Recent content by RocktheWings

Thanks that's what I figured, any idea what that part is called? I might just reach out to the QT guy and see if can be repaired.

Been using a Zulu 3 for awhile now, but pulled my QT Halo out of retirement for a passenger and noticed the plugs looked like this: They worked fined, but it appears one of the plugs is missing that tip piece. Just checking with others to see if that's in fact true, maybe its a weird design...

A couple years ago while doing helicopter training I was offered to fly in the right seat on a CE-525, single pilot jet. The owner at the time added me to their insurance and did all the paperwork to make it happen. The pilot was an MEI and offered to give me instruction all along the way as he...

I think MaulSkinner cleared it up, the question mainly is being within the confines of the TAA is considered being "established". Seems similar to say a feeder route that if I were on that I would be cleared to descend to that minimum altitude. It really wasn't a huge deal today bc we were 5...

Quick question, on a IFR flight within the TAA of my destination airport. ATC states "maintain 3000 until established, cleared for RNAV etc". The fact that I was within the TAA, would I be "established" and able to descend to that sectors minimum altitude of say 2500? Or do I need to be on some...

Being a low lander, curious how this works past the obvious answer of, no go. Say I'm departing some airport in CO, like Aspen KASE, and I'm unable to accept any of the SID's because the climb gradients are all higher than what I can safely do. I know as a part 91 pilot I can deny the SID, but...

Have my multi commercial add-on coming up in a few weeks and getting a jump on the studying. I've had good success with King for all my other certs/ratings, but $250 seems like a lot for what seems like a relatively simple add-on. Anyone use it and like it? Any other good resources? I've read...

Scenario - You receive a clearance "...On departure climb and maintain 2000, expect 9000 10 minutes after departure...". One minute elapses from your takeoff and you check in with departure who responds with "Cessna1234, climb and maintain 6000". After 5 minutes a radio failure occurs. Would you...

I feel very comfortable with that from the right seat. Also instrument current and proficient (do a lot of my own flying), just haven’t gotten around to getting the CFII In this case the student happens to have their IFR rating and is “current”, but more so wants someone looking over their...

I’m a lowly CFI (non I), but have a lot of students who want me to come along and give them advice and training while they gain experience with IFR ops. For the most part the weather has been fine and they throw on the foggles and I just sit as an enhanced safety pilot and log it as such. We...

That actually happened on an exam 6 or 7 years ago, was high, and came down on second attempt. I can just see my body reacting on try #2 as "this is it, do or die, it all comes down to this!!!!!!!!" and really showing some impressive numbers at that point.

What happens if I go to get my medical and my blood pressure doesn't cooperate that day? I've been to my primary multiple times, and it always seems to spike while I'm at the doctor's office. The doctor, reluctant to prescribe me medication at such a young age, asks that I monitor at home to...

The point of “the instruction must be logged in the students logbook for flight and ground instruction” is definitely fair. It’s funny, while I actually am one of the only ones at the school who meticulously logs the ground time, the discovery flight I’m usually just w/e as we get so many. I’d...

Thanks, this isn't really so much of an accumulation of time thing, since it's PIC regardless, just want to be sure I'm logging it right. A lot of our scenic tours/discovery flights kind of overlap: "While we're on this beach tour, why don't you take the controls" and then I'm giving them...

I think I know the answer to this just wanted to get some other's thoughts. If I am at a school that offers scenic tours in addition to the normal discovery flights, do I log dual given on that? Or since it's purely a commercial operation being conducted under the LOA, etc would I leave that...