September 6, 2024 – Chasing Zero
Update to the Avidyne UTC Mismatch Issue: I’m still experiencing this on the first startup of the day. While having Avidyne review the logs, they found an issue with my…
August 30, 2024 – IFD550 Shortcomings
Avidyne Support is Excellent and the IFD550 is amazingly powerful. The upload and download design of this equipment is not very well thought out, however, and is a risk for…
July 13, 2024 – RTC Training in Tampa
With all the airplane drama dealing with the radio issues I’ve had, Bev and I decided to fly down to Tampa on Avelo; rent a car from Hertz; and fly…
June 4, 2024 – Lack of Testing / Installation issues
On my last post I used the phrase ‘all is well that ends well‘. I spoke that phrase prematurely, as I had some serious radio issues crop us to bite…
May 4th, 2024 – Putting out Fires
Let me first say that Life is Good! No Great! My wife and I feel like we’ve been putting out fires, one after the other for most of the past…
April 29, 2024 – EGT; DIFF; CO Issues
Hey everyone, Wanted to share this, particularly for single engine guys. Don’t do what I did here – I’ve learned to religiously believe DIFF and land soon after. My Decisions…
April 21, 2024 – TFR Move; Initial DIFF
Biden is here already, but the TSA will not screen on his departure day. Therefore, in order to get out of the airport before 2pm, I have to move the…
February 29th, 2024 – Heading Home
Beverly and I are incredibly blessed. We had planned to arrive on the 24th and return on the 27th. Since we didn’t arrive until later on the 25th, our hosts…
February 25th, 2024 – Easy Flight South
Just like accident investigations that take place the next day, in bright sunny and clear conditions. We had the same thing today, only there was no accident. Our ‘Sho Up’…
February 24th, 2024 – Leaving Easton
Beverly and I sat patiently for 3 hours or so in the FBO Lobby in Easton, MD (KESN). We ate our packed lunch, talk with a nice couple who was…