Hi all, I just joined this forum on the recommendation of a friend and co-worker. I'm James P., from Houston TX. I recently purchased N4927L the 1967 PA-28-180C. She was located in Florida, a friend flew me out there in his Cessna 172, and I flew her back, getting an epic 8.5 hour cross-country done which also happened to satisfy my 250 mile/3 approach IFR requirement.
I've only been flying for about a year but the bug caught me hard and I have about 130 hours, mostly in 161s and 181s. I have N4927L hangared at KDWH, Hooks memorial in NW Houston. One of the 'top 20 busiest GA airports in the country' from what I hear (one of my FA colleagues just looked it up, definitely in the top 50). Definitely a good place to train.
I work as a technical project manager at FlightAware. I'm the Crew Lead for the Flight Tracking crew and PM for the Mobile and ADS-B teams.
Came here looking for technical manuals for my plane but also to connect with fellow owners and learn as much as I can about maintaining and improving our plane. She has about 3600TT, 350 SMOH. I'm already scheduled to have a GTX375 and G5 HDI put in, she should go in for that upgrade next week. The interior is all original in decent shape, but I'm already pricing out refurbishing it all over the next couple of years.
Already enjoying the freedom that comes with ownership, I've put about 25 hours on her myself in the last 3 weeks. I also took her up with a local aerobatics instructor who's a friend of mine, and we put N4927L through some basic spins and wing-over turns which really helped me get used to her flying characteristics.
Anyway, glad to be here and looking forward to learning from this group.
James P.
I've only been flying for about a year but the bug caught me hard and I have about 130 hours, mostly in 161s and 181s. I have N4927L hangared at KDWH, Hooks memorial in NW Houston. One of the 'top 20 busiest GA airports in the country' from what I hear (one of my FA colleagues just looked it up, definitely in the top 50). Definitely a good place to train.
I work as a technical project manager at FlightAware. I'm the Crew Lead for the Flight Tracking crew and PM for the Mobile and ADS-B teams.
Came here looking for technical manuals for my plane but also to connect with fellow owners and learn as much as I can about maintaining and improving our plane. She has about 3600TT, 350 SMOH. I'm already scheduled to have a GTX375 and G5 HDI put in, she should go in for that upgrade next week. The interior is all original in decent shape, but I'm already pricing out refurbishing it all over the next couple of years.
Already enjoying the freedom that comes with ownership, I've put about 25 hours on her myself in the last 3 weeks. I also took her up with a local aerobatics instructor who's a friend of mine, and we put N4927L through some basic spins and wing-over turns which really helped me get used to her flying characteristics.
Anyway, glad to be here and looking forward to learning from this group.
James P.
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