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  1. rhkennerly

    How patient should I be?

    All righty, then this might be a drive a little, fly a lot situation. Driving down county might help you find a school with fewer students and better availability.
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    How patient should I be?

    Just a guess: cheapest rentals in the area?
  3. rhkennerly

    AWC 3 and 4 digit ceilings

    This is the only time I’ve ever seen CIG in any station report depicted that way, nor can I find it in any other legend on the internet that has it. If you find out, I’d like to know.
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    We ordered a Bushcat

    Not wealthy. Prudent. I’m just several decades older than you.
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    We ordered a Bushcat

    Well, that’s already happening. OTOH, you’ve apparently yet to endure the economic surprises of annualing a 35-45 yr old plane, especially those in used for training. New ADs popping up all the time. ADs that were poorly performed, papered over, or ignored. Engines that suck a valve. A...
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    General Question Over DUI, Form 8500-8, Form 8710-11

    Alcohol & drug arrests, not just conviction's, are a mandatory reporting event, regardless of class of license. Even arrests for boating while intoxicated. Actually, you have done yourself a favor by self-disclosing. The FAA matches state & federal driving & arrest records. A few years ago...
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    Any tips to better familiarize direction, degrees & headings?

    This is where learning to work the wind side of an E6B helped students get a feel for these issues. Electronic calculators give you a number. The E6B gives you numbers but also helps you visualize, because you are drawing the wind triangle. There are any number of gizmos in the Pilot Shops...
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    Practicing short field landings in gusting winds

    I think context matters with this question. Are you asking: 1. for a written or oral test? 2. as a student preparing for a check ride? 3. as a private pilot out to improve gusty wind skills? or 4. as a pilot interested in backcountry flying or stol competition skills? if 4, then the...
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    We ordered a Bushcat

    Oh, you meant the proposed Mosaic regs. Maybe, maybe not. We won’t know until 2025. There is still a lot of flux in the rule-making. I think it’s mostly eyewash from RSR. After all, the competition is hot for any used plane right now. Sport Pilots would have to compete with established...
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    We ordered a Bushcat

    Never heard of it, but looks comparable. I was most attracted by the quick delivery time, but then covid & supply issue.
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    We ordered a Bushcat

    I spent the last week of April at 10C with Jeremy and Daniella. They’re bummed, too. Bushcat has been part of their identity for so long. They’re not getting any good answers from Bushcat SA (rainbow skyreach). However, they have landed on their feet with several ventures fruiting all at one...
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    We ordered a Bushcat

    No, not mosaic related. Btw, enjoying the hell outta our Bushcat.
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    Sport Pilot training/plane question

    There are so many wonderfully weird Questions on this list! No idea. It does bring to mind some company recently hawking an advanced training plane to big schools with a fixed gear but also with a gear handle in the cockpit so students start off pretending they’re flying complex airplanes.
  14. rhkennerly

    Passing Medical with past drug addiction.

    there is an entire anonymous forum here on POA devoted to medical issues. I’d try there.
  15. rhkennerly

    What kept you going through training?

    For a more hopeful aspect on feeling like you cheated death or imposter syndrome, I’d wager there are few pilots who don’t, in the back of their minds, entertain a little bit of that feeling every time they land. On every takeoff, there is a nagging thought about the inevitability of fuel...
  16. rhkennerly

    Took the plunge...bought a Zenith CH801 kit!

    Congrats. If it’s engineless and only 50% done, you’ve got plenty of time to find instructors. I learned the hard way that the easy part of building an airplane is making it look like an airplane. It’s the wiring that takes forever. It’s slow and tedious.
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    Sun n Fun…what’s going on?

    Just seemed like a lot of departures. Backed up on taxiway P and D across 05/23, maybe 100 planes. Imagine there are a lot of frustrated pilots in the Parker hold. A lot had to leave this afternoon before the show.
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    Sun n Fun…what’s going on?

    Just checked SnF on ForeFlight 17:45. Arrivals are stopped and there is a mass exodus of planes on both runways. Is there something going on?
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    PSI testing question - ID

    Usually there is a reason, often related to past high jinx of test takers themselves. Still, instead of getting your back up, call the testing center.
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