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by Steven
Mon Oct 09, 2017 1:59 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: The Trifecta
Replies: 4
Views: 6636

Re: The Trifecta

:D Condolences, congratulations, and Way to Go!, respectively.
by Steven
Mon Oct 09, 2017 1:54 pm
Forum: DA42 Forum
Topic: YDZ has arrived!
Replies: 7
Views: 2183

Re: YDZ has arrived!

Beautiful plane! Congratulations!
by Steven
Sun Oct 08, 2017 3:32 am
Forum: Hangar Talk
Topic: The Decline and Eventual Demise of Small GA?
Replies: 34
Views: 8303

Re: The Decline and Eventual Demise of Small GA?

I also think outreach efforts such a Colin and others mentioned can help a great deal. We could completely reverse this downward spiral if every active non-commercial pilot converted one pilot prospect into an active pilot every year or even every other year. I have made that my personal goal. I ap...
by Steven
Thu Oct 05, 2017 2:32 pm
Forum: Hangar Talk
Topic: Counting instrument approaches
Replies: 19
Views: 4104

Re: Counting instrument approaches

Thanks for extracting the relevant parts of the letter. It feels like the ambiguous part is still ambiguous, but the definitely-counts and definitely-does-not-count parts I feel more confident about now.
by Steven
Thu Oct 05, 2017 12:45 pm
Forum: Hangar Talk
Topic: Counting instrument approaches
Replies: 19
Views: 4104

Re: Counting instrument approaches

I'm glad there's some difference of opinion here. Makes me feel less ignorant. Seems like if I'm "in the soup" at FAF or at any point on the final approach segment, it's a loggable instrument approach. If I'm not in soup, but yet not maintaining VFR cloud clearances, it's ambiguous whether...
by Steven
Wed Oct 04, 2017 5:01 pm
Forum: Hangar Talk
Topic: Counting instrument approaches
Replies: 19
Views: 4104

Re: Counting instrument approaches

Well, that's yet another interpretation. If cloud clearance rules come into play, then if the FAF is at 1700' then it is "loggable" if at the FAF the clouds are anything below 2200' (Class C, D, E). That starts to sound a lot more practical for logging approaches. This would be an easy rul...
by Steven
Wed Oct 04, 2017 2:24 am
Forum: Hangar Talk
Topic: The Decline and Eventual Demise of Small GA?
Replies: 34
Views: 8303

Re: The Decline and Eventual Demise of Small GA?

I lived in TX for several years before moving to Boston. While living in Texas I bought my first plane, a DA20-A1. I was able to do that because the cost of living in Texas is relatively low. My home in Massachusetts cost 5x what I paid for a comparable house in Texas. My real estate taxes were 4x l...
by Steven
Mon Oct 02, 2017 11:55 pm
Forum: DA42 Forum
Topic: DA42 rental
Replies: 27
Views: 10144

Re: DA42 rental

Excellent, thanks!
by Steven
Mon Oct 02, 2017 3:11 pm
Forum: Hangar Talk
Topic: Counting instrument approaches
Replies: 19
Views: 4104

Re: Counting instrument approaches

CFIDave wrote:To maintain instrument currency (by flying practice approaches "under the hood" in VMC), It helps to be married to a safety pilot. :)
Are you proposing? :shock:
by Steven
Mon Oct 02, 2017 3:10 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Recent Factory Visit
Replies: 19
Views: 17784

Re: Recent Factory Visit

They have a healthy backlog of both DA62 and DA40 orders (they can build either Lycoming XLT or Austro NG models). I was just there a week ago, and the Canadian factory is busier than it has been in years. That's good news! There's not much competition for twins. Maybe that's a good business decisi...