Recent content by nruzic

Re: Trip to see the Eclipse 8/21/2017 I think it would be so cool to fly away from crowded and set an autopilot do an enroute holding pattern for about the 5 minutes or so of the total in the path and watch it - 2 pilots on board would be safe. If someone used the eclipse time to do the 3...

Re: Pirep Oshkosh Good reports pat & others - I went in Sun afternoon and was parked in row 525. The FISK arrival was crowded among the top 3 in my 20 years of OSH Had to make a break-off to get in line at RIPON The crowding occurred because low ceilings hampered Sun morn arrivals. Once it...

Re: New(ish) Member Welcome aCOGboard Len. You should be able to pull the circuit breaker for the electric trip and fly it to England with the manual trim wheel and be legal. PS Our sympathies to all the British Commandrades for the terrible London attack, we sympathize and are sure the...

Re: New Bumpers... at Last! In case I didn't Jim please add 114PW to the list & I can use Pay Pal or any other convenient way. PS will you be doing similar for the nose gear later?:)

The wake of horrible Manchester arena terror attack has shown the best of the British people from all walks of life, they urge each other to carry on as normal. Last night poet Tony Walsh spoke for an entire city with his emotional ode to Manchester, This is the Place...

Re: Airport recommendation just south of Atlanta and off I-75? Have flown into Fulton & Cobb both were good but not as cheap as 6A2 but had place to meet people.

Re: NLG Actuators - GarKenyon Wow Jim and Martine good work. This is a recognition of your quality control system, your engineering and design capability and your commitment to the Commander fleet.

Re: New Member from Costa Rica and the Central Coast of CA Look forward to meeting you Rik, thanks for the invites. Gonzalo Paes and his wife are very nice fun people hope you both meet soon. As Scott pointed out perhaps a group US Commanders flight to Costa Rica.

Re: Great Lakes Fly In 2017 Hi Pat sorry to interject a political note - is Port Clinton named for Bill or Hillary? Just want to know, if so I refuse to pay any landing fees there. Just wanted to let you know & avoid embarrassing you on the spot in real time!

Re: Tit Ken granted everyone needn't get into all these details. It's useful to know the engine trends & what happens when we lean in cruise. Certainly for the aficionados there's pleasure in squeezing the last calories of energy out of every drop of fuel and for the sheer fun of it as we...

Re: Tit Jim no need to apologize for being long winded you only need to apologize if you're hot winded (no Scott not saying anything about your posts). Thanks for the attached pdf but even more for your clear summary of the subject. Question about the attached - what are the 2 traces...

Re: New owner Welcome Doyle look forward to meeting you. Have fun flying the Commander

Re: Flight across the Mid West to the NE Sherman thanks for the compliment in the Fuel Transduce thread and for the gorgeous sunset & car pics

Re: Oshkosh 2017 Definitely go to Scott's Friday night gathering Conor is interesting to talk to and with Scott cooking we fortunately are spared the ordeal of talking to him!

Was stuck in NW Indiana VPZ by Lake Michigan for the week waiting for the icing conditions and then the storms of last thu & friday to clear. The N wind was whipping up 10ft waves at the S Shore f Lake michigan near Michigan City IN (MGC) look closely & you'll note the 2 kite surfers in the pic...