank you for getting the thread back on track!

I can't stand wearing flip flops (my wife born and raised in SoCal can't understand) because I can't stand having that little strap between my toes. I can't imagine having something in between all of my toes...

She's a beautiful bird. Congratulations!

Me too, that was neat to hear. We took the boy scouts on a tour of the tower there at KFUL a couple of years ago. The controller there couldn't have been any nicer to the boys. Sounds like they haven't changed. I'm not surprised at the fond farewell, Ron is a class act.

I agree 110%, thanks for putting it together and sharing it.

I have always been a huge admirer of lighting (three of these are at or just after suset) and the way it is used in photos, movies, and especially paintings. Pit-stop in St George, (with or without the passengers). Wanted to get a little more of the profile in this one but was trying to get the sunset towards the middle and not have the old truck just out of the picture to the right in it. This is quite possibly my favorite although it might be too dark for what you are painting. We landed just after sunset in Chandler and pulled up to the pump. I got out and thought "Wow, that would make a great picture." If you look close you can see the reflection of the tower and horizon in the window and down the side of the fuselage.

I used them for the 1965 I bought. They were great, made everything as easy as can be.

When I took the nieces and nephews up they wanted to see what a steep turn was and loved it. Proper preparation was important, explaining that 45 degrees is halfway to 90, showing them with my hand what the bank would look like before starting it, and explaining that it would feel much steeper than it was. Talking them through it as the angle kept increasing and telling them where I was stopping from going any further, having them look down and pointing out the altitude indicator and that it wasn't moving, so despite what it might look like we weren't getting any closer to the ground. The response was always "Wow" or "Cool!" Surprises aren't good for the passengers, knowing what to expect before it happens eliminates a lot of apprehension. I do the same thing if we are going to be flying over areas I am expecting bumpy air, most of the time in the local areas I can anticipate it. I tell them what "may" happen and why they may feels some bumps. Then if/when it does I say, see, there it is. Me too, boring is good.

I have a 10" on my yoke and put an 8" over on the RH side using a RAM Mount. Fairly inexpensive and I angle it depending on who is in the right seat. Some people like to look at it and follow along so I have it facing them straight on, other times I angle it toward me a little more. Either way I can read it well. I would put it lower down but then I can't see the transponder very well and if it is out too far from the panel it could hit the yoke if it was full forward and full aileron deflection.

Great pictures, I need to dig some up and get them posted tomorrow, see if I can sneak in under the deadline.

Thanks, I think I will do some measuring and order some pieces to fill in the gaps where stuff came out of my center stack. Right now I just have some plastic filling in the gaps but that would clean it back up nicely.

This article has some good information. EAA - Making Your Instrument Panel