Forum: Messages
07-30-07, 04:22 PM
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Forum: Messages
07-25-07, 07:18 PM
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My personal feeling is that the "500" MFD in a...
My personal feeling is that the "500" MFD in a trio glass package will NOT be able to be used as a monitor for IRIS. The screen is upright, portrait style, and I think the IRIS would better project...
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Forum: Messages
07-24-07, 11:09 PM
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Forum: Messages
07-23-07, 05:36 PM
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Simply AMAZING
I can't stop drooling. Check this out - finally afforable PFD's and MFD's by Aspen Avionics. For around $4,000 you can get a cool glass panel, and work your way up via modular...
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Forum: Messages
07-22-07, 05:58 PM
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License plates
Interesting comment by Ernie on Jim and Jenny's license plate(s).
Mine reads "JUST FLY".
Anyone else with a unique license plate?
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Forum: Messages
07-08-07, 10:49 PM
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Forum: Messages
07-07-07, 01:23 AM
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Forum: Messages
07-06-07, 08:00 PM
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Replies: 13
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So true.
Before my first CFI and very close...
So true.
Before my first CFI and very close friend moved, we had already spent over 30 hours in this plane. The new CFI wants to nullify everything we worked on prior to him, and do it all over...
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Forum: Messages
07-06-07, 04:44 PM
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C of G issues
Yesterday I did my first long x-country in GKEY. We flew from Cold Lake (Alberta) to Brandon (Manitoba) and back. Total time 6 hours (940 nm). GKEY performed like an angel.
We never needed to do a C...
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Forum: Messages
07-01-07, 12:11 PM
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Replies: 13
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Regarding when to select gear down, I think I...
Regarding when to select gear down, I think I found the answer. Quoted from the POH, page 4-21: " ...the gear should be extended BEFORE entering the traffic pattern. This practice will allow more...
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Forum: Messages
06-30-07, 11:21 PM
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Replies: 13
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Take off technique
I am having trouble with certain instructions I get from my CFI.
Regarding take off, this is his instruction:
1. Rotate at 65-70
2. Stay in ground effect until 90 KTS (blue line)
3. Climb out at 90...
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Forum: Messages
06-28-07, 02:32 PM
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Replies: 19
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Regarding such a Canada-to-Africa adventure, I...
Regarding such a Canada-to-Africa adventure, I was wondering about the possibilities of not only recording it on DVD, but maybe make more of it, such as a series, like Wings Over Canada. What about...
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Forum: Messages
06-27-07, 07:33 PM
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Replies: 7
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Forum: Messages
06-27-07, 12:59 AM
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Forum: Messages
06-26-07, 02:52 PM
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Replies: 7
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My first mountain flight
I can do it too!!
My first flight last month into the mountains HAD to include a landing there as well. We flew into the northern part of the Alberta Rockies and chose to land at Hinton, AB.
It was...
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Forum: Messages
06-26-07, 02:34 PM
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Forum: Messages
06-10-07, 12:13 AM
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Replies: 5
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Forum: Messages
06-02-07, 12:07 PM
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Replies: 9
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And to add to that, no wonder the Voyager that...
And to add to that, no wonder the Voyager that circled the globe was an in-line, and what about the new Adams A-500? Rumour has it, it all started with a napkin drawing of the 337 concept...
A...
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Forum: Messages
05-28-07, 02:38 PM
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Replies: 9
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Forum: Messages
05-28-07, 12:23 AM
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Forum: Messages
05-21-07, 06:57 PM
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Forum: Messages
05-16-07, 11:13 PM
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Replies: 5
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The perfect timing for a gear failure
So there we were, my CFI and I, going through the different excersizes for my upcoming twin checkride, when it happened.
The departure went fine, and the gear retracted as usual on climbout. We...
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Forum: Messages
05-03-07, 09:09 PM
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Replies: 3
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Cessna 337 Magazine?
Does anyone know about the existence of a magazine that deals exclusively with 336/337 issues?
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Forum: Messages
05-03-07, 12:02 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 32,399
In my still-not-ending quest to find the most...
In my still-not-ending quest to find the most accurate and reliable way of knowing at most times what my fuel quantities are, I found this site http://xerionavionix.com/auracle2.html that was quite...
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Forum: Messages
04-26-07, 10:53 PM
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Replies: 12
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Very good advice, all of you. Thanks.
I too...
Very good advice, all of you. Thanks.
I too believe that - on paper, at least - my fuel gauges are illegal. They need to be serviced or replaced, but more so, I believe that I might need new senders...
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