Aviation headsets should not be this hard . . . .

First headset, Kore.  Second and third headset, Faro PNR and Faro ANR.  Fourth headset, Lightspeed Zulu 3, also ANR.  I admit I started at $149.00.  Went right through $349.00.  Now at $850.00 I hope the Zulu 3 solves the problem.  I understand my issue is side tone and Lightspeed says this:

• It also has an exclusive user adjustable mic gain adjustment to get the audio and side tone just right for all voices.

So far every headset I have tried does not have my voice in my ear or my passenger's ear until about the third or fourth spoken word.  ATC hears me 5 by 5 but it's annoying when I cannot hear myself or my passengers can't hear me from the first spoken word.  Safety is of course an issue, too.

David Clark was nearly my next try but they are at $895.00 and I understand Lightning is getting rated right up there next to Bose, who is at $1095.00.

Thank goodness for Amazon's return policy!

And the plane is named, Alexandra . . . .

Follow the directions when you are installing lettering.  Do not let the backing get wet as you are positioning it.  Good that doityourselflettering.com offers an installation guarantee!

Clean takes an hour and a half . . . .

The plane was clean when when I picked it up.  It got dirty over the last three weeks.  An hour and a half basic labor and 12 ounces of Meguiar's Ultimate Wash and Wax, about $2.50 worth, and the plane is clean again.  At issue is whether I will continue to wash the plane myself or whether I will hire that work out.  At $500.00 to detail the interior and exterior, I think I may be doing the work myself.  Especially if the Wash and Wax keeps the plane looking at least as good as it does right now.

I will say that Target has better prices than Walmart for the Wash and Wax.  Wonder how they decide they can sell it for $8.39 and Walmart wants $9.97?

TFRs for TRUMP

Going to Camp Gary for a weekend is always a wonderful time!  In Stuart.  All Florida.  All outdoors.  Sometimes fishing.  Sometimes bows and arrows with inanimate and animate targets.  Walking in the woods.  Good friends Gary and Karen!

This time there was a twist.  Traveling to KSUA from KSRQ was by plane not car or Harley.  The trip over was as calm as any trips have been in niner niner five.  A tiny bit of clear air turbulence when descending from 5500 but all in all a great flight learning more about the autopilot and the G1000 cockpit.  The plane is a dream and it's starting much better now too with a new battery!

The excitement over the weekend:

• The ride over (It wasn't hard to avoid the TFR for Trump but you can sense how he affects General Aviation when he is in Palm Beach.  KSUA was packed with jets that normally would be one airport south.)
• The local flight circumnavigating Lake Okeechobee
• Building a squirrel slinger
• The walk through the woods
• The absolutely calm return trip learning how to lean the plane to less than 12 GPH, still making speeds greater than 130 knots
• The greased landing at KSRQ, which may be my best one yet.

The next cross country with Gary and Karen will likely be to Green Turtle Club but the FAA needs to send a permanent registration before I can leave the country:

• Green Turtle Club

The next cross county though may be to see Barry and Mary, landing at KSGJ.