Recent content by tomf188

Looks like it was cancelled after 4 episodes. There hasn't been a new one put up in weeks.

This is a no-brainer. Go to HPN. If you are renting a car it's an easy drive to either Suffern or Rockland Community on I287, and HPN is an easy field to get into as long as you understand that is it a defacto Class C and you need to call NY Approach to get a squawk before calling the tower...

I'd rather be down here wishing I were up there than up there wishing I were down here.

Are you as racist as you sound?

This begs the question, "Does anyone ever file a VFR flight plan after completing their primary training?"

I just got this note from my flying club: A week ago the price was $6.52, which is crazy high to begin with and is why we began trying to buy fuel away from the home field in the first place. WTF?!?

There should be no comma after the word "register".

You're not drinking enough water.

What country are you from...?

Glenn Curtiss? I thought he was a bandleader...

Or maybe there wouldn't have been a crash if I had planned for (and maybe even filed) a well thought out alternate. I agree that lost comms are an entirely different issue so let's put that aside. The point is that it's prudent planning so why not do it? (And I'm talking about the planning...

Why would you even hesitate to file an alternate? One with a long runway and an ILS that you could land at if the weather turns bad and you lose comms? Is this just an intellectual exercise? I don't understand why you would even contemplate not filing an alternate, whether it was required by the...

Well....OK....baseball is the only team sport played without a clock. I once went to a Yankee game that went about 14 innings and we didn't get out of there until after midnight.

Saw this for the first time yesterday. How could this not be considered official?

Sweet!