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sure thing, but it's also a fact that there's more profit in selling sweetened freeze-dried banana chips than bananas

i I want to second this. I've experienced totality twice, and it's unlike anything else I've ever experienced. I brought skeptical-but-willing friends to Wyoming for the 2017 eclipse and all of them have moved heaven and earth to be in the 2024 path of totality. There's a whole 5 days of Sun...

Anyone have any experience renting 172s anywhere in the Caribbean? I'm considering vacation spots and would gravitate towards places where this is possible, if any.

I flew the whole East Coast from MA (KPVC) to South Florida (KTMB) last weekend and despite my Cessna 1234 initial calls, all i got back was November every time.

I'm not an expert but every personal experience I've read in this forum suggests you will not be able to get a medical without going through the HIMS program which will involve time and expense as well as ongoing monitoring (i.e., drug and/or alcohol testing).

Some states do indeed allow you to file for a refund of sales tax on small purchases if you are a non resident, but ex post facto, not at the cash register. A plane is a different case, however, because the duty to report pay falls to the buyer and the buyer pays tax where they live not where...

I actually think there's no risk. We pay sales taxes in the states where we live, not the states where we buy. Technically, I can get refunded sales taxes in states where I don't live (but then I owe them in the state where I live - so few people bother). In a large transaction, PA would have...

It's an annular eclipse so there will not be much difference vs broad daylight. it's not at all like a total eclipse in that regard

I had a great deal of anxiety about leaning the mixture in flight because I was afraid the engine would quit, but then I did a BFR with a CFI who showed me that you can kill the engine entirely by leaning to full lean but as soon as you push it back full rich, the engine roars back to life...

I'm estimating the magnetic compass and the maximum deviation from the card is just a degree or two so I assume it's approximately 155. My real question is why it matches the GPS but not the magnetometer instruments in the first case. I have tried to move the ipad to see if it interferes - it...

Thank you. I've tried moving the ipad but it has no effect on the magnetic compass. The 20 degree difference with the magnetic compass is persistent in all conditions

The attached photo was taken in straight and level flight over Eastern Long Island. Going from left to right, the headings displayed by various instruments are: 279 on the G5 278 on the GTX 255-ish on the magnetic compass 260 on the GTN650 260 on the mounted ipad using Foreflight What might...

I would be curious is @bbchien has encountered situations like this one

thanks both

It's an Airspace Reservation from 4000 feet to FL250 from today until Feb 3, so I'm just trying to figure out what it is if anyone knows