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For anyone who's visiting this thread still, sporty's just posted a pretty stellar comparison of Foreflight, Garmin, and Hilton. You can check it out here: http://ipadpilotnews.com/2012/08/navigation-app-showdown-foreflight-vs-garmin-pilot-vs-wingx/ Ryan

Thanks on the correction on the runway number. It is, and always has been, runway 11. Silly of me to mess that up. It sounds like is type of thing is far more common than I had realized. My instrument instructor told me to always verify the FAF with some means of navigation other than the...

Well, I'm baffled. They just made quite a few changes in the approaches at my local airport (SBP), namely, splitting the ILS/LOC 12 approach into separate approach plates: a ILS-12 and a LOC-12. Now here's the catch: The OM, while still part of the LOC-12 approach, is no longer a...

Thanks for all the information, everyone! After much consideration, I decided to go with ForeFlight over Garmin Pilot and WingX. I suppose I'll add my findings into the thread for anyone else that's looking through it: WingX: I absolutely LOVED the split-screen mode (as others mentioned)...

Hey there, I finally stopped procrastinating and bought myself a shiny new iPad 3. I'm pretty impressed with it, but I wanted to get some feedback from others on which apps would be the most useful in the cockpit, especially if I'm going to pay for it! I'm a private pilot with an...

Hey all, Not sure if I'm posting this in the right place, but I'm looking for an aircraft that I can rent somewhere at San Luis Regional (SBP)... I'm a college student trying to keep up my instrument currency and pay for school at the same time :/ Anyone out there know of anything good...

I have an interesting perspective. I got the rating about a year ago, but it has actually been limiting in what I can do. As a college student, I can generally afford to only fly around two hours a month. Because I spent the money on the rating, I refuse to let my instrument currency expire...

Any flight (VFR/IFR) out of my local area will see me using the AOPA flight planner, hands down. I rarely make use of the winds and ETE's (mostly because I'm never pushing reserves), but having it printed out does a lot for peace of mind. Actual navigation? Still finger-flying the charts and...

My CFII was an engineer, and he has an interesting perspective on the pitch/power dilemma on an ILS glideslope. In his words: Let's assume that you're flying a glideslope during which all controls except the throttle stay constant (flap/trim settings do not change during the descent). In...

Only thing i would be concerned about is having the towbar snap out of the pegs on the nosewheel... a towbar that is a little too loose will do that quite easily (based on experience!). Just to be sure, you can put some force on the base of the prop (right where the blades meet the spinner...

Unless taking off from a short runway or practicing short-field procedures, I always do a rolling start and smooth power application. At my busy Southern California airport, its always best to spend as little time as possible on the runway. In fact, the controllers at the airports around me...

Hey all, I am an instrument-rated private pilot with about 250 hours, almost all in an archer. Over the last year I've been flying IFR pretty much exclusively (most of my flights are doing practice approaches or flying in the system). I took a couple friends on a sightseeing flight the...