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Posted: 12/18/2014 7:25:49 AM EDT
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Well that sucks. They should have known that you were heading into town.
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Posted: 12/18/2014 7:28:07 AM EDT
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Mounts for gas?
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Posted: 12/18/2014 7:30:25 AM EDT
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Mounts for gas? no, a Q/D for the Garmin. |
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Posted: 12/18/2014 7:36:33 AM EDT
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You should have called out the person in town, and when they got there, told them you didn't need gas, but both cans are plugged.
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Posted: 12/18/2014 7:48:11 AM EDT
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Joints like that kept the air ambulance business even more challenging than the flying part itself. You know, " grab the manual and see exactly how much avgas we can run in this lear".
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Posted: 12/18/2014 8:15:04 AM EDT
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Your Garmin lied...who would have seen that coming?
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Posted: 12/18/2014 9:12:52 AM EDT
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Well that sucks. They should have known that you were heading into town. Your screen name requires a response of .. "During my always unusually-thorough pre-flight planning, I generally don't contact my 2nd alternates before take-off." 
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Posted: 12/18/2014 10:14:10 AM EDT
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Man what was the last time you updated that GPS?? Things may have changed in the last 15 yrs. 295 came out around 2000 right?
Get on eBay and get yourself something made in the last decade. LOL. |
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Posted: 12/18/2014 11:13:12 AM EDT
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What airport?
You should've gone to 1R8 or AAF. This time of year AAF is a destination of mine for fresh oysters. You take the crew car into town. |
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Posted: 12/18/2014 5:57:10 PM EDT
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Man what was the last time you updated that GPS?? Things may have changed in the last 15 yrs. 295 came out around 2000 right? Get on eBay and get yourself something made in the last decade. LOL. Creature of habit and all that.
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Posted: 12/18/2014 8:16:10 PM EDT
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Just update the database, don't need a new unit.
The new Aera is nice, I have a 550, but the glare on that motherfucker in the hiller drives me nuts. |
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Posted: 12/18/2014 9:29:42 PM EDT
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this thread is useless without some pics
oh and I have to second the suggestion to upgrade. Even a poor boy like me has a 496 in my Cherokee. Time to retire the 295 or just put it in the flight bag as a 2nd backup or something. |
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Posted: 12/19/2014 12:20:33 PM EDT
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I had a Garmin Aera 560 and would highly recommend it. They do make no-glare screen protectors (which would probably be helpful in a Navion).
Used mine for a thousand hours or so all over three countries - the XM was niiice.
ETA: Sporty's - Aera 560 
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Posted: 12/19/2014 12:32:04 PM EDT
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You might like the iFly 720. Daylight viewable screen, and a hell of a lot cheaper than Garmin.
https://www.iflygps.com/SYSTEMS/iFly720.aspx |
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Posted: 12/19/2014 5:02:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You might like the iFly 720. Daylight viewable screen, and a hell of a lot cheaper than Garmin. https://www.iflygps.com/SYSTEMS/iFly720.aspx |
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Posted: 12/19/2014 8:26:12 PM EDT
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I have used both and like the iFly much better. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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You might like the iFly 720. Daylight viewable screen, and a hell of a lot cheaper than Garmin. https://www.iflygps.com/SYSTEMS/iFly720.aspx I like mine. |
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Posted: 12/19/2014 8:58:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I like mine. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: You might like the iFly 720. Daylight viewable screen, and a hell of a lot cheaper than Garmin. https://www.iflygps.com/SYSTEMS/iFly720.aspx I like mine. It has most of the features of the 720 and the battery in the tablet is an advantage. I get over 4 hours on a charge. I found if I turn the brightness all the way up I don't have problems seeing it. I prefer it to the cheaper iFly 520. If you have a tablet it may be worth a try. The Garmin 296 is on the powered parachute. Tablet in the Kitfox and the 720 is used in tbe Cessna 177 |
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Posted: 12/19/2014 9:04:25 PM EDT
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I am now using the iFly android app on my google nexus7 in the Kitfox 2. It has most of the features of the 720 and the battery in the tablet is an advantage. I get over 4 hours on a charge. I found if I turn the brightness all the way up I don't have problems seeing it. I prefer it to the cheaper iFly 520. If you have a tablet it may be worth a try. The Garmin 296 is on the powered parachute. Tablet in the Kitfox and the 720 is used in tbe Cessna 177 Quote HistoryQuoted:
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You might like the iFly 720. Daylight viewable screen, and a hell of a lot cheaper than Garmin. https://www.iflygps.com/SYSTEMS/iFly720.aspx I have the Android app on my phone, and it's impressive. |
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Posted: 12/19/2014 9:13:52 PM EDT
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Foreflight Mobile. Meow.
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Posted: 12/20/2014 2:53:34 PM EDT
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I was flying into Austin from Corpus that same day, and had to hold 20 minutes while the storm moved over Bergstrom. Kinda crazy, I haven't had to hold for a couple years. They shut down arrivals for everybody after a 737 and a Lear both got some bad windshear on final.
They shut down Kittie Hill right after I moved down there. I was pretty disappointed, I thought I'd have a grass strip five miles down the road from me, and then only got to visit it twice before it got sold. 
Where did you end up moving your Navion to? Unless you don't want to violate persec, which I understand!
ETA- And another big +1 to getting a new GPS. I run a Garmin 295 in the RV, but only because I have an iPad as well! Get a Garmin 696 and the XM subscription. You'll have NexRAD, XM Radio, XM Metars and Wx, and all kinds of goodies. I wouldn't fly a cross-country without it, XM weather is a game-changer. In my opinion, It's better than on-board radar, since you get the big picture. In the jets we have both, but if I had to pick one, I'd pick it. |
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:01:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Foreflight Mobile. Meow. THIS. |
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:14:13 AM EDT
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Man what was the last time you updated that GPS?? Things may have changed in the last 15 yrs. 295 came out around 2000 right? Get on eBay and get yourself something made in the last decade. LOL. This was my first thought. They should be updated once a year however, not all the info on the airports is always correct. It's best to check that out before the flight. |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 1:00:53 PM EDT
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Your screen name requires a response of .. "During my always unusually-thorough pre-flight planning, I generally don't contact my 2nd alternates before take-off." Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Well that sucks. They should have known that you were heading into town. Your screen name requires a response of .. "During my always unusually-thorough pre-flight planning, I generally don't contact my 2nd alternates before take-off." The alternate airport is only there for you to wish they had gas in the pumps, instead of being in the air wishing for gas in the tanks. |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 1:08:59 PM EDT
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On a return flight from the panhandle yesterday, smooth sailing until I was 20 minutes out ... storm was passing over the field. I orbited around to the north awhile, but decided to land at San Saba, Tx, get fuel, and kill time. My trusty Garmin 295 said the field had barely clothed line-girls and hot coffee and cookies. Well, it actually said Jet Fuel / Av Gas, I derived the rest from the fact they had Jet. Nobody answered the Unicom ... I assumed it was because they were all outside watching Mr. Oilfield's Hollywood-actress daughter step out of the KingAir like she does at Christmas every year. I could just see the hubbub when Mr. LaRue slid onto the field in his late-60s classic Navion "H" Rangemaster. Shouts of "Hey, get that KingAir out of the way !!! It's Mr. LaRue !!!" After landing at the field (from the air it looked like it had been over-run by Zombies) I taxied up to the no-credit-card pumps. Damn, cash only, but you gotta call somebody in town. Well shucks, I'll use the rest rooms and grab some of that hot coffee. Both toilets were plugged. I still had plenty and then some in the main to make it and the storm moved off my home field. - The End - Nice story. For what it's worth I stopped looking for barely-clothed line-girls by the time I was 21. I concluded they were a myth created to get students through their long cross-countries. |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 3:24:23 PM EDT
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Nice story. For what it's worth I stopped looking for barely-clothed line-girls by the time I was 21. I concluded they were a myth created to get students through their long cross-countries. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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On a return flight from the panhandle yesterday, smooth sailing until I was 20 minutes out ... storm was passing over the field. I orbited around to the north awhile, but decided to land at San Saba, Tx, get fuel, and kill time. My trusty Garmin 295 said the field had barely clothed line-girls and hot coffee and cookies. Well, it actually said Jet Fuel / Av Gas, I derived the rest from the fact they had Jet. Nobody answered the Unicom ... I assumed it was because they were all outside watching Mr. Oilfield's Hollywood-actress daughter step out of the KingAir like she does at Christmas every year. I could just see the hubbub when Mr. LaRue slid onto the field in his late-60s classic Navion "H" Rangemaster. Shouts of "Hey, get that KingAir out of the way !!! It's Mr. LaRue !!!" After landing at the field (from the air it looked like it had been over-run by Zombies) I taxied up to the no-credit-card pumps. Damn, cash only, but you gotta call somebody in town. Well shucks, I'll use the rest rooms and grab some of that hot coffee. Both toilets were plugged. I still had plenty and then some in the main to make it and the storm moved off my home field. - The End - Nice story. For what it's worth I stopped looking for barely-clothed line-girls by the time I was 21. I concluded they were a myth created to get students through their long cross-countries. Like big watches and big stories..... |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 6:39:50 PM EDT
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this thread is useless without some pics
oh and I have to second the suggestion to upgrade. Even a poor boy like me has a 496 in my Cherokee. Time to retire the 295 or just put it in the flight bag as a 2nd backup or something. 
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Posted: 12/22/2014 11:06:34 PM EDT
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Santa? I though the reindeer pulled the sleigh?
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Posted: 12/22/2014 11:11:15 PM EDT
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Santa? I though the reindeer pulled the sleigh? After watching FBI jello videos, I decided that 00 Buck was best thing to bring down a sleigh.
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Posted: 12/22/2014 11:58:14 PM EDT
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I fly a plane with G1000. Still prefer Foreflight on the iPad mini for getting airport info.
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Posted: 12/23/2014 12:02:08 AM EDT
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I fly a plane with G1000. Still prefer Foreflight on the iPad mini for getting airport info. I've had a guy flying by ask for a price check |
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Posted: 12/23/2014 12:15:53 AM EDT
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this thread is useless without some pics
oh and I have to second the suggestion to upgrade. Even a poor boy like me has a 496 in my Cherokee. Time to retire the 295 or just put it in the flight bag as a 2nd backup or something. http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii210/LaRueTactical/Ellk_Hunt/HPIM0346.jpg To hell with the dudes complaining about your good old Garmin. I can support a Navion full of Elk! Someday, I am going to own a Super Cub, unless I can find a PA-14. I'd go fly with you, Mark. 
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