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Aye - I don’t have IR yet, it’s a priority, though.

I’d appreciate some common sense advice/feedback from those of you that fly in and out of the capital. With all of the security procedures in place, would it make more sense to airliner up, or is a regular GA flight possible without a lot of stress? My main goal for the first trip up would be to visit Arlington and do some sightseeing. FF shows it to be three hours away, so certainly a doable distance. Thanks.

You would think so, but they’ve had a blurb on the website for months now. Apparently some almost done ones being finished off if someone signs a check.

With all that going on, one wonders how they are still squeezing out new acclaims.

Awesome! I spent a lot of time at Osh looking at those. Compared to the G5 I am used to, that display is just so much nicer.

Yes Sir, and it's mighty spendy all the way down.

@FJC Those 275's are really growing on me. How long have you had them?

OP, just a little advice since you've been trying to sell this one for a year now. Those price drops are getting serious. I'd recommend getting an MSC or reputable independent to do a complete pre-buy on the aircraft, and get as many pics during that process as possible. (Ideally showing that there is no corrosion or fuel leaks, etc.) Share a copy of that pre-buy report here along with link to those pics here along with scans of the logbooks and you'll get more interest. GLWS!

That's scary stuff! I wonder if ATC would have been able to get you a reasonable re-route.

@EricJ My flight school has two archers, both with ac. Here in Georgia, it gets mighty toasty, but those units at least take the edge off in cruise. They pretty much have to stay off during pattern work as they make the plane even more gutless. When I flew my first solo xc, I perspired mightily during that remote landing and taxi back because I didn't want to risk forgetting to turn it back off.

But, but....nitrogen particles are larger and therefore less prone to leak out!

Lifelong hearing aid wearer here... I'll second/third the custom earplugs recommendation, but make sure they are of a soft material. You do not want the lucite/acrylic ones - those end up being painful under extended wearing. @Schllc It sounds like you might be able to use some programmable hearing aids for flying. The idea being you'd get just a little bit of boost in the voice regions and the selective frequency programming along with the passive reduction in the ear plugs, would help with the background noise. Use those with a decent ANR headset and you'll feel like you are on the ground, idling. That's essentially what I'm doing and it works very well.

@McMooney One of these should do the trick.

I have only watched the first few minutes of it, but that's a pretty clever way of going. Got any videos saved of how to build the actual hangar on the cheap? I've been thinking of having a pole barn outfit do mine. My main goal is that it needs to be weather tight. We have high humidity here so I really want to be able to manage that.

That's a really interesting solution. Do they offer installation as well, or is that something you had to coordinate with your contractor? This is good timing as I am looking at building a 50x45 on a budget. Fwiw, their yt channel has a few videos of just the doors by themselves operating out in the open. Kinda wild to see that big ole door just moving around with no external attachments.

That is great to hear. They were the ones that were taking care of the J I just picked up and as far as I can tell, the previous owner(deceased) was happy with them as well. As far as your tire issue goes, have you had a chance to put the tube in a bucket of water to check for leaks?

Magnolia Aviation is on that field if you want to have a pro take care of it. They stay busy but will take care of you.

Sure sounds to me like you've got a short in the wiring. You need to find an A&P that cares enough to do quality troubleshooting on the issue. It's not your job to educate those guys on something like that. Sounds like you need to find a different shop.

Ugh. That’s awful.

Agreed! But that twin did.

I agree and also had the opposite happen last week. Untowered field, a twin came barging in, ignored all calls and current traffic patterns and landed against everyone else.

I meant to say something along those lines. If you are lucky enough to have a hangar that is weather tite and ideally insulated, it sure would be nice to adjust or confirm temp and humidity levels remotely. That’s creeping into being a hangar home, though.

Lol! Funny thread. A couple of fields near me are in college towns, so you’ll hear things like “Go Dawgs!” on ctaf.

Well, I’d sure like to try one in my new to me J. I’d really like it if there was some way to legally add a second one to have some awesome redundancy like a lot of boats do it.

Good idea! Reception in my area is so spotty in places I'd probably have to put a little radio tower on top of the hangar to get a usable signal. I need to go back out to the potential build site and check that.