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To be fair, the ONLY thing I use my IPad for in the cockpit is to review approach plates. Everything else is on the panel...... traffic, weather, etc

I just purchased Garmin Pilot. I know it works, it is way cheaper than ForeFlight and I believe it will continue to improve...........and I expect ForeFlight to stagnate at best and cost more. I will run them parallel for the time being until I get up to speed and comfortable with Garmin Pilot and decide if i want to make the switch permanent.

Just read that Foreflight is reducing the features available to those who don’t purchase the Performance Plus package. I already purchase Performance Plus but I will be taking a look at switching to Garmin Pilot. I think the future of Foreflight is on a different trajectory than Garmin Pilot. Garmin is dedicated to aviation. The new owners of Foreflight are not.

That very well could be the case. It will be interesting to see how much the new owners increase subscription prices next year when they are actually running the business.

My Foreflight subscription is up for renewal. Before I renew I wanted to get some idea of whether folks are moving to Garmin pilot with their new features seeming quite an improvement, and the likelihood that Foreflight will be under new Wall St ownership with perhaps reduced enhancements in the future. I have been happy with Foreflight to this point, but they have already announced a price increase for this years subscription. Thoughts?

Recent trip back to KC from Texas. You can see the cold front very clearly in the center picture.

I just got my invoice for the IFR certification that is required every 2 years. I was wondering how much folks are paying for that service. My invoice was for $634.38 which includes the certification for my 2nd altimeter on the G5.

If I am not mistaken the TIT is required for the 231 but not the 252 or Encore, which is why I have it on my display.

This is exactly why I don’t recommend a Mooney to a low time pilot.

The G3x is customizable. It is very easy to rearrange the screen and move the engine instruments to the other side. In that particular layout it only shows the temperature of the highest cylinder. If you touch the engine monitor screen it shows everything in detail for all 6 cylinders. I was running a fuel flow of 10.2 GPH. The entire trip only took 30.2 gallons which includes climbing to 15,000’.

Finally got it right side up.

Took the pictures with my IPad. That’s likely the issue.

I can’t figure out how to turn the pictures right side up.

This is what it looked like today headed to Kentucky. Apparently I was flying upside down.

A turbo charged airplane is a matter of preference. Personally, I don’t want a plane without a turbocharger. The cost of a turbocharger is minor compared to the overall cost of ownership. Being able to fly over the bad weather is worth it to me.