Recent content by commander62j

Re: N1340J to SW Virginia Welcome, Landon. There are a couple of Commanders at KINT Winston-Salem, only 45 NM to the Southeast from Hillsville. :)

Re: Garmin VIRB Elite camera Nice video, Moazzam! Those scenes are truly inspirational - I want to head to the airport, but now it's dark outside! :eek: Andy

Re: can you see the Commander? My guess is above and to the right of the blue aircraft in the second row from the bottom of the picture.

Re: Garmin VIRB Elite camera New 3 minute video of takeoff from short runway: https://www.dropbox.com/s/bh17ac3bs9rogjd/Takeoff%20From%20Sugar%20Valley.mp4?dl=0

Re: Garmin VIRB Elite camera Link didn't work Andy

Re: Garmin VIRB Elite camera Thanks to Tony Varga for the inspiration to get a Garmin VIRB Elite action camera! I finally got a new MacBook Pro to do the editing, and here is a link to my video effort on YouTube: http://youtu.be/DYdXOsx2Grw The video shows a short flight from Winston-Salem...

Re: Garmin VIRB Elite camera Tony V: Thanks for taking the time to document your creative mounting solution for the Garmin VIRB Elite. I really believe that a picture is worth a thousand words! I'll let you know how my solution turns out. By the way, I found out that the free editing software...

Re: Garmin VIRB Elite camera I enjoyed your video, Tony. Could you post a picture of your fabricated mount to help me visualize it? I ordered a Garmin VIRB Elite based on your post and can't wait until it is delivered on Friday! :D Andy

Re: OSHKOSH 2014 who is going, when? I am planning to come to Oshkosh from North Carolina on Sunday July 27 and leave on Thursday July 31. I have been to Oshkosh five times, but the last was 2005 when I took my wife with me. This time I will be flying in with two pilot friends, but in a Cessna...

Re: New Member Greg: I was 6' 6" when I bought my 112A back in 1997, even though I've shrunk to only 6' 5" now. But I taught my 6' 8" son Mark how to fly in my Commander back in 2002 and he fit comfortably. Also, I weighed 285 for a long time (now down to 262) and didn't have major w&b...

Commander N1462J was featured in a front page picture in the Saturday March 9th Winston-Salem Journal. The story was about the FAA plan to close the control tower on the field (KINT - Class D) because of sequestration. The main issue was the fact that the field has intersecting runways and a...

Re: IO-390 News for 112/B Jim: Does "core credit" assume a 'like' core rather than an IO-360 core? Andy

Re: Greensboro NC Glenn: I live next door in Winston-Salem, NC and can recommend both KGSO (Greensboro, Class C) and KINT (Winston-Salem, Class D). There are two FBOs in Greensboro and one in Winston-Salem. There are also some smaller airports around Greensboro, such as Air Harbor (known...

Hi, Radu. What is up with the large number of "guests" online at the same time? There were 23 just a few minutes ago, and I saw an even larger number earlier in the week. The guests plus members are setting new simultaneous online user records. Andy Dale (Commander62J)

Re: New Shimmy Dampners I agree with Bill! I got a torque knee kit from Jim Richards and it solved my shimmy problem, even though I originally suspected my dampner.:D Andy