Recent content by Billnye

Hello all, I'm curious if anyone operates a charter service with their personal aircraft? If so, is it done privately or do you use an FBO/charter company? If one were retired or had plenty of free time with passive income, could this serve as a part time gig? Would love to hear from all of you! BN

Hi everyone, I'm finishing up my training and getting ready for my check ride. I'm pretty nervous to say the least. I'm confident in my flying and knowledge but I don't like not knowing what to expect. I have found a few posts on here but was hoping to hear from more people about what was...

Taking my written here in the next two weeks. A bit worried as I'm a horrible test taker but have been studying my brains out.

I recently posted a thread involving the use of my 'in ears' - I have in ear monitors or an 'in-ear molded' headset that I want to incorporate into my 'DIY headset', which I used when I worked in the music biz. They are great. They're mostly used by musician's or those who work in loud places...

Hi everyone, Thanks for the input. I don't want to do too much DIY because I don't want to have any problems in the air (I'm also not too good with electrical DIY). I'm thinking about just putting an in-line volume control to control the volume of my headset (in ears) and then using a headset...

Very cool thread...

Hi everyone, I mentioned in an earlier post that I have a pair of 'in ears' or molded in ear monitors as they're called and that I would like to use them in lieu of a headset. You've seen musician's wear them - they look like this: Rather than up grade to some noise canceling headsets that...

Thanks everyone for your input. A few different opinions but it sounds like experience and being comfortable in the cockpit are the common denominator. I was just talking with a pilot friend of mine who said he did his in a little over a month when he was about 22 (20 years ago). About how...

Great input so far - thanks everyone! Kind of related headset question... I have molded 'in ears' from my time working in the music industry. These are sound canceling and have an 1/8th inch headphone jack. Any idea how to add a microphone and use these for flying? I know complete sound...

Hi everyone, I am curious to know what types of electronics you use at the helm. I'm sure this has been touched on before (please provide a link if so), but I would love to know what/how you use today's gadgets. Do you use an iPad? Tablet? Do you use any accessories for those? Any nifty...

Hi everyone, I'm looking to start using go pro's and such to record my progress, as well as maybe share for others. I'm not sure if this is posted in the correct spot but I'd love to know: What camera(s) do you use? What are the best settings for such camera? What type of jacks do you use for...

If you don't mind me asking, why did you fail or why do you think you failed? I understand that it's a completely different beast but is it that different?

Hi all, I am almost finished with my PPL and wanted to hear from all of you how long/hard getting your IFR rating was. I don't want to jump right into it but I would like to work towards it in the near future. Any advice on how much VFR time should be accumulated before taking the step into...

Hi all, So I was talking with a pilot friend of mine and we were talking about how he just got his helicopter license. He has flown fixed wings for some time now and decided to jump into something different. I'm just about done with my PPL and want to entertain the idea of maybe getting a...

Wow. I did not think I would get as much feedback as I did - Thank you all very much!! This thread is a bit old but if I can, let me clarify a bit more. As I mentioned before we're looking to split up costs in the most logical and cost effective way possible. We’re not opposed to dry leasing...