Recent content by TheCowGod

Out of curiosity, are these numbers per year, or per 6 months like car insurance, or what? I've always been curious what range aviation insurance ran but never heard any numbers. Dan

I'm towards the west, in Farragut, near Lovell Rd. Hehe I did consider adding a lighted 'X' at the end too, but i thought I might be flattering myself :)

Hehe yeah. I've only driven over them once so far, and they survived, but I wouldn't be surprised if they break the next time I do. If they do break, I'll see if I can find some green LED christmas lights. I imagine those would be a little more durable. I asked the checkout girl if she could...

Google Maps seems to know the street address of every airport I've tried so far -- you just have to use the ICAO designation, with the inital 'K'. Try searching Google Maps for 'KTLR' and it points to a slightly different spot, near a different road, which I assume is the one you're trying to...

Since I moved out of my apartment and into a proper house a few months ago, I realized that I can get more creative with my Christmas lights this year. But as I looked at other houses in the neighborhood for ideas, I realized that all of the common things you tend to see, like lighted snowmen in...

Thanks for the input. I had been debating between the two, but had convinced myself that I the newer unit wasn't worth the extra $500 to buy new. But when I found that you can get them used on eBay for about $450-500, I ended up deciding to go for one after all. Looking forward to receiving it...

I'm researching various low-end aviation GPSes, just to have something in the cockpit that will tell me my groundspeed, how close I am to that class-C airpspace I'm approaching, how far I am from an airport (for position reporting), and where's the nearest airport to land at when I find I'm...

Ah yes, I started taking lessons every weekday, which let me make fast progress but it didn't leave me much free time for hanging out on messageboards and stuff :) Actually, I just passed my checkride two days ago, at 41 hours, and I took my first passengers up yesterday. Woo :) I forgot to...

Thanks, all good advice. Especially glancing at the sectional to see if there's any airports nearby -- grass fields seem to be hard to spot from the air, so checking the chart for them sounds like a good first step. And I think I'll plan to work in a quick circle as a standard part of my...

Thanks for the input. That's a good idea. I'm sure that'd be good information to have anyway. I'll start doing that on my flights. Ahh, that makes sense. Yeah, I'm certainly hoping that ability improves :) Right now I'm still finding it a little overwhelming trying to remember (or write...

Hehe, that one's not bad either. It has a bit more detail. It came in handy today, since we focused on emergency procedures and soft- and short-field landings during my lesson. After a few simulated forced landings on a relatively small (2300 x 30') grass strip and a simulated forced landing...

I'm training in a Piper Warrior. My instructor shared a useful mnemonic for engine-outs: F.A.R.T.S. (Fly the airplane, establish best-glide Airspeed, attempt Restart procedure, set Transponder, run through Shutdown checklist). He said it was made up by someone at my flight school, not a standard...

Yeah, I think that's exactly what's happening with my instructor too. I think that, since I tend to know how most of this stuff works in my head, he forgets that I still need to practice this stuff with my hands just as much as any beginner student. Yeah, sounds like a great idea. I'll let...

That's a good point, thanks, Dave. That makes me feel better about asking him too.

No, I wouldn't say I'm comfortable with them to that level. Crosswind landings is something else I feel that I need more practice with -- since the wind at HDC, my home airport, seems to almost always come out of 130, and we've got a runway 13, you have to purposely pick the other runway, 18, to...