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@Mike Smith @overdrive148 Answered a lot of it the same way I would have. There are over 100,000 Part 107 pilots in the US according to an email I got from the FAA last week. There's a ton of competition, and the $ is on a downward trajectory. I've been in the industry since the beginning...

Current regulations only require that you take the knowledge test. If you're already a certificated pilot, then a CFI can sign you off once you've passed the test and you get your new card. A FR keeps it current. Otherwise, you have to take the test at a facility every two years. No practical...

According to Wikipedia, it may be coming back into production next year (2019).

If the drone was in Class D, hobbyist or not, it is required that the pilot contact both the airport operator and the control tower to let them know. "Recreational operators are required to give notice for flights within five miles of an airport to both the airport operator and air traffic...

http://www.windy.com Nice visual display of all sorts of weather data - including aviation weather.

That's a Radar Cross Section Test Facility. If you look at the surrounding area, you can clearly see the dish, "runway," etc. I'm sure numerous designs go through that.

Congrats on the sale!

6', 185, 32W 44 Jacket here. I guess I'll have to find one to sit in and see. Can't make it up to WI to test it out, but maybe someone in the Houston area has one I could sit in just to see how it goes. Any Houston area Mooney M20x Pilots in Houston wanna go for a ride? I touch shoulders...

I don't want to hijack the thread, but have a quick question... At what point (height/weight) would a Mooney be considered "too tight" in your opinion - or anyone else's?

Sales Tax if not being used for instruction around here (Houston, TX area)

I know that feel...

Pull the chute.

He once broke the sound barrier... in an ultralight. He flew around the world non-stop... in a Cessna 140. His EFB is a Polaroid picture of the Earth and a View Master. His 787 Dreamliner has an STC for Mogas. He's type-rated for the Saturn V. "I don't always fly rental aircraft, but when...