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I’m in my mid 20’s and learned to fly steam when I was 21. I did a da40 checkout full glass and the panel is what I struggled the most with. Once you know how to fly a plane the principles are the same across the board. Learning how to use and navigate the glass can be done on the ground where...

I use my phone for log book purposes. The one plane I use doesn't have a hobbs, just a standard hour meter so it is out by a little ways. My flightbook is nice because I can tell it when I start the engine, when my first takeoff is, last landing, and engine shut down, calculating exact times for...

That works too, I like the added security of being able to see from 10' away that there is no hope of the thing going off. I guess I was too emphatic though too and as such misleading, walking around or pushing bush, I'll be locked and loaded, biggest thing to remember is safety on, fingers AWAY...

yeah i suppose you're right, lol. I've always got my chambers open all the time regardless of anything, until i'm just shy of ready to line up and shoot. It takes minimal effort and time to close the bolt should a target appear (hunting specific).

Forehead at close range.....that's an awfully small target. Don't want to throw too many stones from my glass house but it makes you wonder. AND "didn't think it was loaded" CLEAR THE F#$%&%# gun before even picking it up you MORON!!!

They WERE following this rule! They wanted to shoot the book!

If this makes it through, I'm going to start taking speed limits in canada as meaning miles per hour, and sue when I get a ticket, saying they should have specified kilometers per hour.

I did my discovery flight at a local school knowing full well ahead of time that I definitely DID want to get my license, I just wanted to verify I could stomach it. A year and a half later I finally started, but I went to a different school. That decision was based on locale, now that I'm back...

OP did do more research, he was THOROUGHLY educated on current conditions before going up. He go PIREPs from pilots just coming down. He has every right to defend his position. He never said the AIRMET Tango was no reason for concern.

misread your Transport vs GA post, and did not look up the original craft in your post. Apologies

I think that's the main contributing factor, I know I tend to feel heated every time I'm near one, hear one, or see one Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

All the GA planes I've flown have had squelch

I haven't been looking for anything THAT advanced, but a nice checklist app would be sweet! customizable a little to add a few points to a basic checklist

What are the potential legalities (Canada if it makes a difference) regarding switching entirely to ForeFlight eLog and ditching my book? Has anyone else done it? Pros/Cons?

How do you know that's not what I was going for? I kid! Just watching a bunch of his videos following his progress through various checkouts and training, running into him at OshKosh, and seeing all the different places he goes for training, it was just cool to know he was only a few miles away...