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    Am I too big to be a CFI?

    At 225, you are probably smaller than most pilots...
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    What a zoo!

    It's getting pretty crazy here in Florida and the quality of student pilots going undergoing future ATP "training" is scary. I flew into KSUA the other day and was told there were 5 in the pattern by Palm Beach Approach and when I swapped to tower, he confirmed it. Gave me a 5 mile straight in...
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    CFI says I can’t use electronic E6B on written — what??

    Your CFI might be interpreting a local testing center policy that is incorrect. " May be used for FAA and Canadian Exams The CX-3® complies with FAA Order 8080.6 and Advisory Circular (AC) 60-11, “Test Aids and Materials that May be Used by Airman Knowledge Testing Applicants”; therefore, you...
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    Using Foreflight as a Student Pilot

    It looks to be a good video from what I have watched so far. I am am the EFB administrator (A061) for my organization and it's a heck of a time teaching "old dogs new tricks..." My kid assimilates pretty quickly but it took a a few moments to get the plotter on a paper chart.
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    Using Foreflight as a Student Pilot

    Not sure when this checkride was but the DPE was wrong. Very wrong. Having said that, my 19 year old son is learning to fly. He has been using Foreflight but I have also been sitting down with him to go over nav logs and charts. I fly for a living and the last time I used a sectional was...
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    Delta flight grounded over "paperwork"

    I'm on the certificate side of the house for my operator. That is super low hanging fruit for the FAA and a super easy way to grab a $10K fine for each flight that had the wrong cards. I don't think a VDRP is going to cover it.
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    Customs trouble

    I cleared in at KFPR last Sunday. The only issue that I am having right now is the assignment of a landing time. I have to basically hope that the CBP officer will agree with my landing time since I have already filed the request. When we landed there were 3 jets on the ground dumping off...
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    Customs trouble

    lol. They still see ya…
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    Customs trouble

    What I was meaning was if they did have an overflight permit, that Lakeland might not be an airport of entry. You are correct, CBP would reach out to local law-enforcement, and have them intercept that aircraft on the ground
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    Customs trouble

    If you have an aircraft that meets the performance abilities of an overflight permit, you can obtain one and do just that. We will occasionally fly direct to Orlando international, or even to Leesburg as a part of entry with our permit. If you do not have an overflight permit, at a minimum...
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    Customs trouble

    Donna is a great person and she truly tries to help general aviation folks. That office of CBP is only a couple of people but they are all good people.
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    Customs trouble

    Attitude depends on where they are normally working and the amount of stupidity they have to deal with. I get it but sometimes I want to shake my head. After Hurricane Dorian, KFPR brought up a bunch of guys from south Florida. Their attitude was a lot different than the normal guys there...
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    Customs trouble

    I fly back and forth quite often and just came back from the Bahamas on Saturday from dropping somebody off. I too have received a letter in the past. I forgot to file an outbound last year. First guess, was that the airport was KFPR but that is another discussion for another thread. Here...
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    Missing US Marine Helicopter

    As a 1000+ hour airplane pilot and a 3500+ hour helicopter pilot I can tell you that the instinct to go low is a hard one to fight when you are in the clouds. I've got a bunch of SPIFR time in helicopters and have had this discussion with many pilots. One high time SPIFR rated helicopter...
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    Sandel 3308 - reset to factory configuration?

    I have to double check what Gyro we have. I’m not sure. I was thinking it could be set as a heading repeater drawing from the GPS rather than using the flux. The install manual references the following: "Determine whether the SN3308 is to be used internally slaved or unslaved. Unslaved...
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