Poor man's G1000/G600.

Great for legacy aircraft.

FIFY.

An Android tablet can also do the job.

I use a Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 with Garmin Pilot.

It is nice that I can run Pilot on my Android cell phone as a backup device.

Mike C.

Like how you began the turn before responding to ATC. Like Manassas for D.C. area. Wish I'd been invited.

Mark,

As usual, another great vid. Keep em coming. Looks like you really enjoy flying and doing these. Sure makes me want to fly more.... great!

Love the "catfish" what a great airplane!!!

Good catch. A little nuance here. Couple reasons...1) I know right where I am and 2) at the speeds the Citation flies if you talk first and then turn you can wind up with a more radical turn to stay on the arrival/approach.

Prefer over the panel mount might be a stretch. Prefer over spending $150k to upgrade is more like it.

REAL pilots use an E6B. :-)


I generally detest yoke mounted stuff, but at the size of the iPad mini (which is essentially identical in size to the Tab S2), it is manageable. Once on the yoke, then it is in front of you and can be used on the approach. It is nice to be able to look down quickly and check something like an altitude.

Mike C.

I really like Allan Ramsay's mounts in fact I just got one for the mini for the other yoke just for a comparison. Sorry about the inversion... I suppose this is one reason you won't find Apple in Mikes Mitts.

Here is a pretty unusual video. I departed KHEF yesterday with an attractive woman in the right seat. (not unusual ). She is NOT a pilot and, unbeknownst to me, a bit edgy about flying. What you will witness is pretty much a meltdown as it happens. I show it because it was a distraction that could have become a contributor to something far worse under certain circumstances.

The departure was the ARSENAL5. It was into a 800 overcast ceiling with tops around 2,000 feet clear above. Viz was good and ride was smooth. The procedure calls for runway heading (161) and a turn to 267 passing through 800 feet direct to GADZE. Cross GADZE at 2,000 and and then Casanova at 3,000 (10 miles after GADZE). This is pretty routine but a lot is happening...and fairly quickly. Not a lot of time to console a nervous nelly. To make matters more complex I transposed two digits on the transponder and was notified in the middle of the 106 degree turn while about to level out (think g forces). Throw in a change in the departure and a frequency change and I was pretty damn focused. She was reading the situation the best that she could but having zero piloting experience she was completely lost.

Watch it unfold. I pretty much ignore her because of the job at hand but she is so close to a total meltdown who knows what she could have done out of instinct. I really think she thought she was about to die. hmmm. How do certain situations affect your passengers? When does it become a problem?


To her credit she got straight and did well the rest of the flight. Of course, I was very aware of my body language from that point forward which was a bit of a distraction itself.


Yes I should have removed my hand from power levers at V1. Perhaps her energy and concern played a role?

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I've had that happen and try to brief it. There are a lot of aural noises that a non-pilot could worry about. Big worry if I put someone up front with me that I don't know. I've had them just start blabbing and had to turn the intercom to pilot only mode even though I briefed on sterile cockpit until I cleared them to talk. A shortcoming in single pilot ops is not being able to deal with a passenger having issues during busy times.

Really like the backup attitude indicator on the dashboard using old fashioned red fluid.

That thing show me straight and level the whole time, I was not concerned in the least.

Funny stuff. I thought the exact same thing! Just watch the water with the MIO in it! How hard can it be

When you mumbled to yourself to get your head on contributed to her meltdown. Messing up the squawk code in the D.C. SFRA will get everyone's attention. I triple check squawk codes when around there.

Cant you use your AP when flying that departure? Even if in HDG mode and VS climbs? Looks to me like you were hand flying the turn and level offs.

AP handling the basic flying leaves more time for other stuff at busy times.

You did the best you could do. Her safety is more important then her feelings. I usually do not invite inexperienced or high strung people into the right seat until in cruise and maybe they stay there for the landing.

You have to be aware that passengers are watching and listening to every move you make. Keep your game face on at all times.

When you mumbled to yourself to get your head on contributed to her meltdown. Messing up the squawk code in the D.C. SFRA will get everyone's attention. I triple check squawk codes when around there.

Cant you use your AP when flying that departure? Even if in HDG mode and VS climbs? Looks to me like you were hand flying the turn and level offs.

AP handling the basic flying leaves more time for other stuff at busy times.

You did the best you could do. Her safety is more important then her feelings. I usually do not invite inexperienced or high strung people into the right seat until in cruise and maybe they stay there for the landing.

You have to be aware that passengers are watching and listening to every move you make. Keep your game face on at all times.