Out of interest, if you get your Commercial ticket in the US, does it have any meaningful impact on insurance rates?

Certainly having the Instrument Rating does...

Emir, retractable gear is no longer required. I can do the commercial ticket in my DA40 now.

Was just mucking around looking at the Piper Mirage... pressurization seems a wonderful thing, until I read this statement on Wikipedia: "As of January 2019, 225 accidents had been reported in the Aviation Safety Network wiki database, including 106 hull losses, causing 219 fatalities. Hull los...

They have some good trainer features, such as gear up/down and also, out of view of the pilot, switches to implement certain simulated failures etc. So yes... repackaged... but smart business development initiative in my view to attempt to corner another segment of the market.

Or... DIA could do something really simple and cheap like run an owner forum webinar (perhaps 2 times per year?), where the new CEO outlines his vision for the future of the company, new product roadmap, projected timing, present on key focus topics like the software issues, and then answer question...

Time to start thinking about twins again?

For resale value, continuous upgrades to the software, and an airframe which is tweaked pretty incessantly, should every pilot of means purchase a Cirrus if they are looking at a single-engine plane? I think this will become an issue with the DA50 vs SR22: They will both likely be around similar pr...

Steven, great post, thanks. Here are some pics I snapped on the way to Oshkosh.

Some years ago when I was looking to buy a DA40 one of the agents I was working with was trying to talk me into buying a plane with aircon, the upgraded seats, second alternator and so on. I am sure it was a great plane, but did not fit my mission as I would have been overweight / outside of the W&a...

Russ, the sheepskin covers work really well, and I would absolutely recommend them. There is no doubt in my mind they are better in both the summer and winter.