Recent content by Richard-B

I recently had a flight review and am current for the first time in quite a few years. Lurking around this board and asking a question or 2 led me to a conversation with FastEddieB. If you have an opportunity (or can make one) I highly recommend hanging out with him! I had some questions...

I had, indeed, misremembered what my instructor said. My son took video of portions of our flight and when I went back & looked at it I discovered that I missed something the instructor said . . . twice. :-) On the first takeoff he said to rotate at 60 and climb at 70 and he repeated it a...

Thanks for your insights. There are a couple of factors at play and I appreciate your perspective on how to manage them. It has been a long time since I flew very much--more than 25 years. I have probably 15-20 landings since 1993 when I finished my private ticket, and only 6-8 since about...

After receiving my private ticket in 1993 and having been current only once since that time--in about 2003--I soloed again earlier this week. I'm still getting back into the swing of things but I'm really enjoying it. My few hours in the plane over the last 2-3 weeks have led to some...