Home Just in Time for Maintenance
After the return trip from Palm Springs, I realized I had reached home “just in time” for some critical maintenance. My final round trip journey was in excess of 4000 nm, as you can see below: Before the trip I made sure all the maintenance was current and even had my mechanic go over the […]
Shaking Off the Rust / Test Flight
Last week I returned from China and was planning to go a for a joyride with a fellow pilot named Ron, who was visiting town from Atlanta. This flight was a multi-purpose mission: First, and most important, I wanted to “shake off the rust” after 2 1/2 weeks of zero hours in the logbook. Second, […]
Annual Drama
After last week’s “heavy flying” week, this was a no flying week (except for JetBlue). I needed to be in New York for some IBM business. As usual, I felt the urge to multi-task and decided that this was the perfect week to get the annual inspection done on the Cirrus. The annual is not […]
Avidyne R9 Upgrade Process
Many people have asked me about what was involved in doing my Avidyne R9 retrofit. So I have finally gotten around to describing it. First a little background/context…. Last year, I was the happy, proud owner of N-514TJ, which is a Cirrus SR-20, well equipped with the Avidyne R7 avionics suite. This was the first […]