TomR

Agreed

Sent mine via PayPal. What a tragedy how this is turning out. Let’s all pray for his recovery as quickly as possible

My very non governmental expert two cents: The faa invested quite a bit in the 978 solution. I’d be curious to find out but I’d imagine that some air carriers will be utilizing the 978 portion of the system. Once they have invested millions on 978 the FAA won’t be able to suddenly mandate 1090 because the airlines lobby will be rightfully able to prevent them from doing so. I have 1090 in and out and honestly think the value provided is worth it. With that being said I’d plan on doing what you think Canada will be mandating as that’s where your based.

Knew it was getting about that time of year. I should be there this year weather permitting. Missed a great crowd last year I think

There are too many. Know your limits and be careful out there guys

Definitely fuel available. Never want to speculate but 24 gals total is not enough fuel to get to Columbus county airport. Not to mention the fact that CPC is the place you go for cheap fuel. So fuel was almost certainly on the pilots mind. Why the quantity in the aircraft was not checked is beyond me.

So sad to hear espically since it’s less than 20 miles from me. Prayers for his family

Oh man that’s a shame. Honestly no bright side to this, new engine notwithstanding. In any case good luck

An MSE! I’m sure your already happy with her. Best of luck !

I’d be interested to know myself. Just starting to get a weep in my tank so it’s on the horizon for me as well

I had the same experience with Starr. The provided my coverage last year on my new plane. At time 150 hrs instrument no complex time. Quoted at 3000 per year. Went to renew and have put 100 hrs in the mooney yet Starr jumped to nearly 4200. Went with qbe I believe for approx 3000. Was very surprised but I think it’s true that Starr just didn’t want to write mooney policies this year. Hoping next my rates will come down, fingers crossed

This seems on the surface to be a real ball of wax. None of us can speak to the actually condition terms etc except for you and the mechanics doing the prebuy. I’d say if your seriously considering, budget a substantial amount of money for things that are discover 6 months down the road. You know the state of the engine but the ancillaries are likely to add up in a big way

Weber aircraft out of Lancaster aircraft are also good people. For pre buy / advice, Dave is definitely a good choice

That’s what the conclusion was during my annual. It seemed to only happen during the bitterly cold weather. Fortunately it seems like nothing was wrong with the autopilot. Just that the servos were fighting binding in the flight controls. Picking up my airplane Thursday so hopefully this will solve the issue for now

Yep I’ll second what everybody else has said. If your antenna is bare wire any ice could change the inherent gain of the antenna or worse yet short it. However any ice on any antenna is going change it’s gain and potentially cause multi path problems. GPS tend to be most susceptible to this because the received power is quite small. Long story short unless you can actively de ice an antenna, any conductive material near the antenna is going to cause interference.