Marauder

Actually I was wrong. I can't get Canadian weather on Garmin Pilot. I unloaded my ForeFlight to make room for a trial version of WingX or else I would see what that shows.

We are experiencing high humidity here, wonder if that plays into it.

Here is a picture from WingX's weather maps for the Northeast US. Same thing...

My pictures were taken from Garmin Pilot. I think I need to pay to have Canadian information show up. The phenomenon that we are seeing is intend coming just south of Dover. I believe Dover's regional radar is on the actual base itself. Where it is showing as the origin is right where I was this past weekend -- KGED!!

It is a radar anomaly. Looks like some sort of radial spread. Interestingly, it is originating from my state! I can assure you, no weather like that here now!

It looks like a radar anomaly based on the circular pattern. Let me try pulling it up and see what i get in WingX and Pilot.

I will try to make this one at KGED. I was there last weekend and had dinner at the new restaurant called Arenas. My wife, son and I all had thumbs up on the meal. Wasn't a 5 star experience, but was fine for an airport restaurant. There was another Mooney that showed up, an older F model.

Tom -- good luck moving forward. I hope you got a quote, not an estimate from these guys. Otherwise you may find other "surprises". I am surprised that a quality shop would make assumptions about what was in an airplane. None of the planes we own have ever stayed in a static state. Things get added and removed over the years. When I went through this process I was very adamant about making sure I provided full disclosure on what my plane had and what they were interfacing with. Even with that, there were "surprises" but nothing that prevented them from honoring the original quote. What I got was "for $X you can also add this". It was additional capability that went beyond what I agreed to have them install. Examples were the flight director, a two way throw-over capability of the Aspens during reversion (unpublished approved Aspen mod) and having them move stuff that I wanted moved after they began the work.

Tom -- I looked over from the previous page what you described you were getting. I haven't checked AP installed prices in a while so I wasn't sure the $8k was the STEC-30 or the STEC-30 altitude hold. Based on what I found online, the price you were given is for the add-on altitude hold for an existing AP. If you have only a wing leveler, you will not have the capabilities with the AP do anything but altitude hold. My offer still stands. I will give you my telephone number in a PM if you need help sorting this out. Here is the cost of the STEC 30 stuff from Gulf Coast: https://www.gulfcoastavionics.com/manufacturer/236-s-tec.aspx This is not the installed price.

Tom -- what AP do you actually have? It sounds like they were adding only the STEC-30 altitude hold feature. They should have known what it was going to be connected to. Something doesn't sound right. If you want, I can give you a call and we can talk through what you have. PM with your number.

Congrats Scott...!!

Ah ha! I am not nuts! Maybe insane but certainly not nuts!

You're welcome Jim. When I see people arguing about stuff; whether it be politics, cost of things or just lousy weather -- I think about what these guys went through. Puts things into perspective...

Next time you get some weather, paint it for me! The weather I showed wasn't from Hilton. That was for a storm that just passed my house an I capture on Garmin Pilot. Still trying to figure out how to get weather on my WingX map.

The A26 Invader was an attack plane that got the B26 designation after WW2. As my mentor said, real Maraudermen flew the Martin B26 Marauder, the rest flew the Douglas A26 Invader.

Yeah baby! 75 F, the only way to go!

Marty is ready for the next level. Jim or Mike can you provide some screen shots of ADS-B weather on WingX. Can it do this?

$199, wonder if an Oshkosh special is in the works...

Here is another photo from my personal archive. My Dad is in the 5th row, 4th in from the right. He even went to the trouble of recording every man's name from the company! Bet he loved chow time. He identified all the cooks

Well, since you asked. Most people would think it was related to honor someone like my Father or perhaps an Uncle. My Dad was an All American in WWII. He was in the Glider Infantry and saw action in Normandy, Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge (of which I kidded him later in life about losing that second battle around his waist). My Dad is the guy on the top row, right smack in the middle (with no branches behind him): http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/325/325images/troopers/i/misc/companyi_325.jpg Here is another picture of him during a review in Berlin when he was part of the Army of Occupation (second soldier on the far left, looks gaunt doesn't he?): http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/325/325images/troopers/i/misc/companyi_325_berlin1945.jpg You can see how much the war took out of him... My passion for the B-26 came from a man that nutured my passion for aviation. He was a WWII Marauder pilot or as many called them "Maraudermen". He and I would spend hours talking about the B-26 aka the "Widowmaker" (among a whole of choice names they had for it), the missions he flew, what he saw and what he experienced as a combat aviator. A humble man who passed on his love of aviation in me... These were the real men of my lifetime...

You better hide pal! Change your name all you want, I'll find ya! Actually, Jim will have saved me between $700 and $900 if I do go with WingX -- but he did cost me $100 for the Xavion! I still owe him a beer either way.

Because there is madness to my endeavor. WingX is the only of the 3 that supports an open antenna hierachy. And being the cheap b$st@rd, err, fiscally responsible person I am, I am willing to trade off a little in the GUI for the ability to get weather and traffic (with ADS-B out) capabilities at a more reasonable price. Besides -- it's all Jim's fault! He got me started when he started talking about Xavion and the ADS-B out stuff.

Said in my best Philly accent "Yous got a problem with my name?!" Some call me MM, short for Marty Marauder. My posse would simply call me "M". My mother when she was upset with me would yell "Martin Bomber Marauder -- get in here and do your homework!". As I grew up and took a professional career, I use an embroidered "MBM" on my brief cases.

BTW -- you can call me "Marty" for short.

Ok. You want my full name? It is Martin B-26 Marauder. Happy now? The whole world will know me now.