AR-NWA ADV BS thread

Second that

Well thanks for putting me to shame I'd like to fly a Lear, that could be a ways off though. A King Air or Pilatus PC12 is my dream rig, as "uncool" as they may be.

Summit up in Bville keeps a really nice Ercoupe. I'd like to fly it sometime

Elvis 70: Congratulations on the upgrade in the 407.. I also think the seats are much more comfortable than the 206. Have fun with your new ride and fly safe.

Roger

Today I trailered in a yard of topsoil amd a yard of mushroom compost for my raised bed garden. Unloaded it by hand in the pouring rain. Finally finished and went into the house to dry off so I could go to the shop to build a table for Vic. Walked outside and the weather had cleared and the sun was shining. :huh Guess I should have planned my workday in reverse.

abt all I can fly anymore is my middle finger! :fyyff

Don't be too impressed. The Lears and Citations were done as a right seater on maint check rides. I was just there in case something went bad wrong so they'd have somebody to blame it on.

My fave plane to fly is a Long-Eze. Canard planes are fun.

Anyone but the PIC!

Are you an A&P mech? Do they still have the A&P school down at Drake?

Garmin Montana - who has one? What model? What do you think?

Hint: http://www.wunderground.com/

We haven't been in a couple of years.....so IDK.

Got the 650T. Good unit, but typical Garmin, has it's short comings. God I want Google to build a stand alone GPS soooooooo bad.

The Ozark Smokehouse was closed, when we went through there on our way to the Apple Festival. Is it open again?

+1 to that. I just downloaded Google's new navigation app for the iPhone and all I can say is watch out Garmin. If it was GPS based instead of cell tower based, I could see no reason to have a Garmin at all. So much better.

Don't know, I have not been there in a while. It's a shame if it is closed down for good. One of the few hill side barns of any size in the area.

Couple problems with a cell phone as a GPS is that the screens don't work with gloves on, battery life is atrocious when running a GPS app, and they aren't hardened, so mounting them to the bike with all the vibration and lack of waterproofing wil probably kill one pretty quick. That's why I wold really love to see them come out with actual GPS hardware as well as a downloadable map solution. I have no doubt they would kick Garmin's butt.

+1.

Unfortunately, I don't know if the market is big enough for Google to step into hardware. If the Google Map app starts to use the GPS circuitry as well as cell-tower-based in the new cell phones (like Scribe suggests), then I see the consumer car GPS market drying up. That could really hurt Garmin, and really only leave them with the "outdoor" GPS market. Is that a big enough? I don't know.

I think building a more water proof and shock resistant phones (or isolation carriers) is more likely than Google actually producing hardware. Unfortunately. But I support the dream of a Google GPS Unit with Downloadable maps.

RAM makes a mount to hold cell phones in a "claw" type of holder. DaMoron has one on his WeeStrom and it worked great on our trip to VT last year. Keep the power plugged in and it functioned just as well as my Garmin unit.

Google has announced they will be building brick and mortar stores. Gonna need something besides a couple laptops, cell phones, and tablets to fill those stores.

Can't speak for other smart phones, but an iPhone will actually discharge while plugged in and running a real time GPS app like Motion GPX. And once again, it's not waterproof, can't use it with gloves, and it's not hardened against vibration. Put enough miles on it strapped onto a bike and it will fail from the vibes. Never mind the fact if you get n a wreck and destroy the phone, gonna make it hard to call for help.