Recent content by Baxsie

Cool video of pulsed smoke streamlines in a wind tunnel: You can really see how the pepperoni improves airflow as it approaches stall.

Go spend 10 hours (not logged) with your dad in the 172xp. Get comfortable with it then go pay the instructor. Approach your dad respect and defference and not only will you learn some flying stuff, you will probably also improve your relationship with him :) Maybe propose a trip someplace...

I have decided to complete the ground school first, it is nearly free in terms of $/hour of instruction compared to 1 on 1 with a CFI at their instruction rate. I figure that I will save a lot more in expensive CFI time than the course costs. I also like the classroom interaction. I'm not...

Ha! I think you are right :) The setup is that the speaker (Ed) has done a bunch of incredible exploring, adventuring and piloting (all the things worth doing), and is now a full-immersion virtual reality addict (a twink), which is about as low as you can go in this society (the things that...

It is multi-layered, so I had to listen to it twice or maybe three times before I really got the full benefit of it, but this is a fantastic and fantastically written science fiction book, perhaps my favorite: M. John Harrison, Light...

Right. Thanks. Edited.

Yep. Watched that vid 3x, printed out the diagram (and a couple others), still could not recall it in the quiz. Usually I think of myself as a visual learner, but that diagram didn't stick with me. Whatever works for whoever :-)

So I am trying to hammer the VFR airspace clearance rules into my head. My skull is proving quite resistant to the new knowledge. Taken 2x online ground school classes and watched the videos. Looked at the FAA table, the diagrams and the airspace triangles. All good and accurate information but...

Thank you all for your replies. What I am hearing is that it is legal, my student status does not matter unless I am with a CFI, otherwise, I am a just passenger. Possible drawbacks: not having the right/safe/modern way ingrained from the start learning bad habits from my friend not loggable...

(I did search and did not find a post, please direct me to an existing post if I missed it.) I am starting my Private Pilot training. I have my medical, IACRA submitted, logbook, and a 1.5 hour flight with a CFI logged. I have signed up for an in-person, classroom-based ground school, and I am...