Recent content by Timmer

https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Pages/DCA17IA148.aspx

According to this, the airplane came quite close. Maybe not quite air disaster, but I'm pretty sure 100' separation is worthy of investigating.

According to the prelim, the 172 was on downwind and the other approaching. Perhaps they asked the 172 to extend the downwind? Also, the only scenario I can think of where the right traffic for L makes sense is he was doing touch-and-goes on R and then was asked to switch over to the L...

I know they used to have a hardline between the airports. I'm sure they still do. I don't know how more seriously they take mistakes since 9/11, but from what heard back in the 80s and 90s crossing the line in the air was not uncommon. San Diego has two potentially tricky airports to spot for...

Brown has probably been a lot busier than normal since MYF has two of its three runways closed for construction and will for quite a while with the current plans. Flying in San Diego with SDM my airport of first solo, I'll be keeping an ear out for lessons learned.

Flew with a friend who is taking lessons on Sunday and flew over Comic-Con and the bay. Too cloudy to go up and down the coast, though, so it was a shorter flight. Still, first time I was able to go flying in a few weeks. He took some video and posted it:

Congratulations :)

Fantastic. I'd love to do paws and Angel flights in the future.

I'm not that enamored with this concept for flight simulation. I have a decent Flight Sim set up at home and the one accessory that is indispensable is the TrackIR. It clips on to your hat and then follows your head just like the Rift, although it just affects the view on your traditional...

I don't really know you or those who died but I'm sending out prayers. Life can suck at times. No one's alone.

Interesting. Whenever I'm #3, the main traffic I look for is #2. I'm not a fan of that procedure, though. Still, usually it's something like: "Cessna 123 Cleared to land #3, #2 is cherokee turning base 2 miles out." A good lesson never to assume the traffic you see is yours. That happened to...

I don't have any pictures of me after my solo, but here are two pictures during my first solo. The first is a picture I took just as I had dropped my CFI off and I called Ground to taxi and was told to hold for traffic. Once I saw the traffic, I quickly grabbed my camera: And this is a...

Read the PTS from the FAA. Those are the rules the DPEs use when conducting the tests. The nice thing is, as the person found out, if you fail just one thing, your re-test just needs to cover that. Don't overly stress about the test itself, just focus on flying and your lessons :) Edit...

Thanks. I won't go for my tail wheel endorsement for a little while but I will definitely get it. It's calling me. There is definitely no shortage of things to learn, that's for sure. It's great (except for the wallet) :)

Thanks. Palo Alto looks close by, too. I'll check that out.