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If people will pay it Also hasn’t most of the GA fleet been sold off to chinese companies these days? Seems kinda strategic

Some of the heavy aircraft I’ve flown use the same method crossing FL180 we’d put some lights on on approach the next set cleared to land taxi

Here ya go Private, owned by Longfellow Ranch Partners LP It is also inside of a rather large UAS NOTAM that goes up to 17,999’ The owner address for that parcel goes to a petroleum company Sounds like a episode of Landman lol

I don’t think it’s that dramatic, fuel contaminant is fuel contamination. If I pulled a chunk of gunk out of a tank that was that significant, it’s be purging the tank, all the filters, all the lines, carb, etc. I’d also probably save/send the gunk out to have it analyzed as to what it was different path I’d take if was a mud dauber nest vs bits of sealant/hose that broke down

the airways I just put it into FF and ether send, or turn bends only on and put in the waypoints, doesn’t take long. VNAV isn’t quite as smooth for a crossing restriction, but still not too bad it has smart glide, knob fully twist, direct enter enter (don’t even have to look) at the same time I (the smart part) pitch for best glide not sure of the ADSB is a benefit, I don’t and won’t run it myself, but I get some find see pluses that outweigh the safety and security minuses Speaking of which, wasn’t there like a Garmin 580 or something that was kinda rare but a step up from the 530 that did airways etc? I remember reading they deliberately made the 430/530 no able to load cleanly a airway to sell the model up…

Huh? If you knew the plane and its maintenance history better than anyone why can’t you answer that question yourself? I’m not a engineer and I can also say removing a giant chunk of gunk from fuel tank and having the plane crash shortly after might be tied together too

No thanks

I have done all that with a 430W/530W Now if they make a new navigator that also has a built in INS or something, well that would be a upgrade

Just the way it is. One is better and the industry has reflected it, denying it would be a worse look

ahh, still a good box however

Well done!

As long as your GPS is a WAAS Garmin (430W etc) you really are not gaining much outside of cosmetics

One trick on flying a ILS on most APs If cleared a ILS approach dial in the FAF altitude, heading to an intercept, or direct to whatever fix, arm aprch mode, once it swaps, or you swap, from the GPS to ILS at the FAF it should be good. But hitting the FAF on lateral and vertical target helps as if you’re too high sometimes it won’t do the “hand off” That said it’s been a hot minute since I was behind a KFC225

After the system has been pressurized For the bigger plane we’d ask for permission from our ground guys to pressurize, otherwise you could kill someone on the ground, we only pressurized shortly before engine start

The Boeing and other swept wing I flew both needed engine power or electric to pressurize the brakes (amongst other things) I’d be surprised if any transport category as normal toe brakes

5606 seems pretty standard issue. How old does it have to get before it goes bad? Seems regardless of the fluid good to purge and replace every half decade or so?

Once back in my PPL days One operator I flew for we did what could be called critical flying, even that being said the pilot was ALWAYS to do a quick one around before shutting the door, also kinda a last boots up first boots down type deal. If you’re feel yourself in a rush, STOP, regroup and continue That’s how most of these mistakes happen

I have flown a good deal as a working pilot, 91/135/121, I see Garmin all the time, lots of OEMs put Garmin in their new IMC equipped planes. The only aspen I recall seeing in a working aircraft was in some tour R44s, which are very strict VFR only platforms…Robinson in their new R88 have even switched to a Garmin flight deck

lol, nah I just try to help out, these days spending money on equipment that’s already yesteryear just seems like a bad way to spend hard earned money. If down the road the OP or a new owner wanted to put a glass panel in it, chances are it’s going to be Garmin, already having Garmin probes is going to be a big deal that that point, vs a bunch of EI stuff they’ll have to yank and replace and sell used online for Pennie’s on the dollar

Aspen also has a reputation for red Xs It’s just where the market is and where it’s going, it would be like plumbing in a EI analyzer vs going G275 in 2025, just doesn’t make sense

Problem with the super thick like a yellow pages checklists is just don’t get used or followed as much. Checklist is like a resume, shouldn’t be over one page.

So far 9,152 landings according to my log. Never anything crazy but I’ve forgotten stuff, left sunglasses in planes, had a student forget a gas cap on a 2 seater early on in the CFI days, thank god for the little chain and me sitting in the back lol I’ve caught a good bit of stuff too, one thing I will say about being a CFI is it quickly tightens you up on some areas that help you throughout your career, especially later on with new FOs. Was with a buddy of mine who stone cold sober and in the middle of the day drove his car off with the gas nozzle still in it, they are actually made to break away because that happens, Indian gas station guy wasn’t too happy, my friend is now at a legacy. Stuff happens, “failures” happen, just fail forward

It’s not impossible for that to be the truth between both of your high time friends, but it’s HIGHLY improbable

With 11 & 12k hrs and they never forgot something? Even if it was forgot the crew car keys or something? Or they should buy a lotto ticket *Also good tip always leave the car keys in the hangar or by the car.

Huh? Sorry dude, just a working pilot who’s been on the buying side and selling side Fact is Garmin planes will always sell for more than something with an aspen. As a buyer I’d rather pay less for a old steam panel than buy a aspen, pull it, sell it, and put and proper panel in I’m not good with “feelings” but it is what it is, given the choice there is a reason folks go Garmin over Aspen, and a reason working planes are WAY more likely to have Garmin than Aspen