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thanks for the replies. in the mean time, I went to local fly club and spoke with an instructor, he will run me through on operating the 172 in a 6pack. he have recommended me to start reading the faa published ifr books and have a good idea on it. looking at start my full time training on Jan...

Hi all, I have been flying tail wheels for 3 years with about 150 ish hours, not much, but enough to be in currency for renting airplanes. i have flew on cessna 140 and citabria the most, I have never flew anything 6packs instruments airplane. besides flt sim on pc just for fun and a demo flight...

yup, I was taught that way, abandon the 2pt after a bounce or convert into a 3pt. depends on the wind too for going around or convert into a 3pt.

after a year of flying, i have logged 150 hours on citabria/decathlon and almost each flight, i learn something new, flying on tail wheel is really fun and enjoyable, also keeps my flying skills in shape and stay sharp. i also started a thread about landing at night, however, i got that fixed...

if you can make it to an airline that can provide you a flying job without laying off for 30 year.. that will be great, but too many risk at an airline in this country, look at those big boys , ua / co merged, aa / us are in talks of merging, nw / dl, or 10 + years ago aa & twa.. and remember...

a year ago, I started this post about having troubles on landing, I am now a private pilot for almost 6months, flys tail wheel with more than 100 hours already. I have flew with different pilots and instructor, I have came to a conclusion that, my instructor was not good enough to teach tail...

so, yea , they usually get it done about 2 days, unless they find stuff on the plane that takes more time to do it or have to wait on parts if there is a replacement on certain stuff. they I have been reviewing the mx log book , usually they have 1 mechanic sign off the 100hr inspection , and...

look for some of the FBO or flight school websites, there are a lot of syllabus written by the instructors and you can find a few and compare which one fits you better. my training syllabus was written by my instructor, but this is mean for that instructor's training, every instructor got...

I have never landed at any other airport before i go dual XC with my first CFI, and guess what, I have never used CTAF until my first XC, and everytime I visit a new airport, I under estimated the descent time to pattern altitude and have to do a left or right 360 and had to go around on the...

where did you started from to Fresno? there are pretty much nothing much going on besides following the highway from merced to FAT

how long does it take to do a 100hr inspection and annual inspection??? everytime i want to book the airplane i want for couple times a month, this FBO i am with now, when the inspection has to be done, they have to block the airplane off the schedule for a week, that really suck because when...

good job, how long was the whole checkride process?

i have been told that the 152/172 are very easy to land and fly, but the low wing ones are smooth... i will go check out both airplanes out soon

i fly tail wheel , i think i am flying a civic in stick shift . :wink2:

i would love to , but i don't have the skills to fly that thing yet even though i m a tail wheel pilot at the moment

i asked because i am thinking about to get the gorpo hd2 motorsport version so i can use it to video my spin and aerobatic training, but there is the n-flight cam out there which does a good job too but it's too much into aviation on the other hand, i think i prefer gopro so i can use it for my...

nice video dude, what's the video size for this 9.34 minute long video? about a gigabyte??

after i get my private pilot license, i want to fly the similar type of aircraft for personal flying pleasure, there are high wing aircraft such as the most popular C 172 or low wing aircraft like piper warriors , archers, diamond katana.. what are the the handling characteristics between...

yes, and VASI is what i used to judge the glide path and have never flew below the gliding path ( all red lights), to be precise, my problem for now is the last 10-15 feet off the ground, difficult to judge.

yes, i will try with another instructor with night landings, and i did realized that my instructor didn't say much about it and not even demo one..