"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Is it allowed to listen to music while at the commands of an aircraft?
Is so, do you?

Yes. We have the PS Engineering CD/Intercom in the panel of our '74 Piper
Pathfinder. It makes long flights very much nicer. (The kids can plug
their Walkman into the back, and listen to their own stuff, while Mary and
I
crank out some Pink Floyd or Stevie Ray Vaughn!

Speaking along these lines, do any of you folks download music off the
internet? I've not tried it, but I'd like to burn a couple of new flying
CDs, and downloading sounds a lot easier than shopping in a music store.

Any recommended sites? Are they still free, or do they charge now?


Other than the risks of getting whacked by the music industry?

WinMX (www.winmx.com) is free, but Apple I understand is working on a system
of about 50 cents or a buck per download. Stay away from Kazaa and most the
others which are spyware and security risks.

If you already have a bunch of CD's, you might get a "ripper" program such
as AudioGrabber (http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/) which let's you pull
songs off your CD's and turn them into MP3's. From there, burn your own CD's
and make each CD "Jay's Favorites". A CD will typically hold about 20-22
songs per disk in regular music format (decompressed).

If your CD player is capable, you can also burn about 200 or more MP3's onto
one CD. Even better is a CD that will play MP3's off a CD/RW. Then you can
change what's on the disk at will.

I don't think any Audio Panels will play MP3s or CD/RW's, but several
"Walkman" type CD players do and you can use the AUX input on the AP to do
it.