I have a b0rken hx4705 that I'd like to get repaired if that's cheaper than getting a replacement on ebay. The display is cracked and non- functional (a casualty of my Mother's Day bounce), but it works on activesync. Does anyone have any recent experience with a repair house? I've google'd a few...

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6870546.html

For those of you who fly in the southwest USA, I have created a new airspace file for the US/Mexico border: OpenAir format: http://www.justsoar.com/public/openair/mexico_border.txt SUA format: http://www.justsoar.com/public/sua/mexico_border.sua As usual I have some technical notes to help you...

It seems NACO only puts SATRs in the National Flight Database "on request". Currently only 3 of 10 are included -- Grand Canyon, New York City and Washington DC. If you fly near a Part 93 Special Air Traffic Rules area that is on your sectional but not in your digital airspace file(s), please let...

As promised, the Luke SATR has appeared in the 201006 edition of the National Flight Database. Important note: justsoar.com morphs the NFD entry from Restricted type Unspecified/Other to Controlled, Class D. So, to get the SATR in your airspace file(s), you must include the "Class D" in your...

You LS-8 drivers out there ... nice glass. ~ted/2N7O

For as long as I've been flying anything, including and especially gliders, I've had a CFI endorse a cockpit checkout in my logbook, for any new aircraft type I flew. Can someone tell me what/who requires this? Is it strictly insurance companies, or is there a relevant FAR paragraph? The reason...

Sailplane racing junkies of all experience levels, please come join us for three days of fun in the sun at the 2011 Southwest Soaring Championships, Sept 3 - 5 at Turf Soaring! SSA handicaps will be used, but ballast allowed. Please email me if you plan to attend so I can keep Turf appraised...

The outer ballast tanks use a fitting what I don't have. Is there an off the shelf workaround? tuN7o

The 0912 cycle was pretty quiet because the FAA was too busy mucking up the 0913 edition. A couple of issues users should be aware of: (1) The "Restrictive Airspace Name" field in the subject release is missing the first character for most (if not all) airspace records. Those those of you in...

I recently learned that the restricted airspace in the SE corner of Arizona (R-2303) is not in effect during the weekends. Does anyone happen to know if any of the restricted areas over central New Mexico (R-5107 -- over the White Sands Missile Range) have a similar policy? ~ted/2NO

I am trying to parse ESRI shapefiles that describe FAA TFRs. But they are in NAD83 projections, with accompanying .prj files that look like this: PROJCS], PRIMEM,UNIT], PROJECTION, PARAMETER, PARAMETER, PARAMETER,

Files are available for individual states, or the entire country: http://www.justsoar.com/public/ http://www.justsoar.com/public/sua/USA.sua http://www.justsoar.com/public/openair/USA.txt They are not of much use for most pilots except for adding to the SeeYou display, but a few like to have...

I've been browsing the available documentation and LX's web site, but I'm unable to figure out how the .LXA airport database files (such as are used by my LX7007) are created. I've learned how to use the LXasBrowser tool to create LX airspace files (CU binary format) -- it's a great tool because I...

The Arizona Soaring Association (ASA) 2009 Contest Series is now on the calendar with 23 racing days over 10 weekends at 5 locations around the state. Whether you're a seasoned racer or are just now tipping your toes in the contest waters, you are welcome to come join us on the ground and in the...

I think the Hualapai tribe is trying to elbow out Luke AFB as the top airspace grabber in Arizona: http://www.footflyer.com/Articles/News/2009/IndianWar/ParamotorVsIndians.htm -2NO (via CH)

Today I finally got to do a proper side-by-side comparison of an HP310 PNA and hx4705 PDA, each running SeeYou Mobile, under a bright sun and in the glider cockpit. In terms of screen performance under the Arizona sun, I could hardly tell the difference between the two. If the HP310 was easier to...

I'm rather surprised my original post on this topic didn't generate any discussion, so I'm going to try again with what I learned since my last. (Thank you CH!) The first two press reports on the incident, where a powered pagaglider pilot was arrested by Hualapai tribal police even though he never...

The special flight restrictions and procedures around Washington D.C. put into place after 9/11/2001 were made permanent last month (February 17, 2009). However the defined area(s) have not yet appeared in the FAA's National Flight Database. If anyone has reliable OpenAir or TNP descriptions of...

I need a few HD soaring videos, and I don't mean to watch streamed on youtube or fleabiz; I need to download them (mpeg or wmv or mp4) to replay on a computer away from the 'Net. They need to be minimum HD720 but1080p would most appreciated. They do not need to be long -- 30 seconds to a minute...