Recent content by PeterNSteinmetz

I use a Bose A30 and have no problems other than a need to make sure the cuff around the ear covers the hearing aid on top of my ear. Apparently physical comfort of the combination is the primary concern and potential limitation. See...

I will be flying to Coolidge next Saturday about 8 AM in my S35. It will stay there some hours for some repairs and checks. There is no official fly-in breakfast there that weekend, but if any other members wanted to fly over and meet me there, we can find a ride into Florence or Coolidge for...

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Summary: A gear collapse of a V35B Bonanza at Deer Valley Airport was caused by a slip of the pilot confusing the gear and flap levers. There was no danger of nor any injuries. The incident caused complete economic loss of the aircraft. Introduction: This incident has been of some interest to...

From the PilotSpin forum on Oct 5, 2021: Since a number of posters seem to be interested in my 2014 protest against the TSA at the Phoenix Sky Harbor airport, I will post a few responses and links here. (I tend to think of it as old news). Firstly, let's clear up some facts. This was a...

Here is a worksheet now by Schiff on how to test and measure this. https://www.captainschiff.com/_files/ugd/4e0587_5fd76eb67b3d4376a5fb5be2790d038f.pdf I will be measuring this tomorrow for my Bonanza.

I can personally attest to the GCR-30P being a nice engine monitor. I just had one installed in my Cardinal. It did require replacing the fuel senders as my old floats could not be zeroed. Don't you just need a P-4 though for 4 cylinders? I see you went the µAvionix route rather than Garmin...

Good grief. More over-generalization after an accident. How about just requiring the military to remove these dangerous routes near crowded airspace? Instead Cruz wants all GA aircraft to have to have ADS-B In. But neither of the aircraft involved in the DC collision were GA aircraft...

Hurray. It looks like this will cover Cardinals.

Interesting bit on the first hijacking. Though I think they get the cost per passenger wrong by quite a few orders of magnitude. And omit the important fact that hijackings in the US had been declining for several years prior to the implementation of mandatory metal detectors...

Have had a number of troubles with hot starts on the S35 here in AZ. This page from CSO Beech is quite good. Especially the part about slowly advancing the throttle during starting to hit the right fuel-air ratio seems to work.

I had been thinking this plane was not making book speeds recently. But then my son pointed out that we were doing 163 TAS on 65% power today in cruise on the way home from Mogollon. So that is just about book or perhaps a bit quicker. Definitely enjoying this ship now that its annual is...

So apparently someone in the cockpit moved both fuel controls to off. Awful, just awful. https://archive.ph/EJlN9 Official preliminary report https://aaib.gov.in/What%27s%20New%20Assets/Preliminary%20Report%20VT-ANB.pdf Captain Steve has a fairly good video about this

I was landing at Payson KPAN the other day and ended up having a long final for Rwy 24. Have a look at this on Google Earth and tell me what you think. With the drop off to the east it occurred to me later that one probably should really fly this approach rather high on the power off glide...

The start of a much needed scaling back of the FAA’s arbitrary decision making on medicals https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2025/july/03/court-rules-faa-antidepressant-denial-arbitrary