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I agree with Don. The important one (and more technically demanding) is the instrument ticket. Getting commercial done after it should be easier (so I am told). I do not have a commercial rating - only an instrument rating.

F is a permanent TFR. More like a PFR. Oh, what the heck. Just call it class F. Here is what our officialdom describes as Class F. Class F airspace is restricted. Any Class F zone will be designated either CYR (restricted), CYD (danger), or CYA (advisory). CYD is usually used for CYR areas over international waters or over blasting sites. CYA zones will also have a letter identifying the type of activity in the zone: A - aerobatics, F - aircraft testing, H - hang gliding, M - military, P - parachuting, S - soaring, T - training. For entry into a CYR or CYD zone, an aircraft needs the permission of the operating authority (PPR). Pilots may enter CYA zones at their discretion, but are encouraged to avoid them unless taking part in the activity that has classified that zone. This help?

Canajun is based on real English, as opposed to what y'all speak.

Something like Tucumcari, NM? "T'aint considered windy 'til it hits 40 knots...."

Oh the humanity of it!! They are now in Canada too!! There will be a lot of road, waterway and airspace closures happening tomorrow (29 June) for the North American Leaders' Summit. Rockcliffe Flying Club will remain open for briefings, simulator sessions, self-serve fuel purchases and ground school, but there will not be any flying. Please see NOTAMs below: 160336 CYOW OTTAWA/MACDONALD-CARTIER INTL CYOW THE DESIGNATED AIRSPACE HANDBOOK IS AMENDED AS FOLLOWS: CYR537, PARLIAMENT HILL, ON, REVISED TO READ: CLASS F RESTRICTED AIRSPACE IS ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE AREA BOUNDED BY 12 NM RADIUS OF 452529N 754159W (PARLIAMENT HILL), SFC TO 17999 FT MSL. NO PERSON SHALL OPR AN ACFT WITHIN THE AREA EXC FOR STATE ACFT, MIL, POLICE OPS, REGULARLY SKED COMMERCIAL PASSENGER AND CARGO CARRIERS (CAR 704 AND 705), EMERG OR HUMANITARIAN FLT AUTH BY ATC. FOR AUTH ACFT OPR WITHIN CYR537, THE OPR RULES FOR EXISTING AIRSPACE APPLY. 1606291445 TIL 1606292315 160337 CYOW OTTAWA/MACDONALD-CARTIER INTL CYOW THE DESIGNATED AIRSPACE HANDBOOK IS AMENDED AS FOLLOWS: CYR539, OTTAWA, ON, CLASS F RESTRICTED AIRSPACE IS ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE AREA BOUNDED BY 1O NM RADIUS OF AD, SFC TO 17999 FT MSL. NO PERSON SHALL OPR AN ACFT WITHIN THE AREA DESCRIBED EXC FOR STATE ACFT, MIL, POLICE OPS, EMERG OR HUMANITARIAN FLT AUTH BY RCMP AT 613-843-4800. FOR AUTH ACFT WITHIN CYR539, THE OPR RULES FOR EXISTING AIRSPACE APPLY. 1345-1445 AND 2240-2340 1606291345 TIL 1606292340

I have taken off in 200' ceilings over an untowered airport without any navaids on the field but only because five miles to the west was a 10,000' runway with an ILS and had 700' ceilings that day. Otherwise, my own personal minima for an ILS is 400 and 1/2. My own personal mimina for a non-precision approach is 1000 and 1.

Whenever I walked into the tech shop my sergeants would ask me to not touch anything. The theory is that Signals officers should never pick up a screwdriver. I can only marvel at the skill set needed to do this. But I sometimes do some repair work anyway - I just don't tell anyone - and not on anything important - and not on the Mooney

Clarence: I have noticed similar readings. Can you look?

Clarence: In my business as well as yours, reputation comes first. Money follows. If you lost a client because your (at cost) price was too much for him, then you might be OK with their departure. Your shop provides competent, quality service at a reasonable price. I know this because we both know there were days when keeping up with the cost of maintaining C-FSWR was a struggle for me. Not anymore, and that is not the reason I go to your shop anyway. You are the reason. Your dedication. Your business ethic. Your love of what you do. Your desire to get it done right, even when your own guys are feeling guilty because you have pointed out what they missed. There are very few maintenance organizations I have met with that type of reputation. Maxwell, Dugosh, SWTA, LASAR, and Tri-City are less common than you may believe, but there are many of us who want you all to succeed at doing what you do and staying in business. We need you. Our aircraft need you. Keep the good customers. If you fret over the others, it will cause you unnecessary grief.

I upped my dates for Myanmar in August so I will be able to make it too!! I just registered today.

I get ghosting of my own aircraft on the the ADSB-in traffic receiver of my Stratus 2 connected to my iPad. So it does happen. Not very often, but enough to see it actually occur.

Thanks Hank. Brings back good memories.

TANSTAAFL: Great words from a great writer. He used a whole bunch of little bits of wisdom between chapters in one of his larger novels (Time Enough for Love?) (Methusala's Children?). This was one of them. My favourite is the following: "All laws are written for the protection of pregnant women and children. Everything else is superfluous." He was my favourite author as I went through college. OK - Off my soap box now.

Bob: I think that is because you had it for sale at the same time as the one I bought. I do remember that much.

Bob: Hmm, it is probably because the person I bought it from was also from Ohio (or maybe Indiana). Since I am currently in Myanmar, this is going to bug me until I get home and pull the logs.

Conrad: I agree with you about the digital gauges (sorry Carusoam). Digital instruments tend to have a lot more stability than analog ones by orders of magnitude in precision, but they can drift more over time. (I work in measurement science.) The panel stopped looking that that when I bought Bob Belville's KR 87 so he could pay for the upgrade of his sparkling new panel. It looks like this now. There is a little bit of interfering reflection in the photo but on the right (top) is the MAP/fuel pressure gauge. On the right bottom is the tach.

Marauder: I think someone has already pointed this out but your EI tach is reading 2410 and the JPI is reading 2430. Does this cause a problem? Which one do you accept over the other? Is the difference even significant?

Thanks for bringing this up Conrad. I just recently asked Clarence to replace my waggle arm tach with an EI electronic gauge. Since I am also looking to switch over to something better than the little instrument sixpack piece of ____ parked next to my prop governer, and if this CGR 30C can pick up all of that, then I can easily replace the current one with a CGR 30C for about the same as I paid for my JPI 700 (which I can continue to use). The only thing I would need to put in place of the tach arc on the CGR 30C is the fuel pressure bar, to allow me to replace the current combined MAP/fuel pressure gauge. As for fuel flow, the JPI I have now has the fuel flow capability, but I have not installed the transducers to make use of it. Like you, my fuel gauges are also off and I would like to get them fixed too. The right one does not read over 3/4 of a tank and the left one does not read less than 1/4 of a tank. I have used time to gauge my fuel since I bought the airplane. I would like to change that, although experience tells me that the time method (based on a really good knowledge of fuel consumption rates in different flight regimes) is still the safest thing to do. My preferred solution is the JPI 900, but that is currently a little beyond my reach.

Cyril: I am pleased that this is what you needed and I was happy to assist.

here is the svg file they sent me. It is only 45 Kb (and therefore suspect in my mind) but I am not a graphic artist. If you want the name of their graphic designer, I can give it to you. She was very helpful. PM me. Mooney_Logo.svg

Thanks for the offer Raptor. Does your font also replicate Canadian registration numbers? If so, I would appreciate a copy. Remember that this exercise is only to paste some Mooney paraphernalia on my storage box at the airport. When it comes time to paint my aircraft, I fully intend out do Byron and Becca's paint scheme.

Sorry. I misspoke. They are encapsulated postscript files (eps) files (common to Macs) and not svg files. They sent me two of them. One with the Mooney name tag line and the other was only the "Eagle". One is 1 Mb and the other is 500 Kb. MOONEY_Black_R.eps MOONEY_Eagle.eps

+1 for me too. Phil runs a great business and his product is a great product. I have had my Halos for nearly five years now and they are way better than what I used to wear.

Looks like an aircraft design engineer is looking at putting hydrogen fuel cells (two of them) in a new design GA aircraft. See http://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/aviation/how-i-designed-a-practical-electric-plane-for-nasa.

I got an svg file from the folks at Mooney and that is what I will be using. Thanks for all the help everyone.