I will be there Friday and Saturday.

It looks great Antoine !

Thank you all for your feedback. Our TC was replaced in 2009 by a brushless motor TC (certified for replacement). I was hoping it would hold longer than the old one but... The motor is not the only mechanical part, so something else can wear. It would be nice if we could replace that TC by a fully e...

Hello, I flew to Corsica last WE. Tremendous trip in blue sky ! On the last leg (LFLS-EBST, see reports), I was in calm air at FL105, the KAP 140 started to swing left to right in a 2 Hz regular cycle. I recycled the KAP 140 and the Rate TC several times with no result. The AP was still doing its jo...

Hello Antoine, nice job.
Can a D2 Garmin replace a genuine "TSOed" compass ?

Colin wrote:I have now started attaching the suction cup after I get to altitude. That seems to eliminate that issue entirely.

Same for me

No matter how you cut it, less horsepower with same weight or more weight with same horsepower, the outcome is not good and that is what you have in every instance I can think of when an airplane goes diesel. You cannot escape the weight penalty vs. power provided with a diesel. From my perspective...

The 888 pounds useful load results from an increased MTOW : 1280 Kg instead off 1200 Kg for a IO-360 model. If the this 1280 Kg MTOW was certified for the Lyco version, which I believe is perfectly possible (same power but slightly different airframe), the Lyco would have a much better useful load t...

Fatal bird strike with a Cessna 172 in Spain near Barcelona
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=186011

It looks like they are operating Lycoming DA40's
http://www.phoenixflychina.com/Column.aspx?ColId=10