Recent content by pilotrick

I didn't like them. Thought they were expensive and not very nice to the students.

I have a mooney. I commute regularly from SMO to Lake Tahoe. I usually file IFR.

Local here.... you can file IFR and the clearance is not so complicated. Don't worry about a long wait those don't seem to happen often. So delays not a big deal. Clearances straight forward. Park in the city ramp in front of the abandoned restaurant. Make sure to file your landing fees...

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I am based at KTVL. You will have no problem getting an uber to get to heavenly. Should be around 30 bucks to the cal base lodge. There are taxis too but they typically charge double.

I am kind of bothered by the level of mis information and censorship over there on the vansairforce forum!

If you buy the LLC you will not have to pay the use tax. You will still be on the hook for property tax.

So sad. This was a dad, who killed himself and injured his 3 children. Some rumors are he was just a student pilot and others say he might have just passed his check ride and this was his first flight. The kids looked pretty small so I don't think weight was a factor. The problem was...

Just don't ask the glider guys that have no medical at all but fly above 18,000 feet!

This is basically fake news. There is no “ramp fees” if you park your airplane at the city owned tow downs at smo.

If you can use UL94 it's self serve. If you need 100LL you need to call the FBO and they will send a truck over. It's best not to buy fuel at SMO. Just bring enough to make it out and get much cheaper fuel elsewhere. The city parking is on the left side of the runway in front of the old...

I don’t know anything about TEB, whatever that is. I am based at smo and have been for 10 years so I have a pretty good idea of how it’s run. There is nobody to “greet” you at the airport. In fact the only way the city knows you land is by a transcription of the ATC feed. If you say the...

If you go to Santa Monica do not go to the FBO. The city has tie downs in front of the restaurant they closed down. They have a little gate which you can let yourself in and out of the airport. No facility fee. There still will be tie down fees and landing fees which should be ignored...

Trigs are great! Hard for them to compete value-wise with the Garmin equivalent. For those of us against the evil empire it's a solid choice. The exceptions are the smaller radios and transponders which have no Garmin equivalent.

Waypoint closes at 3pm so it's not really supper. On the weekends and Wednesdays they have their special a tri tip sandwich which should not be missed. One of you better order it but it can be split. I must remind the group that KSMO is free to land at and has free transient fees as long as...