flyboy0681

This paragraph piqued my interest: "The phraseology for a visual approach clearance is pretty simple. At uncontrolled airports, the controller can't assign a runway, so it's "cleared visual approach to Big Bear Airport." At an airport with a tower, a runway should be assigned and the phraseology is "cleared visual approach runway two four right." A few weeks ago I flew into Smyrna Tennessee on an IFR flight plan. The controller cleared me for the visual approach, but no runway assignment was given. Just as quickly, he told me to contact the tower. The tower told me that I was number two for runway 19 and cleared to land and make left traffic. This totally threw me off my game because I had to scramble to figure out which of the intersecting, diagonal runways was 19 in relation to where I was. Assuming that the passage that I highlighted is based on actual procedure, should he have told me which runway I was going to be using so that I could prepare myself ahead of time? I have been assigned a lot of visual approaches over the years, but this was the first time that I was thrown into the pattern. The airport doesn't have an ATIS, just AWOS, so I didn't know which runway was in use. In hindsight I should have monitored the tower frequency, but I was expecting the controller to tell me "cleared for the visual approach runway one niner".

I flew from Nashville to Asheville that same week and took this picture. A few minutes later the display showed 205 knots. It was surprisingly smooth at 9,000 ft.

Same here

I had the same problem about three years ago and called around to MSC’s throughout the country to no avail. In the end I found the assembly right down the road from me at Premier. I caught hell here for paying $2,400 and not replacing the relays individually (one comment suggested using a relay from a tractor). I feel I did the right (and legal) thing.

Or acquire $10b worth of Intel stock.

That Piper must be pretty noisy with that huge gap in the door seal.

Was the airport/facility affected by the flooding?

I just didn’t want this to devolve and go down into the proverbial rabbit hole. I’m just inquiring on what fellow owners are paying.

Let’s try to stay on topic.

Sorry, Dual. I corrected it.

What are you guys (and gals) paying out there for an OH, and what kind of lead time have you experienced?

Seems to be the trend. One of my favorite airport spots was the 3-Zero Cafe at Half Moon Bay. Now long gone.

You have a big, beautiful 750 (like me) and don't have it hooked up to a GDL-88?

On the outside chance that this can happen due to normal use, I carry needle nose pliers in my flight bag - just in case.

I went up with my instructor yesterday and shot several approaches from under the hood while using SmartCharts. I won't lie, it is considerably better than the government charts, mostly due to the removal of so much clutter. All that is presented is the information that I need to know, and the ability to select only the frequencies, briefing and missed tab at the top, well, is the icing on the cake.

With the new version I was two releases back. When I downloaded the update it brought it up to the release prior to the new one, which I thought was odd because I too was looking for the new feature. About thirty minutes later I went back to the App Store and it downloaded the new version. I'm thinking that GP needed to be at the latest release before it could update to the current.

Most interesting. Flight orientation would have been the icing on the cake, but it appears to be an incredible leap forward for IFR flying. It's a shame that that incredible panel (including Smart Glide) has to fly at such low speeds.

Since there aren't any videos of actual flights yet, I'm wondering if the Smartchart orients itself based on position. For example, if flying a course reversal, will the map and labels be oriented for the direction of flight or is it fixed like an approach plate?

Yup. Same shade of brown that my leak showed. Time to call Edison at Wetwingologists.

Someone once commented here that the greatest shock cooling occurs when then engine is shutdown.

I would assume that it was a generically made video to show future concepts of general aviation and that some guy living in his parents basement decided to add AI narration to it and included the M20. There may be a version for the PA-28 and Bonanza as well.

At least it has a glove compartment.

Interesting that there must have been ten shots of the interior, yet all were completely different. And one would make a Brit feel very comfortable with right had flight. What really gave this away as a bad AI video was when the price was mentioned, "Dollar US D nine five oh comma oh oh oh".

Great tale. I'm curious if the engine was broken-in prior to your journey.

Hypothetical here. What about a case where the nose is high in the flare, some scraping is heard from the back, but there is no prop strike. Ok to go around?