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https://www.cbs17.com/news/north-carolina-news/pilot-injured-after-small-plane-crashes-near-church-at-nc-coast/ This makes two here in the last 90 days, and four within 50 miles…what are the odds of that? At least this time, the pilot is okay.

https://www.wwaytv3.com/fire-crews-responding-after-plane-crashes-into-southport-home/

Trying to understand the value of the new GI-275 as a better emergency backup than my current setup. Right now, I have G500, GTN750, GTN650 with a Mid-America battery/electric backup AI. If I replace the Mid-America with the GI-275, do I gain any functionality? specifically, can I use the...

Looking for a hangar to rent, buy or share at KSUT or KILM. Not too particular about the specifics - just want to keep my Bo indoors. Been renting at KILM, but my landlord decided to sell to someone that needs the hangar for his own plane, and is willing to pay way above market value. Great...

After the flight home on Thanksgiving, I put the plane in the hangar and went home feeling a little under the weather. Turned out I came down with a nasty cold and didn't fly again for maybe ten days.When I was finally ready to fly again, I went to the airport to find that one of my fuel drains...

On a recent flight to NY (KISP), I had the scariest experience I’ve ever had in an airplane, and now I’m looking for advice from some of you super-experienced pilots on what I might have done differently. Inbound, we were at 3000’ in smooth air off the south shore of Long Island. We were pretty...

My new plane came with a few Bose A20’s, and while I generally love them, I’m having one big issue: I’m just not able to make out female ATC voices. Male controllers are fine, but for some reason, female controllers just sound slightly garbled, and it’s enough that I’m constantly missing what...

On a recent IFR flight to KISP, I got cleared “direct BRIGS, V139, SARDI, CCC, KISP”. Normally, I find it easiest to type this into ForeFlight and send it to the panel via the FS510 in my GTN 750. It’s pretty much just enter the clearance verbatim, then “send to panel”. But this time, I...

In the spirit of giving something back to the aviation community, I have some used pilot gear I’d like to donate to an up and coming student pilot. The gear includes: A large ballistic nylon flight bag, nearly new. A pair of older (late 1980s) David Clark headsets. One has been upgraded to...

[Apologies in advance for the verbose post...] I need to vent a bit...I've been trying to purchase an airplane for over a year, and I've been frustrated at every step of the way. My requirements are basic: take a 450 pound payload 500 miles at 160+ knots in a reasonably modern airplane...

I'm new to the Southport NC area and looking for a place to keep my Bonanza...anyone have any leads on where I might find an available hangar? Best I've found so far is a large 40x50 hangar at KILM, but that's a little more expensive than I want to spend. If there's a pilot in that area with a...

It’s been suggested to me that age, health and other factors influence your altitude tolerance. Okay, I agree - so I picked up a small pulse oximeter I can use in the cockpit to check my oxygen levels during long flights at higher altitudes. My question is how to interpret the values. If I...

I have a simple question regarding Basic Med... Let's say I have a 3rd class medical, and when it expires, I decide to go Basic Med instead of renewing it. My private physician examines me, signs the form, I do the class online and I'm ready to go. Now let's say it's a year later and I have...

After the last upgrade, I seem to have lost my ForeFlight Apple Watch app. I had it installed on my Apple Watch (Series 2), but it simply disappeared when I updated my iPhone's copy of ForeFlight, and now when I go to the Watch AppStore, I can't find an app when I search for "ForeFlight"...

Simple question: how would you find the nearest airport having a certain type of instrument approach? Let’s say your cruising along and you have a sudden failure of your Garmin 430’s, leaving you with nothing more than an old, dusty ADF and a handheld radio. Is there an easy way to find the...

I'm a private pilot that's considering going for an AGI rating, and I'm curious what people think about the value of being a ground instructor. I'm not really interested in being a full-blown CFI - I don't have a commercial certificate, and I don't think I'd be able to keep up with the CFI...

I'm a fairly new Arrow pilot, and on a recent flight I noticed the prop surging about 50-100 RPM at cruise. I had fairly low power set - 23" and 2300 RPM - and the prop would surge up to about 2400 for less than a second, then settle back to 2300 where it would just repeat over and over. Same...

Can anyone recommend an experienced TB-20 mechanic in coastal NC...KSUT would be ideal, but anywhere from KILM to KMYR would work. Thanks!

First, I'm new here...nice to meet all of you! My flying career has been about begging, borrowing and renting aircraft for the last 25 years, but now I'm finally taking the plunge and shopping for my own. At my age (mid-50's), I want to buy my "forever airplane", get as proficient as I can in...