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LETTERS

LETTERS FROM OUR MAY 2020 ISSUE

Family tradition
Readers enjoyed our look at three generations who shared the same aircraft
I wanted to send a note to say
how much I enjoyed Julie
Summers Walker's stories in the
May issue. "Grandma's 182" was
a true family adventure-what
girl power! Jan Perch sounds
like an amazing woman who
trailblazed a path for her daughter and granddaughter.
Also, I loved her story about
the Flying Circus ("Little Big
Show") as many of those pilots
hangar their aircraft at my local
airport in Culpeper, Virginia. It
truly is stepping back in time
when you attend the show on
Sunday afternoon.
Kelly Murphy
AOPA 1081206
Vienna, Virginia

Little Big Show

Thank you for the wonderful piece, "Little Big Show," on
the Flying Circus. We all felt
incredibly honored and proud
to be featured in your publication. Julie Summers Walker
did a beautiful job telling our
story, and Chris Rose's photos
really captured the feel of the
place. I was especially humbled to have my brother's and
my story included in the article.
He would have really loved that.
I will always treasure the article
and feel like Mike's memory will
live on in her words.
Elizabeth Sommer
Flying Circus wing walker
AOPA 10123049
Warrenton, Virginia

Avionics upgrade

With regard to the article regarding Maury Patkin's Beechcraft
Bonanza A36 avionics transplant
("Avionics: Obsolete Panel Made
14 | AOPA PILOT July 2020

BY JULIE SUMMERS WALKER
PHOTOGRAPHY BY MIKE FIZER

Three generations of women share the same airplane

50 | AOPA PILOT May 2020

I really enjoyed Julie Summers Walker's
article about the family-owned 182. I love
stories that tie in a good measure of personal
history. I found a few videos on YouTube about
the restaurant. It really was quite the place!
Patrick Carron
AOPA 1188977
Wilton Manors, Florida

Modern"), it's a most impressive
panel, particularly so with the
weight savings. That being said,
one of the items mentioned is
that the removed Bendix/King
KNS 80 is obsolete. I say hardly. It
can be still be used legally for IFR
en route waypoint navigation and
provide terminal VOR/ILS and
powerful DME reception with
a hold option. Unfortunately,
new KNS 80 installations with
approved IFR RNAV have been
nixed by the FAA. If you still have
an existing preapproved installation, you're good to go with PBN/
B4 annotated in the remarks

section of your IFR plan for en
route RNAV.
My Mooney has the KNS
80 and is also equipped with
the latest radar vector following
technology: autopilot. The VOR/
DME RNAV approaches earmarked for this unit were erased
long ago. However, that may not
be a bad thing as we all know the

accuracy of GPS approaches to
KNS 80 approaches are far more
accurate and safer. In the aforementioned A36, the whiz-bang
Garmin G500 TXi just won't
interface with the still-repairable KNS 80. However, a reliable
older or new CDI hooked to the
KNS 80 would be an excellent
backup to either a GNS 650 or
750 and should be considered vs.
an expensive second GPS/VOR/
ILS panel navigator.
Speaking of whiz-bang
new avionics, the Apollo series,
Lowrance, King KLN 90,
Magellan, and Northstar lorans
and GPS systems are all long
gone despite the fact that they
appeared in the decades after
the KNS 80. The lost cash to
owners who installed those
relics (boat anchors) is frightening. In the article, Dave
Hirschman referenced a new
GNS 750/650 combo. Now
Garmin is touting the Xi series,
instantly lowering the value of
these "older" 650/750 units.
Interestingly, the cost of the KNS
80 in 1981 dollars is nearly equivalent to that of today's Garmin
750Xi; however, IFR GPS installations are far pricier. And then
there's the Boeing/Jeppesen
monopoly database update costs,
which is an irritant.
The KNS 80 is three inches
tall, weighs six pounds, is air

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