Recent content by apr911

Hi POA, On a search for my first plane and would like to get some input on other options I might not be aware of. I'm a CPL SES/SEL CFI/I with hi-perf, tailwheel and complex endorsements (and about 50 hours in each; only 10 hours SES). I've been toying with getting an MEL but I'm not career...

2.5NM is probably a bit of an exaggeration for how far out I'd teach my students. I kind of borrowed 2.5NM from one of comments about a someone calling "short final" 3NM out but agreed that seemed a bit far even for the the point I was trying to make so I split the difference between what the...

^THIS. My local airport doesn't seem particularly busy nor is it a big mill school base but it is towered and there are pistons regularly mixing it up with the business jets coming in. I find during the busier times of year, I regularly end up flying larger patterns even at non-towered airports...

Wouldn't mind the tandem if there was at least some space for luggage but if I'm flying a plane to go places, I need to be able to fit at least a carry-on and a laptop bag without being concerned with it interfering with the controls. Preferably 2 + the usual inflight consumables and small...

Haven't flown into/out of KCRQ since I moved out of CA in 2016 but I almost always oriented myself to the airport by the smoke stack on both clear and hazy days... It was so easy to find no matter what direction you were coming from and I always struggled with a lot of the other "local"...

I want a Widgeon. That's been my dream plane since I started flying. Though I think it might get replaced by the Gweduck if they ever actually start "real" production/sales on it. They've had the prototype/demo plane for a while now and started work on Serial number 001 this year but its been...

I'd consider putting my hat in the ring to help with the IT needs. While I've got the IT background dont know that I'd necessarily qualify for a MC role; I do tend to lurk more than post but even considering my lurking, I am somewhat sporadic in my appearances here and hardly review every...

Oddly the only "real world" hold Ive ever gotten was during instrument training training in SoCAL... I say real world in quotes because it was a very typical SoCAL VFR weekend so it wasn't like we had to hold but everyone and their mother was out trying to do practice approaches. Got a "real...

I'm going to second this opinion. I know Californian's take supporting those fighting their wildfires very seriously and a lot of people (and thus FBO's) will do whatever they can to help that effort. In this case, if that means finding an open hangar on the field to stash your plane in or even...

You sure you're in a taildragger? I feel like most people are in a descent when they bring the nose down enough to feel straight and level.

This thread is an exercise in risk management, which I guess is why I'm surprised at the direction this thread went and the hardline stances expressed herein given that flying is a hobby/career that is less about your skill doing the activity itself and more about your ability to be flexible in...

Trying not to derail the topic here but... People tend to associate with others of similar backgrounds, languages, looks, religion, socio-economic status, values, etc. Its in part (it wasn't "completely" natural, some of it was forced by legislative action) why cities developed enclaves like...

Most complaints Tucker Gott gets are from the no-nothing people on the ground in the areas he flies, not really the no-nothing people watching his videos or the know-something pilots who see him or watch his videos. In that regard, Tucker Gott's FAA complaints have little to do with his youtube...

Well I assumed you were trying to insult me why else would you respond as you did at all? Insults typically have a point they are trying to make. I'm about done with this thread. I'm pretty sure I'm largely just repeating myself at this point and I've got other things to do than to go another...

There are a hundred other hypotheticals that could happen in the span of 5 seconds; you call it splitting hairs and nonsensical but most of the regs are written to try and address as many of those hypotheticals as they possibly can or are based on hypotheticals that have become reality. I mean...