The Joy of AviationI’ve owned the Bose X for about 5 years, 400 hours. I love them. But I longed for better performance and more features – like bluetooth for getting IFR clearances at my non-towered field. A few months ago I purchased the Lightspeed Zulu thinking it might be equal to the Bose X plus some nice [...]
This is my first experience using an autopilot so there’s be a bit of a learning curve. Some things are very intuitive and others, like if/when the King Autopilot 150, aka “Otto”, is going to catch the glideslope, are not. Even after a 100 linked approaches, it still seems kind of random whether it catches [...]
I needed to get another headset and heard that Lightspeed was having a trade up program for the Zulu. I’ve owned the Bose X for four years, but always wondered if I made the right decision. Wondered which was quieter. Now, I thought, I can finally compare the Bose X to the Lightspeed Zulu [...]
Following the August 8th plane and helicopter accident that claimed nine lives, the FAA developed new airspace rules for the Hudson Corridor, or as it’s officially known, the NYC Class B Hudson River exclusion zone, which become effective today.
First I want to say that these are decent rules that we can live with (pun [...]
When Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett bought a Bombardier Challenger 600 twenty years ago, he named the large-cabin business jet The Indefensible because of his past criticisms of such purchases by other CEOs. However, after the investment guru used the jet, he realized its value as a business tool and later renamed it The Indispensable.
Even [...]
I’m one of those fussy people who just hate to look through a dirty windshield. So, when I joined my local flying club, one of the biggest turnoffs was that both planes’ windshields had a LOT of spider web type scratches. In fact on one of my late afternoon Fall flights last year, I [...]
