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1. Driggs Idaho, a long long time ago 2. Private, added Commerical/CFIG later when had access to a glider and CFIG. 3. All flight experience will make you a better pilot 4.1 Pros. a. Energy management b. Better understanding of the Rules c. Better understanding of non-airplane operation. d...

A proper motor Glider endorsement, which to be fair I have not yet done my self but I fly and talk with a lot motor glider pilots and instructors should cover things that neither a glider rating or Airplane rating cover. Unfortunately the Sinus isn’t a very good transition trainer as it is much...

As for part of the OP's question, which is better, start with Sport Pilot and Add Glider, or Start with Glider and add Sport Pilot. Short answer is it depends on location and the resources available there. If you have good club or glider operation close by, doing the glider 1st might be the...

From what I can tell it is an electric Sustainer or Self launch (I don’t know if it supports self launch). So power failure or fuel exhaustion potentially might have been a factor. Brian

Here the 2 Nuclear Powered J47 prototypes a the Idaho National Labs.

Sorry to hear this. I am at the Ephrata Airport this week flying my glider and towing. Yesterday didn’t have much in the way of Thunderstorms. Sunday did though…

My comments to the OP would be there are at least 4 main types of Tail wheel landings, what type are you doing? Power ON, Tail Low (slow) Power OFF, Tail Low (slow) Power ON, Tail High (fast) Power OFF, Tail High (fast) I barely call the tail low wheel landings a wheel landing, it is more like...

It may all be in the terminology and and is also a dependent on the type of airplane I usually call it marching, left, right, left, right. What you are trying to do is keep you feet making small corrections. True some airplane and fact a lot will let you get a away with just reacting but, new...

You didn’t state what kind of climb this was. Vy Climb or a Cruise climb? I.e. what speed where you climbing at. With enough runway and no obstacles I will often set the power at 24/24 (knowing it will be 23/24 by pattern altitude. And just set for a cruise climb about 100mph (book recommend...

Bbchien’s 270 days from heart attack to SI in hand was pretty accurate in the event I am aware of. Pilot was still in the hospital consulting with Dr bbchien who recommended can’t do anything for 90 days. After 90 days get together with a local AME he recommended and gather all the required...

My dog has me well trained in this department. Boss bought us pizza, Co-workers are wondering why I am throwing the crust on the floor:). Brian

Ah, thanks for mention this. I sort of remember this now. What I don't remember is if you can complete the wings flight credits in an aircraft you are not rated for? Brian

I remember when this came out. Basically the example of why you don't ask Legal Counsel questions you might not like the answer to... Short Version: is when soloing and additional category aircraft, they said you need to a current flight review. This a problem for the guys that say are retired...

Yes, about 60% of my glider flying is off a runway at 6000ft. I do set my MH system to turn on at 10,000 feet so I can turn it on before launching and not having it beeping at me. If launching below 5000ft I set it for 5000ft. I have found that when flying between 5000-12000 feet, my bottle...

The MH system is a great system. If you feel like you need more flow use the F settings per the Instructions. using the 02 Oximeter is a great way to tell how you are reacting to the flow it is providing... Brian