Marauder

Great! There will be some vintage planes as well. A Fairchild, a PT and few others. Didn't mention them because they usually all show up for the food... Looking forward to meeting you and Alan.

Bump... I did mention free food and AvGas at $5.70/gallon, didn't I? 10am to 3 pm. Antique cars too...

The older Mooneys pump oil and fuel into the cabin to get the pressures. I have a nice braided oil line running up to my oil pressure gauge. The newer Mooneys may have transducers and sending units but I am not sure when the cut-over was.

Willmar has a great reputation, but I understand your concerns. At a minimum, you could have an independent IA review the logs for potential issues.

Too funny! I thought someone was a little insecure about losing their approach plate while on the approach!

Good to see you back in the saddle! Go get'em Tiger!

I see the problem. There are two different RAM yoke mounts. One that extends to the side (like your's) and one that goes vertical. I am going out to the airport later and will take a picture of both of them.

Holy cow! I didn't think he was making milk shakes! Eh, since we are on an aviation site, "that is some rough turbulence Awful Charlie is going through!"

Boy Bennett! That's a lot of work when I have real ones in the house with me!

All,I know is that I feel cheated! Tapatalk has them motionless...

Hi Austin -- sooo sorry to hear about these developments. There are a number of CFIs here who can advise you on the best course to keep your certificate. That should be your primary focus. I agree with Scott that walking away from ownership and renting may be the best course at this time. You will want to make sure that you can obtain renter's insurance too. I'm a bit perplexed by the check ride. Were the two events close together time wise? It is unusual to see the FAA request a check ride for an incident like this, even if it is caused by non mechanical means.

Wow! That sounds like a lot of wattage. And it is in the cockpit with you? Not mounted on a skin? I can see why they want it plugged in.

Wait that looks like two clamps!

Ok Mike -- you gotta explain the big clamp!

You bring up a good point about autopilots. That was the first upgrade to my airplane after I received my IFR rating. Prior to the AP, I realized that at times the single pilot IFR workload went up substantially and being able to "delegate" the basic task of keeping the plane level and at altitude helped a lot. Some pilots have a real stigma about using the AP and I never understood that. Granted relegating versus delegating is the issue and I agree that relegating your flying to the AP will over time erode your skills. But not to incorporate the AP into your CRM strategy is just as bad.

The POH will be final rule. The gauge could have been changed out at some point with incorrect markings. Here is what mine looks like:

I searched the Mooney site and didn't see any service bulletins that pertained to the symptom you are seeing. Got me stumped. Hopefully others can chime in.

If I am not mistaken, fuel is pumped to the instrument to obtain the reading. Could it be the "black stuff" entered the gauge? Does the gauge go back to low pressure easily?

Bennett -- the EGT is definitely not primary or required. I removed mine when I recently upgraded the engine analyzer to the 830.

The stack is what would me say no. The 170Bs are beyond old school, their ancient. If someone is looking for it as an IFR platform, there are better equipped planes available. But as Cruiser said, the buyers will determine the worth.

This accident was preventable. The weather was miserable here during his flight. Not only did he continue on in bad weather, he never left the area! Take a look at his flight plan. He went to Summit, couldn't get in, went to Salisbury Maryland, missed and ran out of fuel on his way to Dover. http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N4975S

Mike -- if you want to improve the safety record to airline level, yes, that is what it would take. Just be prepared to pay for a 100 hour inspection on a regular basis (heck it might be per dispatch for all I know), file your flight plan, have it prepared by a dispatcher (your cost) and for you to pay for a SIC to sit in the dummy seat (at least I don't have that many pilot friends who will fly with me everytime I want to go somewhere). I don't want the freedoms we enjoy as part 91 to be messed with. We have enough regulations on us already. We are required to be medically fit, periodically reviewed (BFRs) and need to comply with a number of flight restrictions (SFRA, TFRs, etc). For those of us who have been flying a while, I don't want to see any more erosion of our freedoms. What the fundamental thing you are asking is whether or not single pilot GA is safe and can it be made safer? It can be, but it requires us to be proactive about managing our risks. When you analyze the accident reports (http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/reports/2012/ARA1201.pdf) - I haven't looked for the 2011 report, you will see a trend. Check out page 49. Even more interesting, check out the section afterwards on instructional flight. Just because another pilot is on board doesn't mean bad things don't happen. For me, I try to stack the odds in my favor: 1) I spare no expense on maintaining my plane. If there are squaks, they get fixed. I do preventative maintenance before a failure. Expensive, yes, but so are funeral expenses and the proverbial lawsuits. 2) I routinely fly with an instructor to correct bad habits I picked up and to enlighten me to new things I that may have less familiarity with (like my new GPS). 3) I live the 3 Cs (Currency, Competency and Confidence) - mentioned in a previous post. Like everything else in this world, there are inherent risks. How many people die in bathtub accidents each year? The problem with GA is too often those risks are underestimated or in worst case, disregarded and the result is an accident.

Thanks for being the Guinea Pig Brett! I also have subs to ForeFlight and Garmin Pilot but have been sitting on the sideline until this gets further evolved aka "sorted out". With the Aspens in the panel, the new ADSB offering they have makes it a no brainer for me to use this and have it port it the iPad. Only problem is that from what I can tell, it works only with ForeFlight. ForeFlight is okay, but I like the Pilot better. Let us less brave ones know how it works out. Pictures as always are helpful

Bah Hobba was one of my favorite vacationing spots. Nothing like fresh lobster everyday. You landing at Bahnger (Bangor)? The only airport I have been to that you can land, take-off and land again without reaching the first exit.

Be interested in seeing how that works out for KSMooniac. I'm glad to hear I am not the only one with the challenge of pegging an exact rpm or MP with the quadrant. It does give you that airline cockpit feel when you are pushing everything forward, doesn't it?