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  1. M20F
    God I hate old people, they ruin it for everyone.
  2. M20F
    The only breaker on my side of the panel.
  3. M20F
    We will just agree to disagree. Technology has made flying 1000x’s easier than when I started in 1988. My GTN650 is easier to use than my first VCR. I am just not buying it is harder today because “technology” and boomers are dumb. Fly safe!
  4. M20F
    91.3(b). I sure feel a lot better making it happen with an iPad versus a VOR on a handheld we used in Morgan WV in 1997.
  5. M20F
    Between ForeFlight and a GPS short of somebody hacking the signal and sending bad data pretty easy to figure out what is going on. I mean I get an overlay on an approach, I could literally fly an approach with just ForeFlight no problem. I can teach anyone in about 10 mins how to follow a pink line and they could navigate across the United States. If the pink line suddenly went away, well I am not convinced all pilots today could navigate to the nearest airport (skills and education).
  6. M20F
    I learned on a ADF, manual changing chains on a Loran, etc. I can hit a few keys on my 650 and it will load SID, enroute, and STAR. Click on the autopilot and it is movie time on the iPad. Modern technology is super easy when it works. When it doesn’t that is where you need more skill and education to be proficient.
  7. M20F
    This would be the case. It is an excellent disperser of animal feed as well though.
  8. M20F
    You are right the other day I was flying my F16 and the door popped open, thankfully fully the ejector seat worked.
  9. M20F
    I definitely don’t struggle, I deny it’s an emergency. It can make it loud, it can make it cold, it can make it a little wet, and it can cost you a few knots but that’s about it.
  10. M20F
    I feel you are over thinking this. Best glide, figure out landing spot, achieve some sort of landing without dying. I don’t know how one in an emergency can establish themselves 1000’ / 80yrs / abeam the numbers except by happenstance.
  11. M20F
    Next week you pick it up and fly 10hrs that week depositing $500 in your new HYSA. The following week the motor blows up, what now? For an IO360 I would say get $30K in the fund and then buy the plane. I would figure $20K year one in additional expenses unless you are buying a well known plane. It does get better but it is a very expensive and unpredictable hobby. Figure on 10 days, not 10 years.
  12. M20F
    What did you do in 2018 for $40K?
  13. M20F
    You chose wisely.
  14. M20F
    Who, whom, which, and what. I only use interrogative pronouns.
  15. M20F
    I was going to recommend @midlifeflyer but apparently he moved 12yrs ago to RDU. I need to keep up with things better.
  16. M20F
    I would have done another 50 rpm test after the first one as opposed to doing a lot of stuff then doing another test.
  17. M20F
    I save a lot of money each year with this one little trick.
  18. M20F
    If the internet has taught me anything it is that all cat calls are made by Delta Captains.
  19. M20F
    Well that is encouraging….
  20. M20F
    I answer SST because while I was born a Mooney I identify as a Concorde.
  21. M20F
    Excalibur conversion is 720’s it is dope.
  22. M20F
    30 GPH to do 170kts for 7hrs with 6 people, baggage, and a toilet ain’t bad. I got a thing for Tbones but not conducive to my mission
  23. M20F
    Where is Clarence when you need him. This is what owner shared. At altitudes below 8000 this is what I’ve observed. Cruise at 36 GPH and 220 MPH Cruise at 34 GPH and 210 MPH Cruise at 30 GPH and 195 MPH
  24. M20F
    If you are willing to be patient then all things are possible. I would reach out to Jimmy Garrison at Gmax and he can probably speed you finding your desired plane. As for operating cost ratio, fuel is generally the lowest of your annual expenses as an owner. You will find cost ratio is entirely based on the initial quality of the airframe. 1-2 GPH +/- or +/- 10kts isn’t even a rounding error.
  25. M20F
    I never owned one but we parked our AC560 next to one for years and neither plane was problematic. It’s like any old airplane. If it has been well maintained (and the pedigree on this aircraft is impeccable) then it isn’t really any better worse than any other plane.
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