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I did the brow on the front windows and windshield. The one on the windshield is an elliptical shape if you do it to have it go straight across. I used some blue painters tape on the sides and in the center and ran a string across then got inside and sat down to see where it would be. Then I laid the tint over it, marked it, and took it off to cut it. A roll of tint is cheap enough you can redo it every year or two without it breaking the bank.

It really is a beautiful feature.

Then imagine that one of them has a mental disorder and it will make you one of the "normal" ones.

I do similar to that. I have longer checklists for pre-flight, startup, run-up and prior to take off. For pre-flight I go through the plane and then check my list to make sure I didn't miss something. Startup, run-up, and prior to take off I go through step by step as there is plenty of time and no reason to rush through anything. Prior to take-off I also review the emergency procedures for engine out and climb/cruise but I don't look at the checklist again until in cruise where I double check I didn't miss something. Sometime in cruise prior to descent I review my descent and landing checklists but don't refer to them again after that. In the pattern I do a GUMPS check. I haven't flown anything except my Mooney since getting it but when I was doing my PPL in the Cherokees I would do the GUMPS check and for undercarriage I would say "Undercarriage - Fixed Gear." Even with mnemonics and flows I have found that it is helpful to scan down a checklist and have found on an occasion here and there that I did miss something. Thankfully nothing that I have missed has been critical items and there has been no long term harm done.

I've been using Windy for over a year and have been really happy with it. They continue to add things to it, recently adding the Thunderstorms forecast.

Two years is the typical number. It also applies if the death occurs while participating in a "risky activity" if that period has passed. My policy had been in place for quite some time before I started flying. I did double check with my insurance company prior to flying to make sure that if something happened that they would still pay and they confirmed that it was well beyond the contestability period.

I'm one of those. I knew I wanted a Mooney before I started flying and jumped on the forums here, I've been hanging around since then. I bought mine I guess about a month and a half after my checkride and have loved every minute of flying it. For our family it is the perfect plane.

I had not read that, I thought the right side was just a light. That would be nice.

I built one from a cooler and associated parts. I keep a couple of empty 2 liter bottles in a bag and fill them with water before heading to the airport. On the way I stop and buy a couple 10 lb bags of ice and that setup keeps cold air blowing for at least a couple of hours. If the flight is longer then at least I have a nice fan blowing on me after the ice is melted. The last couple of flights I made it was still 70-75 degrees at 10,500' which doesn't do much to cool you down when the sun is beating in on you. I do the same thing, having the shades in the rear windows makes a huge difference.

Something seems odd there. I have over 200 hours with my Stratux and have had it twice stop sending out the wifi signal because the SD card got corrupted. After the first time I started carrying a spare card with the image loaded on it so I could just swap it out which only takes a couple of minutes. Reformatting and reloading the image is easy to do as well to repair the bad card for the next time it's needed. (In fairness to the system if I took the time to shut it down with the app instead of just turning off the power to it I probably wouldn't have it getting corrupted.) I've never had it reboot or fail to lock on.

Is he scrambling them or will they be sunny side up?

Trying to adjust my work schedule to see if we can make it, will let you know.

Fly safe. If you get the itch to go up in a Mooney let me know, I'm just a hop away from you. She's not as nice as your bird but I like her and she's still a lot of fun.

That's what I was planning on putting in until I saw the AV-20-S and thought why not get an AOA and backup AI at the same time.

I need a clock in my panel and for the price and all the features I'm going to put in the AV-20-S when they get certification. They said they will hold the special show price for one month after certification comes through.

That's great! I had the wrong one next to me for 15 long years. The past 8 with the right one next to me have been amazing.

I know you came here for flying advice and not life advice, but... Some may agree and some won't. Many of my major goals in life were accomplished because of a supportive wife by my side, or at least easier to accomplish. Of course that is dependent on marrying the right person. The opposite is true. It's very difficult to accomplish things with the wrong person by your side.

Congratulations

Congratulations!

Careful, you could hear "Do you just love me for my plane?"

I saw the same thing when I had the EDM-830 put in, my original mechanical tach reads about 125-150 higher than the EDM at full power. At lower RPM's it reads closer to the EDM but is still off some on the high side.

Thanks, fortunately there will be flexibility when we go. The plan will be to have a travel window and when it looks like there is a good 10 day forecast we will be on our way. Right now it is just feeling out when the best time of year would be. From the comments I'm leaning towards either Spring or Fall. It will also be dependent on his college schedule when he gets back.

Hmmm.... All you Apple people. My Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 has never overheated or crashed in a couple hundred hours of flying." Including AZ and Nevada in the summer. It can also be bought for a little over $200. Now I need to go find some wood to knock on. I think @Raptor05121 has the same one and runs Droid EFB like I do. Alex, any overheating or random shut down issues?

I'm thinking that could turn into a very expensive trip... As they say, "You don't know what you don't know." (It's probably cheaper for me not to know )

There's another thread about the AV-30 that mentions it. https://aerovonics.com/av-20-1 Company home page: https://aerovonics.com/ I actually traded some emails with the founder of the company this morning asking how long they would keep the special show pricing. He answered my inquiry in about 5 minutes (very nice) and said that they ran into a few delays with the FAA (no surprise) but are expecting certification in the next week or so. He also said that they will leave the discounted price effective for a month after they receive the certification.