Recent content by WakeNCAgent

Returning a borrowed Piper Cherokee to Miami, immediately following the devastating passage of Hurricane Andrew on August 24, 1992, all aircraft had to join a single, slow procession that started to form just north of Fort Lauderdale. Miami center radar was inoperable so we had to visually...

I love both history and aviation, so one I would recommend, in addition to anything from Ernest K Gann, would be , West with the Night It's a great autobiographical story told by a woman who was raised in colonial Africa and who pursued bush flying of all things in the 1920's and 30's...

I recently hosted out of town guests and offered to take them on a scenic flight around Raleigh; it was me and two pax. Luckily, I've shed nearly 30lb over the past year thanks to regular exercise and that pretty much saved the flight. When I asked my pax to step on the scale they weighed a...

I'm not sure I would recommend this practice. I once had a refueling truck go missing for nearly 2.5 hours at my refueling stop in Central Florida. Besides, it's difficult to predict what will happen at one, much less two, refueling points to properly estimate duration of flight; especially...

I recently flew for the first time using my yoke mounted mini in a 172S. The results were less than satisfactory. I carefully tested it during preflight checks but once in the air the lower edge of the standard tablet mount rubbed against the edge of my knee board. I guess must have adjusted...

Here's the ramp video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8EwvDTJeNs Blackhawk flies across the runway at 0:05 into the video and the Cirrus enters the frame approximately 0:26 into it. The disruption occurs as the Cirrus nears the area where the heli crossed. Not very familiar with the...

A common sentiment from those who watched my videos. But, at least for me, even a bad flying video is worth a look. Now, I'm not suggesting that the FAA should take enforcement action for this activity, we all know there are much bigger fish to fry - like Realtors who use drones (extreme...

So I occasionally watch what my wife considers to be boring-a$$ videos on youtube posted by private pilots. I enjoy watching them and I pretty much post the same type of videos. The only difference is that many of these pilots, many clearly newbies, run ads and monetize their videos. If you...

I found this news article from Miami and just couldn't help but laugh at the nautical reference. The reporter must have been pulled from the marina beat. I know it's common to refer to boats this way, but planes? MIAMI (CBSMiami) — A small plane caught fire on Thursday at Kendall Tamiami...

Is fighting it worth all the aggravation? If you think it is worth fighting, pay the fine to not disrupt the wife's graduation, then take the school to court. If you're right you will win either way. Whilst in college, I stepped outside a bar that was located in the middle of a long street...

Almost exactly 1 hour (nearly all highway) if there are no speed traps on the way and assuming I leave straight from my house. This is really impractical but my flying club, wingsofcarolina.org, makes the trip worthwhile because of their quality aircraft, conscientious maintenance team, great...

The measuring tool is easy enough. While viewing the map, touch the ruler icon on the top right border. A measuring tool window appears with a reset button. Touch any point on the map, such as a distant lakeshore and then touch any other point, such as your current position, and the...

I agree with Ron. My wife bought me the mini retina cell model with GPS and the pop-up message was disabled after the first warning. I use Jepp's Mobile Flightdeck VFR and Fltplan Go apps on it and couldn't be happier, though I only fly 12-20 hours per year. It is way better than my iPad2 with...

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Any involvement with GA will help, whether that is reading books, listening to podcasts and yes, flying sims. In fact, I credit the latter with helping me pass my BFR in less than 3 hours after a 20+ year absence. Your results may differ, but any involvement is better than nothing. The sim is...