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Sorry, it’s 1090ES, not 1080

A question for you Canadian pilots. I am considering the Ads-b options for my Rebel. I definitely want to be able to go to Canada to poach your beautiful BC lakes and salt inlets. I understand your government went with a satellite based system along with the rest of the world except the US. This req...

Sorry to hear this. I visited Ron at his place in Sequim. Nice guy

Them would be positive Gs though

Wayne, I paused the video as the nose separates and it looks like it broke below the windshield. So, the “float fix doublers” didn’t come into play I guess. It basically unzipped at the door posts, right? I did a double row of rivets there. My question is: if there is a sheared rivet there will it b...

Very scary. It sure doesn’t seem like he hit hard enough to break the whole nose off the airplane. Definitely has a high sink rate though, and doesn’t appear to have any flaps deployed.

I just talked to a tech guy at EAA and he said I can sign off the AD myself, so just another line of writing in my log book every year. Pretty painless.

Tail hasn’t fallen off yet

I just discovered that the FAA recently issued an AD on the Ameriking ACK 450 and 451 ELTs. I have the 450. The AD is basically the same as the already required yearly inspection and test, but ADs have to be done by an A&P. I don’t know how this applies to me. Can I sign it off, or do I have to get ...

Will do, may be a couple weeks though. Still on duty for fire season away from home, even though it's raining buckets for the next few days.

Rob, On the outside handle I used a stainless machine screw through one side of the handle and the bolt shaft, and tapped into the other side of the handle. There may be a Delrin spacer. I can't remember....Now that I think about it there has to be a good nylon or Delrin washer there because the inw...

Wow, sad to think that could have wrecked your airplane.

Wow, sad to think that could have wrecked your airplane.

Could just be oxidation where the metal has been exposed to air where the plastic bubbled up. No problem, don't worry about it.

That's pretty neat for sure.