Recent content by T Bird

I think part of the disconnect here is the thread title and some of the wording of your posts implies you have an issue with the club, not just one individual. You lumped in the 3 club members making comments about the price of your future glider purchase with the potential jerk who asked you...

The first 3 are just harmless banter/ribbing. The 4th one is really weird, it's tough to really have an opinion on that without knowing more context or having heard it in person but I've never heard a joke like that. Jokes are supposed to be clever/funny. Although in aviation you do get people...

As a low time pilot who has been in the market for a RG plane and talked to many insurance companies -- gotta bite the bullet on that upfront cost as it is what it is and there really isn't any good/easy way around it. I certainly would not turn a Lance into fixed gear, even if it "can" be done...

Unfathomably stupid from that pilot, wow. And yeah the investigation was a joke too

That’s brutal. I’ve been in the market for a plane too and have the same issues with hangars. Already on several waitlists that will be 3+ years. Fortunately the closest field to me has plenty of tie down availability.

I totally get thinking about the future mission and what plane you want now, it's fun to do and I've been guilty of it myself. My advice though is to focus on getting your private and instrument tickets, piper vs cessna (or others) really doesn't matter and I don't see any reason to focus on...

Never flown a tomahawk but I’ve always liked the plane. Nice photos and thanks for sharing

I got my private about 5 years ago and have just over 100 hours, so needless to say I haven't been flying a lot. Finally at a point where I can commit more time/money to flying so looking at buying a plane and flying 1-200hrs/yr pretty steadily from here on with several longer cross country...

Got my Private in 2019, didn't touch an EFB until after the check ride and only used paper maps, which I would highly recommend for all students. Haven't used a paper map in the cockpit since then but do keep copies with me and still do use them for initial planning occasionally and just to look...

These legs over water?

0 but I have an ambitious goal of having 2 before end of 2024. A cross country machine and an aerobatic/tailwheel. One day once I get the house on the lake a seaplane as well but that's no time soon. I can't imagine having 5 planes, when would you get the time to fly all of them enough so they...

You gotta stop telling everyone to get a Comanche! (at least until I buy mine)

Interesting. ANG/AFR fighter units get wayyyyy more UPT applicants than heavy units

I'd look for an older decent 182 if you're set on fixed gear, though that may still push your $100k target.

1. Instrument rating. Several several years too late but life gets in the way as many here have experienced themselves. Plan is to get written done by Feb. and check ride by end of spring. 2. Buy a plane. Came awfully close this year but a costly pre-buy saved me some grief down the road. Was...