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Nope, all steam when I left in 2015. They have had a cockpit upgrade since I left, but that just gave them a better moving map display. Flight instruments still all analog/steam. Mike

I've been exploring my options in "going glass" but there appear to be few actual options for my KFC-200. I've figured out I either go with a KI-300 ADI with a G5 HSI which should cost $8422 + install or the Aspen option at $12,990 + install (just Pro, not Pro Max). Obviously you get A LOT more...

Yeah but the labor involved more than doubles the price! I just had mine done by Turbin Rotables too...it was the second time in 4 years they had overhauled that pump! $3,900 every 4 years is unacceptable! Mike

Well, at least with the F-16 you have some single engine time...I'm still trying to figure out what happened to the other 7 engines (4,000 hours in the B-52H) :)

I do the same Jeff. I've figured out that, OAT and altitude dependent, I'm around 11.5 - 12.0 GPH at 50-degrees LOP. My CHTs are all in the 330s except #5 which runs in the high 350s. Mike

I wasn't a fan of composite material to begin with...this kind of cinches the deal for me. Mike

Well, my CG with me and another 200+ pound passenger and a full load of fuel already requires me to put a 50 pound bag of this water softener stuff in the baggage compartment. I suppose it'll just become a semi-permanent ballast! Mike

I've been looking to install a 3-blade next year..I believe MT is off the list!! Yikes!! Mike

My mini is my backup ADI as well as being used for the cool traffic display when the ADI/Synthetic Vision is in full screen. I use my iPad Air for the geo-referenced approach plates as well as for the map & traffic display...although that 3D traffic display on the ADI is the cats meow!! Mike

Welcome! I started using Foreflight in the USAF and continue to this day. Only "beef" I've had is that the software updates RAPIDLY make iPads outdated! I just bought an iPad4 (weeks before iPad5 came out!) because my iPad2 just couldn't keep up with the latest Foreflight update (kept...

Re: Boeing Buys ForeFlight Well, if they raise the price ONE PENNY, I'm jumping ship to Garmin! I'm already pissed off I had to buy a new iPad Mini because their new software version overwhelmed my TWO YEAR OLD Mini and it kept crashing. A price raise will be the last straw. I've never used...

Re: Amazing Chopper Work Here's better music...and cooler footage IMHO... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWWTTpDgolM Mike

Re: New member Thanks Will! I missed this post 3 weeks ago. I'll check out that web site. I'm doing this project post-annual in March so I've got plenty of research time! Mike

Re: Cat Island Mike Busch calls it "infant mortality." Charts are pretty eye opening!! https://www.avweb.com/news/savvyaviator/savvy_aviator_48_reliability-centered_maintenance_part_2_195969-1.html Mike

Re: New member I've been looking to tint my windows for the past few months but I can NOT find the 35%VLT static cling tinting! I can find 20% static cling type on numerous sites and I can find 35% with the "glue," but can't find the static 35%! All my research points to 20% up front being too...

Re: Foreflight Can Now Read Minds??? I can confirm. I flew from KPIE to KZPH (in a round about manner) today. Pretty busy, uncontrolled, airport with sky divers (can someone explain the allure to me?). I cut a tight pattern and about 7/8th of the way through my turn to final, I got the visual...

I've been doing some minor research on this and have come up empty so I'll share my experience here, if for nothing else than to freak other Foreflight users out! Last Saturday (1 DEC) I was flying 50BG over to St. Pete/Clearwater from Tampa Executive (a 10 minute flight under the Class...

Re: new member!! I fly about 3 weekends a month, usually on Sunday, but I live only about a 10 minute drive from the airport so not an issue to run up there when you're in town. I'm taking her over to Clearwater Aviation tomorrow to have her ignition timing checked and I won't pick her up...

Re: new member!! I'm "up the road" at KVDF (Tampa Executive) with a 114... Mike

Re: History on Commander Ownership I'm glad I discovered this two years after Mike Weatherbee sold her to me!! "Production Flight Test," according the the log books, was a 3.6 hour local flight from PWA on 10 December, 1976!! Mike