Recent content by ljsuter

Flew back to SFO on an AA A321 with a window seat. After landing, I noticed that the spoilers remained up the entire time it took to taxi to the gate (several minutes). After we stopped they continued to remain up until it sounded like the engines shut down. And then they kind of sagged down but...

Returning to the original topic.... I had a small hole that slowly developed in the top of my cowl. It proved to be the baffling rubbing against the metal because the cowl chafe tape had disappeared from that spot. After my A&P patched the hole I glued on some...

St Auban in southern France has an excellent reputation in the soaring community. You can get package for flying dual with a local instructor. Centre National de Vol à Voile Saint-Auban - Alpes de Haute Provence - France https://www.cnvv.net/spip.php?lang=en

Should be pointed out that if you waited for the Citation to land on 05 and then immediately took off from 23 there's a chance your LSA could end up climbing thru the jet's wake turbulence. Larry

I find that I learn the most from Kitplanes. It's an excellent magazine these days and covers much more than just building planes from kits. I rank it higher than AOPA Pilot and EAA Sport Aviation, which I also get. Larry

12 tows to 3000' is 36,000'. At 400fpm, that's 90 minutes at full power. Guessing 0.45#fuel/hp-hr, 230hp, that's 155# or about 25 gal. So your fuel consumption would seem to be in the right ballpark. Larry

By the time you're buying your third plane it'll be a lot less scary. You gotta start somewhere. Good luck, Larry

Anxiety is almost always about the landing. When I learned to fly in the '60s it was quite common advice to "wiggle your toes" when landing to help reduce anxiety. The argument was that you can't be wiggling your toes and be stressed-out at the same time. I followed that advice and it worked. In...

Try Jim Allen at Advantage Aviation in KPAO.

The list of disqualifying offenses is for TSA Pre, not disqualifying from ever getting a pilot's license.

I do a lot of flight instruction for our glider club but I'm not someone who's day-job is flying. Also do CAP Orientation rides for cadets. So I checked the last, "for fun" box, which is why I do it.