Proenneke's Cabin at Twin Island Lake (glassy water)

Richard took N8977D to Proenneke's cabin on Twin Lakes and experienced "real" glassy water.

Colton Privitt gets off-airport training at Knik River

N541AC is on-line

We finished the squawk list on N541AC.  I took my family to Homer on its maiden flight.

New Airspace Rules for Mat/Sue Valley

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Float season has arrived!

All the ice has melted,  N8977D is on floats.  Schedule your training now.

Mark McNiel gets a Commercial SES rating on May 24, 2014.

Multi Engine Training in Anchorage

We just purchased a Seneca II for multi engine training at ACME Cub Training.  The aircraft has turbochargers, known ice, and a Apollo IFR GPS.

Gravel bar cub flying with Vanesa Edwards

We had a great weekend of Cub flying on big tires.  The skis came off.  The Bushwheels are on.  Enough snow is melted to have great times on the gravel bars.  Vanesa Edwards came up from Hillsboro, OR to enjoy a weekend of off-airport flying.  

Deep snow at 6500 feet elevation

I rescued a C-185 that was stuck at the 6500 feet level of Knik Glacier.  We used N8977D to pack a runway for the Cessna.  Turned out to be a great and successful adventure.

PA-12 project For Sale

Extended wings about 2/3 assembled 

30 gal overhauled Attlee tanks

Narrow deck 150 mid time, topped before prop strike.  Prop strike inspection accomplished.

Standard 18 gear

18 Tail feathers

Seats

Com radio, basic panel with 296 air gismo installed in panel 

Good Sutton exhaust

Paperwork for Alaska Bush Pod/Firman (only 12 planes got the field approval), Dynon D6, Denso alternator, sea plane door left side, squared off right hand doors

Fuselage needs about $7500 - $9,500 worth of work if you pay a shop to do the work

Complete log books

 $25,000 for the project?

Iridium Satellite Phone / Avation Headest

We figured out how to communicate on a Iridium Satellite phone using a aviation headset.  I experimented and had success with an older 9505A and a newer 9575 Iridium phone.  I use a Gulf Coast Avionics GCA-86A cell phone booster as the interface.  I found that the clarity and volume of the conversation was the best when I unplugged the GCA-86A from the headset jacks of the aircraft thus eliminating the volume control of the aircraft intercom.

The Iridium phone has a 2.5 mm stereo jack.  The GCA-86A has a 3.5 mm stereo jack.  You need a 3.5 mm stereo cord and a 2.5 mm-3.5 mm adaptor.  I purchased the cord and adaptor at Frigid North on Spenard road in Anchorage.

You need the following items to interface a Iridium phone to a aviation headset:

1. https://www.gulfcoastavionics.com/products/624-gca-86a.aspx

2. http://www.amazon.com/Parts-Express-3-5mm-Stereo-Cable/dp/B0002ZPJZO/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1395202269&sr=1-1&keywords=3.5+mm+stereo+cable

Note: Must be a 3.5 MM stereo cable.  A stereo cable has three connection rings on both male ends.  There are cable with four rings and cable with three rings on one end and four rings on the other end.

3. http://www.amazon.com/3-5mm-Stereo-Jack-2-5mm-Adapter/dp/B0002ZPFAS

Note: Must be a 3.5 mm to 2.5 mm stereo adapter.  A stereo adapter has three connection rings.  There are adapters with for connection rings.