Thursday, April 12, 2012

Ridonkulous

So my tail cone lens cover, AKA "stinger" lens is cracked, so I thought I'd order a new one.  Also the storm window seal is old and makes a bit of a hissing sound so I ordered a new one of those as well.  Today the goods arrived!


See that piece of plastic on the left that looks like it's worth about $2.50?  Care to take a guess? The plastic is surely worth $2.50, but with the FAA approved paper underneath could it possibly be worth.... $132.89 ?  You got it!  Gotta love aviation!  How about the little coil of sticky tape on the right for the storm window seal?  Surely $1.99 right?  $4.99?  $9.99?  How about $32.90 !@?  Crikey!!!  We've got to take the government out of this, all I can say is W T F.

Glad I'm not flying today though, it's been a long time since we've had TSTRMS strong enough to send my dog to the closet!


By the way that's the new Garmin Pilot app for the IPad.  I actually like it more than ForeFlight, it's really really good.  I must hand it to ForeFlight for pioneering the low cost flight apps on the IPad, surely this app would cost $500+ per year if even available had Garmin been allowed to pave the way... yet this app is really slick.  I hope ForeFlight can catch up.

2 comments:

  1. Doog, we'd love to hear suggestions for improving ForeFlight Mobile, if you're willing! Just toss us a note at team@foreflight.com - thanks! BTW, I really enjoy the blog, have followed it for a while. Thanks for the posts!

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  2. Jason, I'm amazed and honored you read my little flying blog! As for FF suggestions, put the frequencies all on one page! It's an extra click for each "category". Also I LOVE that Garmin lets me download charts in the background while other apps are running. Also the DirectTo and present position features on FF are a bit confusing, check out how Garmin does it and the little wheel over airports. Finally, keep up the great work!

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