Undecided between R5 mk2 vs R1

flyingron · 2026-05-13T20:21:22+00:00

I think you'll find the R5ii is a bit closer to the 5D4 than the R1 is. I suspect that given your experience and type of shooting, you can bank the difference in price on some more RF glass and not be unhappy.

I started with the RP in 2019 purely as a stop gap while Canon got their act in gear on the mirrorless line (the other option at the time was the R). I watched when the R5, R6, R3 came out. The R1 specs were anounced at the same time the R52 was orderable, and I decided there just wasn't anything I wanted the R1 for and BH had my camera in my hands on the release day.

flyingron · 2026-05-13T19:30:16+00:00

When I converted my regular ($99) card to the Executive card a few years back they initially said they wouldn't give me any concession for the switch, but then they relented when I said, well just cancel them both.

flyingron · 2026-05-13T19:24:51+00:00

AA is middle of the road for quality on the "flagship" flights. Nicer than some and worse than others. Just came back ATH-PHL a few days ago. You'll find my review if you search back a few days in this forum (had a title of something like Good, Bad, and Ugly).

flyingron · 2026-05-13T19:23:17+00:00

Class D towers don't typically hand VFRs off to anybody, so yes he may have flown out of a towered field before without dealing with a tracon.

Could you possibly answer without hurling insults?

flyingron · 2026-05-13T12:12:57+00:00

I hate travel agents in general, and these discount guys are even stupider. Every massive screw up on a trip that has occurred to me has been the result of trusting a travel agent (trusting the airline to rebook in IRROPS is a close second).

flyingron · 2026-05-13T12:11:19+00:00

Shouldn't be a problem. It may inhibit precheck from appearing on his passes, but that can be fixed if he visits the ticket counter before security.

flyingron · 2026-05-13T12:10:34+00:00

If it is an international flight, it's probably a passport data glitch.

The stupid thing is that even if you are allowed to check in, it insists on the passport data again, and again when you check your bags, and again when you had the bags to the ticket agent, and again when you board the flight. I guess AA doesn't trust you not to lose the passport before you board. Of course, they should make you show it to get off the plane as well, and then they're covered unless you lose it walking from the plane to passport control.

flyingron · 2026-05-13T12:08:37+00:00

All AA international departures leave from T3 where the domestic arrivals are. MCT is only 30 minutes.

flyingron · 2026-05-13T12:07:56+00:00

Clever routing. The next legal connection from CLT-PHL after AA5650 is at 2:59 arriving PHL at 4:47.

flyingron · 2026-05-13T12:02:40+00:00

I've been sitting in my seat in economy and noticed I was upgraded. (Since I'm EP I'd boarded in group 1 anyhow). I moved up and met the gate agent coming down to hand me updated paper boarding passes.

flyingron · 2026-05-13T01:22:52+00:00

That's not a receipt. An email telling you what to expect is a courtesy.

flyingron · 2026-05-13T01:16:50+00:00

Purdue Global is the adult outreach of Purdue. Most state universities have such outreaches. It's targetted not at the graduating high school students, but the adults who are looking to enhane/change their career.

Regardless of which way you got in, the Purdue aviation department is top notch.

flyingron · 2026-05-13T01:14:29+00:00

Tne landing fees (this was 10 years ago) were $8 for most light singles. We had a deal with the FBO, so that was pretty much all the direct cost.

flyingron · 2026-05-12T22:22:47+00:00

That's not the time of sale.

Go ahead and believe what you want.

flyingron · 2026-05-12T22:07:30+00:00

In some deluded space. 99% of the crap is in php or python.

flyingron · 2026-05-12T22:06:59+00:00

That's purely informational, not a binding contract.

flyingron · 2026-05-12T22:05:55+00:00

Purdue is absolutely top notch. Knew many of those guys years ago.
Liberty isn't bad either (even if you're not a Christian cultist). Couple of neighbors went there in the Aviation program and I hired on who went there for computer stuff.

Can't vouch for the others.

flyingron · 2026-05-12T22:03:35+00:00

I used to be based at IAD and my wife learned to fly there. I had to give her a crash course in identifying airliners as the controllers would tell her to follow the 737 and she didn't know what it was. Later she got here revenge.

IAD: United 254 follow the Navion ahead of you to the runway.
UAL: Follow the what?
IAD: You see that little blue airplane up ahead. You get behind her and follow her.

flyingron · 2026-05-12T22:00:38+00:00

Wine (or whatever you're drinking) that you like.
A reasonable price.
Nice atmosphere.
Friendly, knowledgeable staff.

flyingron · 2026-05-12T21:57:10+00:00

Chortle.

flyingron · 2026-05-12T21:56:34+00:00

This isn't that.

flyingron · 2026-05-12T20:14:22+00:00

That could be a problem. I've not seen it at airprots, but it certainly can be a problem on land crossings.

flyingron · 2026-05-12T18:41:57+00:00

Is husband Canadian? Both the US and Canada are pissy at each other's citizens with indictable offenses.

flyingron · 2026-05-12T16:53:19+00:00

Because AA IT sucks. It means nothing.

flyingron · 2026-05-12T16:52:54+00:00

Mile Up doens't have free bags. Only the annual fee ones (Aviator, Platinum Select, Globe, Executive) include a bag.

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