Recent content by n1g1a

These are suggestions or wrong if not published in the AF/D (or perhaps another approved pub). The AF/D does publish specific noise abatement procedures, and at one field I was told the reason was because of complaints from a local mansion owner.

Not only should you train in windy, gusty conditions, but with flaps down landings (in a 172). This is what my instructor encouraged me to do, and it gave me lot of confidence, and discovery of the purpose of rudder pedals, even if the first many landings are rough or go arounds. How much wind...

This has been true for a while, and do not panic since you do not need to buy a new device to run FF. You just cannot run the latest version of FF and its features if your iOS is pre 16 after January. See the timeline here which shows which versions of FF run on which iOS...

Right now, availability and timeliness. We can manage the requirements though it will be nice to see if what a third party can offer. We do pay a lot for maintenance, so cost is not a driving factor. Otherwise piston-engine mechanics who can offer timely service has been difficult.

Our flying club of 3 single engine aircraft is looking to improve our maintenance program, and I was looking for any positive or negative opinions regarding the Savvy Maintenance program.

Olds Forge Flyers is the flying club based at KLAN and we are now accepting memberships for student and ticketed pilots! And to make it easier to afford an equity membership, we just voted to allow new members to pay over 6 months to a year. We own two instrument capable well maintained 430...

I also agree. He took off from 9L (shorter and ends sooner than 9R at KPTK), realized he was in trouble, and had based on my interpretation of the tower tape and the NTSB summary, he had enough distance to attempt for a very short final to land on 9R or the grass (in other words, I don't think...