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If you've had more than 2 lessons and you still haven't solo'ed, you're probably just a slow learner. {sarcasm font}

Only a problem if the other pilots aren't adequately geared up... (yes I'm kidding)

Thanks, yes, terrain was definitely in mind. I was at 4500' and I've been into the airport in daylight so I knew (and planned again) that it is fairly clear on the back side of the hill as long as I stay above pattern altitude, but obviously can't begin decent until the field is in sight if I'm...

Ha. Yes, almost the definition of a dumb question. I had the ATIS at the destination and was monitoring CTAF but had also just been on with Center, so looks like I was just fixated on where the mike was tuned.

On a recent night xc, I was on flight following to a pilot controlled field with a 3,000 foot hill on my course to the airport (thus, the beacon was obstructed until over the hill). The pilot departing the field in front of me was kind enough to "leave the lights on" but my question is, what do...

Come on guys, it's so simple. Maybe you need a refresher course. Hey! It's all ball bearings nowadays.

Based on what you described in 22, checklists and armchair fly the pattern in the parking lot. Watch the parking lot at the flight school and you'll soon realize that it may look stupid, but people keep doing it for a reason.

I'm fairly sure it doesn't show up in the FAA/ASA books, but the best piece of advice I ever received was "breathe and look around". I don't know if it was a "click" moment, but my landings got a lot better when I began to consciously take a breath on final. Hang in there, it will come.

I log trips on one line as that was how my instructor logged my first flight. He also used his left hand, so I try to do that now as well, but it isn't quite as legible as when I get lazy and use my right hand to log the flight. I'm not sure why he used his left hand, thought it was kind of...

So I apparently hit the trifecta this weekend. Flying VFR on flight following from Massachusetts to Eastern PA around the NY Bravo I was passed off between at least 5 different controllers. I was asked the same destination question and some wanted route, others final destination...

Pics or it didn't happen. :) Enjoy the experience!

This is too funny. I just finished my PPL and have taken my wife up twice, the first time I'm not sure she spoke more than 2 minutes in the hr flight...by the second time she was chatting up people in the KACK GA terminal. BTW - Gary, I check your blog almost daily, thanks for the posts.

I didn't spring for a gopro (although I wish I had) but I tried a sony handheld recorder hooked into the comms and that worked well for thinking/listening back through the lessons. I also did a lot of walking in the parking lot chair flying the pattern. Good luck, stick with it.

Assuming the written test is accurate, and stable conditions, bases can be calculated with...(not trying to be snarky with the response, just cut and paste from google...) Find the difference between the surface temperature and the dew point. This value is known as the "spread". Divide the...

Congrats!!!