Recent content by Jim Logajan

Trivia: Stanley Kubrick commissioned Alex North to compose the music for 2001. Kubrick used classical pieces at various points to guide North in his compositions. Kubrick ended up not using any of North's music. As a result no one heard any of the discarded compositions til about 25 years after...

Interesting article. I started reading through the likelihood of failure of engine subsystems (e.g. cams, crankshaft, magnetos, etc.) and looked at its supporting references. One of the main sources it almost quoted verbatim was this one by Mike Busch...

Article notes "Turns out there’s nothing special about rotisserie chickens in general, just that the TSA doesn’t have much regulation on solid foods when going through security." That's as it should be. The issue is with the things that the TSA prohibits that cause people to consider their rules...

Let us know how it goes.

Agreed.

I've never had an issue with them. I have been able to configure them just fine. Their most recent software has a config mode that displays a QR code that has encoded the current settings which can be captured by a smart phone or tablet camera which produces a web page on your device showing all...

Belated followup: I completed the upgrade to IFR by adding the AV-30s, replacing the radio with a Garmin GNC 355 nav/com, added CGR-30P engine monitor, and misc stuff like external magnetometer, clock, OATs, etc. Photos below are before and after. I've also replaced the old pull starter with a...

I think the Trek universe morphed to whatever each episode needed to advance its plot. There is also the issue of what "socialist" means, since there are several incompatible definitions. Several episodes of the original series definitely revolved around economic individualism, such as the...

I didn't know Romulans were into Jazz blues. The AI Joanne Linville still rocking that dress 58 years later.

I never got around to selling the MRX I posted above so now I have an XRX and MRX stashed in closet. In the 11 years since I made my post I bought a C-172 and installed a Uavionix Skysensor (ADS-B In). The Zaon boxes seem somewhat redundant now.

It's unclear to me what problem they are attempting to solve.

Congratulations! I earned my private pilot from a CFI who enjoyed parachuting but it was not my cup of tea.

Here's a news update aired Feb. 25: