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Something is seriously off with that website. There’s no way a Cessna 172 costs $300 per flight hour assuming it flies 450 hours per year: https://www.aircraftcostcalculator.com/AircraftOperatingCosts/326/Cessna+172P

Our family has been enjoying the ASTC Travel Passport Program that's included with our EAA membership which gives free access to participating museums and science centers. In order to aid our travel planning, I mapped all North America ASTC locations into a KML file which can be imported into...

What should you say in the radio call to ATC if you know you can’t meet the requirement from the beginning of climb? Also what should you say if you meet the requirement for the start of climb out but you know as you get to higher altitude it’ll decrease below 500 fpm?

There’s a ? note next to the Time accounting issues check: “In much of the world (but NOT the US), Total=PIC+SIC+Dual. This checks for scenarios where this equation doesn't hold” Thus if you’re in the US, you would NOT include this in your Check Flights report.

Piper Cherokee Six. Is this the CAP checklist? http://omahacomposite.nebraskacivilairpatrol.org/?page_id=1537 I couldn’t find a Colorado list.

Thanks all for the responses! Comfort will definitely be a consideration for passengers. I'm also considering getting a cargo vest to keep safety equipment like radio and PLB on my person instead of stowed somewhere in the plane. Naturally aspirated single engine piston. Is there the same...

Cross-country trips from coast to coast. Some flights start in the daytime and finish at night.

I'm putting together a list of the safety equipment I should have for single pilot night/IFR operations in unpressurized aircraft up to 12,500 feet MSL (sans supplemental oxygen) carrying passengers including elderly grandparents (90+ years old). Here's what I have compiled so far. What do you...

Bags

Innocent

Latex

Raider

Homer

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