Why I Choose to Fly a Twin Commander
Kent Titcomb recently upgraded from a Cessna 414A to a Twin Commander 840. A few months into ownership of the Commander, we asked him how it’s going. He answered with the following. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert Persig’s iconic 1974 book, was a philosophical examination of the marriage of the technical and the emotional. The Commander is a beautiful example of that Zen. A blend of exceptional speed, exceptional fuel burn, reasonable purchase price, reasonable maintenance costs, cabin size, and payload/range flexibility. What machine can do more for less? Did I mention excellent short-field performance? Did I mention how good the aircraft flies? Ramp presence? Another aspect that attracted me to the Commander was Twin Commander Aircraft LLC. They want to see Commanders…
From the Flightline
ADVENTURE TRAVEL Air Journey’s 2017 Around the World Westbound Journey, continued…
In the last issue I wrote about the challenges of flying in Bali with the active Agung Volcano. The next out-of-the-ordinary experience came during our flight from Sri Lanka to the Maldives. We have not been to Sri Lanka before,…
GARMIN TIPS AND TRICKS Practice Approaches with the GTN 750
A common practice to maintain IFR currency is to do a round-robin flight including approaches at a couple of airports, and then returning for an approach at home. The current software in the GTN 750 (v6.4.1) includes features that make…
