Recent content by Joseph Matties

Take gas, blend in water, remove ethanol. Takes roughly a week or so if you do it correctly. That's the simple version without drawing a PFD for you. Not sure why its causing so much anger all of a sudden like I'm threatening peoples jobs or calling them stupid... It's also fairly off topic...

That's not what I was claiming, sorry for the confusion. I was trying to explain that boosting octane was as simple as scrubbing ethanol from regular pump gas. Neither of them are a hard process. I personally would scrub the ethanol and then boost the octane.

You can convert fuel fairly cheaply. Most people don't know this because most don't make fuel and additives for a living but if 100ll went away people would just buy pump gas and make it themselves. Just like you can clean fuel with water and take out the ethanol.

I kicked around the idea of buying a plane for months. Was the market overpriced? will it come down? will I be upside down in my loan? If the world goes to crap can I get out and be fine? Then one day I read a post that resonated with me. The guy said," It doesn't matter what you do a plane will...

Thank you everyone. I believe I have it figured out.

So an occasional sale means I don't have to pay taxes at all? That doesn't seem right... Am I understanding that correctly?

occasional sale exemption sounds good. Nebraska has a fly away exemption which seems like it covers me from paying their tax since it's immediately leaving the state. Only I'm not sure.

I found the Texas Use Tax Return, I believe that's probably what you are talking about. You think I won't have to pay an out of state tax also? According to research, I can claim any out of state tax paid against what I owe Texas. If I pay the 8.25% I owe Texas and then Nebraska comes back and...

About to start my instrument and it's like learning how to fly all over again... goodness

Like the title says, I'm buying my first airplane and I can't seem to make sense of how the taxes work. I'm in Texas and I'm trying to purchase an out of state aircraft. This is a person to person purchase so I'm not buying from a business. When and where do I pay the taxes on this? How do I...

Honestly I don't even remember. I'm shot. I do remember saying, "oh I know this one from a question I just read" but I can't remember it now for the life of me.

Well I passed everyone. Thanks for all the tips cause I heard a few of these questions.6 hours long and gust 26 by the time we landed for the last time. Brutal stressful day. All headwind or I would have canceled.

You can get special clearance to depart to the west but don't you need a radio?

Just try and land really hard? JK, I never thought of that question. So many good questions... I would assume you hydroplane close to rotate speed which is 59kts for me

looking at this make we wonder what I do know. but I'll take a shot at it as I have a checkride date now and want to practice as much as possible. not sure to be honest cause the tower is 125.6 and the common is 122.95. You got me on this one. I thought a VOR at first but there isn't one The...