Recent content by kath

If you "reply" to someone else and quote their words in your post, and the original post that was quoted gets deleted, then yours will get deleted too, even if yours breaks no rules. Looks like that's what happened here. You can always re-post without the quote. Although in this case, it was a...

Sounds as though the husband and wife both have "operational control" of the aircraft. Which means it is "their aircraft" for the purpose of figuring out whether this would be legal under a commercial cert, trust or no trust. Just as: you can't own an LLC, and register the aircraft under the...

[Tries to find a way of saying "I got that reference, and that's hilarious!" while still respecting the somber tone of this thread.]

The Mister and I had a long conversation about this over lunch today... his working hypothesis is that the drag from the antlers on one side might have made the plane very unstable. (I've never strapped antlers to anything, so I have no personal experience here.) In any case, that photograph is...

We've got a nearly-identically modded C-172L (Horton STOL + Air Plains 180HP). We love it! I haven't changed anything really about my technique, for short field or soft, from what I was first taught. I mean, none of the reasons for those techniques (lightening the load on the nosegear, etc.)...

It takes skills and knowledge to become a pilot, but also -- perhaps most importantly -- judgement. And part of your son's flight training will be about exactly this. They call it "aeronautical decision making" in the biz, but most folks would just call it "having good judgement". This...

The color of "Pilots" seems like a muted weird grey-purple... didn't it used to be a vibrant blue? Was this a change made to look better on the black background?

...and replaced with just a colored square with a big letter (or number) in it. Other avatar graphics are just fine. Example: I'm using MacOS Safari, if it matters. Are others seeing this too? What makes some of the graphics work and not others?

Hey, all, Reviving this thread... This will be my last week in Rapid City. Planning to begin the journey home on Monday July 10th. So only one more weekend here... or maybe I can stop somewhere on Monday on our way northwest towards Canada. The Wall Airport is closed all summer, by the way...

My husband is an A&P and is in Anchorage... I'll PM his info.

"The guy on the radio" in Ketchikan was probably from Flight Service. As in REAL Flight Service, from the FAA, not some subcontractor. We still have the real deal! While you're up there, use it; call the humans on the phone -- they are super friendly, and they want their services to be used...

Hey, all, So I've now been hard at work for a few weeks here, and it's time for a break. Looks like the weather is going to be be rainy for a few days, but should be good on SUNDAY June 25th. So I'm hoping to be "out and about" that day... I'd like to make the short hop to Wall, SD, because...

+1 for Alcan route. Done it 5 times now, and the weather is always better along the Alcan than in Southeast. Plus there’s a highway to follow. —kath who is currently is South Dakota after flying the Alcan. Will be heading back in July.

A cheap device that anyone can own, that tells you what car error message is making the “check engine” light come on.

So, now that I'm here, should we organize something? Is next weekend -- like Sunday the 11th-- too early for a meetup? Locals: is KRAP actually a good place to meet up? I know they've got a little "passenger terminal" place, but I don't think there's a restaurant there... Not sure if there's a...