My GPSMAP396 came with a coupon for a free Jepp update, but it must be used within 90 days of purchase date (which I will assume will be the ship date of 8/23). I want to optimize this to get the most recent data I can within the 90 days. When will be the last Jepp data update before November...

On May 23, 3:07 pm, doflier wrote: 1. Reading the yard-sale-acquired novel, "Flight of the Intruder" (Stephen Coonts) and I was wondering if anyone knows a good novel which is similarly specific as to what is happening in the cockpit as the first three chapters, at...

While in Johannesburg on a business trip I had free time over the weekend so I found a local GA operator and went flying. I flew with http://www.skyafrica.com out of Brakpan-Benoni airfield (in the shadow of Joburg International) If you're ever in this part of the world, I highly recommend it. I...

Which of these stories got the most airtime? http://www.wral.com/video/9515951/detail.html And then later ... http://www.nbc17.com/news/9518344/detail.html

I will be in Southhampton on business in June with a couple of free days, one thing I like to do when that happens is rent a plane and instructor at a local FBO for sightseeing flight. I've been able to find those types of resources easily in the U.S. with airnav.com. Is there a similar resoruce...

I saw this "question" on an aircraft auction on ebay today.... Q: Hello, Should you or your buyer have the need to relocate this aircraft after the auction I offer ferry pilot services http://www.aircraftdelivery.net I am an Instrument Rated Commercial Pilot for Both Single and Multi Engine...

When I fly with my GPS396, I usually don't put in a flight plan or any direct-tos; I use the panel mounted KLN94 for that. I use the 396 just for weather, terrain, and additional situational awareness. I had never heard the spurious terrain warnings near airports that Dave Butler reported in...

Spectacular severe clear weather, most of my co-workers have already cleared out for the holidays, and I'm at work looking out the window at the blue skies and limp flag in front of my building. Humbug.

When I click on Steve Zecker's name in the list, it shows me about 10 other place markers in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Argentina. Clicking on any of them move the map to some correct pointers. Then I clicked on Steve again and the extra markers were gone. WTF? Anyone else seeing that? ...

You do have to give it to Thomas for coming on here and debating this stuff. Of course in some ways he is blind to how he is perceived, as is everyone probably. His response, which is basically, "if you haven't bought from me you have no standing to evaluate me" shows that he does not see the...

There was some discussion a while back about a Minnesota man who was restoring a wrecked Corsair and the U.S. Navy's heavy-handed attempt to sue him for the return of the airplane and reimbursement for any "damage" he did to it. A happy ending may be forthcoming, as an NC Congressman has...

I ordered my GPS396 from Sporty's on July 20th. Yesterday I got a letter from them telling me the projected ship date is August 31st.

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Fire up AOPA flight planner or any other flight planning software and plot a direct route, S37-LBT. The result reinforces my earlier speculation that someone at S37 just did "direct-to LBT" on a handheld (probably non-aviation) GPS and was simply flying that line. If so, dumb. Actually I can't...

If an engine has been overhauled 3 times, never making TBO either time (not even making it to 1/2 of TBO 2 of the times), should I be concerned that it might be a lemon, or if the current overhaul was done right and the engine has been treated right since then, should I not worry about how it did...

He'll be back. He can't help himself. I enjoyed his posts, though I think he has extremely poor judgement and a short fuse I still enjoyed reading them and the responses they generated. He's gotta be gratified that one result of his "goodbye" post was to start a ****storm on the newsgroup.

Yossarian wrote: Congratulations! Mine's coming up next month. A seven hour oral seems pretty extreme and unnecessary. Did you squeak by on the written? Maybe the examiner reads this newsgroup. (what's up with the follow-up to deal? I thought my post had

"We're not firing anybody," said Jones, a consultant whose firm, MD Strum Housing Services in Indianapolis, was hired to clean up the troubled agency. "This is a reduction in force that required some people to lose their jobs." (from: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/2350628p-8728507c.html)

Been scanning airplane ads for a while and just recently started looking some of them up using AOPA's Vref service for members. According to that, most of the airplanes I see advertised are way overpriced, some by significant margins. Are the AOPA Vref prices too low? Or do people have...