Recent content by darthnomster

I'm looking forward to the services that I get from ADS-B. I know very well the expense involved in adoption, but it's not like we don't get anything out of it.

Our club uses aerocalendar.com. We're pretty happy with it. You can see a little bit as an unauthenticated user at: http://victory.aerocalendar.com/Schedule.asp

Your first scenario is the one that I encounter the most. I have once or twice had to check in with approach to cancel radar service when I was getting uncomfortably close to the class-d airspace with no mention of a handoff.

Agree, and even without that guidance from the AIM, I'd do it as a courtesy. The counter to this is the occasional controller who, when you advise them of an altitude or heading change, responds with an almost exasperated tone: "VFR altitude at your discretion." Most recently this weekend, on...

Fedex it to your hotel.

I flew their Champs to get a tailwheel endorsement a couple of years ago. GREAT operation. It's like going back in time to fly there. You learn to use your eyes. Lots of NORDO traffic, lots of gliders based at 40I and the nearby Caesar Creek gliderport, skydiving based at 40I, and the...

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http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/05/14/opinion/14-in-flight-mark-vanhoenacker.html?_r=0 Really good read. Makes me want to leave work right now and fly somewhere.

We flew down from the north, so we didn't cross any of the higher ridges (7000ft) that would be crossed if coming from the south or southeast. I think if you're coming in from the west, you'll be in the same situation we were. The highest Max Elevation Figure that you'll encounter coming from...

In case you're not kidding, I mentioned in the original post that I'm trying to fly as consistent an altitude as possible since I'm on FF, and I'd like the controller to have some confidence that I am where I said I'd be. Also, we're under the CVG bravo shelf, so flying south takes us into the...

Thanks for the article. Interesting read.

Thank you. This is what I'm doing. Nudge a little push or pull as required, adjust the trim wheel, repeat again in 2 minutes. If this is what flying without a two axis AP is about, that's fine. I ENJOY the flying. I just wanted to query the group and find out if there is something I could be...

One axis autopilot. You can bet that thing is on for a flight of any length.

Tiffany and I took our longest cross country to date over the weekend. We flew from Butler County KHAO to Gatlinburg KGKT, had lunch then flew back. I flew down, she flew back. We're each approaching 100 hrs total time. It was a safe/fun/successful flight, and we're both gaining confidence...

Duh. I should learn to read someday.