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Is there a noticeable weight difference between a Full-IFR Glass Panel and a Full-IFR Steam Gauge panel? When I get bored I get to thinking about panel layouts if I ever build a plane, and the question always comes to mind.

They do. Barely. It's the Cruise checklist, the after landing checklist, and then for memory items which goes up to Power Up, Clean up, Identify, Verify. After that they want you to go by the checklist. I've personally gone up to the Diagnose stage, which then Feather is self explanatory and you...

So, I'll admit this was me. 100%. So, I'm currently in Commercial MEL training at a 141 school, flying Barons. I'm at the point of my End of Course checkride and I just happen to get the check pilot who is a notorious hardass. He's also the only check pilot who is current for multi-engine so...

You know, I wonder what it'd take to start up a company here in the US making L-13s and L-23s again.

And with that I learned that Single Engine emergencies are handled differently in jets than in piston engines. In a theoretical situation inside our minds. Most often to explain Min Sink and Best L/D speeds to new Glider pilots. Each Piston Twin seems to be different, which is why it'd be...

The Seminole I got my MEL in couldn't climb on one engine, even in the middle of Missouri winter. And the Baron I'm flying now can't climb at Vyse and the inop windmilling. Hence why this question came to mind. Of course, but what if there's no wind?

Come out to my school please. We literally have 0 MEL instructors that are not also check pilots. I slightly wish I had the money to consult a lawyer and see if I could get a refund due to "inability to provide the resources to complete coursework in a timely manner."

I had a theoretical question sticking in my mind for a while, haven't had the chance to run it by my instructor yet. My thinking comes from my glider days years back, when we had two airspeeds, Min. Sink and Best Glide. Min Sink being the least amount of altitude loss over time (from producing...

It's better to be down here wishing you were up there, than up there wishing you were down here. I've been stuck in my Commercial Multi rating for about 2 years now because the school I'm with contracted their Barons out to another school, and they abused the props on those engines to the tune...