Recent content by jconway2002

Re: Any San Diego pilots willing to take a passenger up | And how to find flight shar Thanks for the suggestions. I looked into some local EAA chapters and the hold monthly meetings at the airport nearby which are open to everybody. I will check one of them out. Thanks sdflyer, I would...

Hello everybody, I received my private certification last year just a few months before my wedding. After taking a few people up sightseeing I stopped flying, mostly due to the wedding planning taking up all my time and money. Its been over a year now and I am getting the itch again, although...

Thanks for the tip.

Thanks everyone! I think I have decided on taking the Banning Pass to PSP. Does anyone know the cost for just a PAX dropoff in a single engine?

I took my checkride almost a month ago and I still feel burnt out!!! My advice is to just suck it up and get it over with, until then you wont be able to let yourself fully relax anyway.

Thanks again for the tips. Again, I am a VFR only pilot...only 65 hours under my belt. The two routes I'm considering are: CRQ to Pinyon Pines to UDD (63nm) - I would probably fly at 7500, navigating around the highest peaks, which are 6140, 5755, and 5590. They look easy enough to avoid...

Thank you for the replies. I guess its not much longer to take the pass after all. I am a VFR pilot, no instrument rating. I know CRQ can be IFR a lot in the mornings and evenings, but how is weather at Palm Springs typically? I would imagine hot and clear.

Thanks for the replies everyone. My brother is meeting his wife and her family in Palm Springs, so maybe I can land at Bermuda Dunes and have him picked up? That seems like the way to go huh? Do I really need to take the Banning pass, or could I fly to the BALDI intersection if I am coming...

Hi everyone, new pilot here with some concerns. I may need to drop my brother off in Palm Springs this April and I hoping to get some feedback/ advice from others who have been there. Is flying in VFR in a C172 okay? Will it be super expensive to tie down for a couple hours, or maybe just drop...

Any Plus One members here? I am out of CRQ and trying to decide between PCF and Plus One...

...im listening...

Thanks. I had struggled with the maneuver, then I had it nailed down, scheduled the checkride, and now I lost it again. Doh! I was just hoping for a more scientific reason to why I was having trouble, instead of just admitting it was me.

Thanks everyone for your replies. The thing between the AFH and my instructors technique is that the AFH tells you to bring power to idle at flare out, and my instructors technique is to pull it over the obstacle. The AFH method results in a stabilized approach and my instructors results in the...

Hello, My CFI teaches me to pretend that my obstacle is at the end of the runway, and he always uses 100' instead of 50'. His short field technique is to fly an approach at 55 KIAS, then once over the obstacle bring power back to idle. At this point your 100' above the runway and you have to...

...man, as a new pilot I am so paranoid about having a mid air...is this normal? :P