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Hello all-- Hypothetical: You are VFR, with flight following, in contact with Approach. You are approaching a major airport and plan on going around it by staying under the Bravo airspace. Then Approach gives you a new heading and altitude (say, at or below 2,000) that turns you into...

Luckily, it decided to quit during the landing roll, so sort of a non-event. That said, I'm curious about the cause. It was at idle with carb heat on, full rich, and just stopped running 5 s or so after touchdown. There were carb icing conditions that day but the approach and touchdown were...

Hi everyone-- Does anyone know of any flying clubs in New Orleans? From my Internet research it looks like GA is limited to a couple flights schools at Lakefront Airport which, happily, do rentals. That said, I'd prefer to buy into a flying club, or rent from an independent owner. Any...

Hello fellow pilots-- I'm planning a trip out to Fischers Island (0B8), which is currently unattended and has been since the end of October. One thing I'm intending to do is conduct an inspection of the runway prior to landing, given Hurricane Sandy, the possibility that assorted crap could...

Hello aviation friends-- I am going to be relocating to Seattle in about a month. I'm wondering if anyone has suggestions regarding flight clubs in the area. I don't need anything fancy; a well-maintained C152 is just fine by me. I am planning on doing my instrument rating when I arrive so...

I landed in a C152 at a remote airport. Full flaps, uneventful landing. I taxied around for takeoff and went through the checklist, which included setting the flaps at 0. After rotating I notice that I'm having a helluva hard time climbing. The plane is climbing, slowly, but really...

Hi everyone-- I'm a fairly new Private Pilot currently living overseas. I'm going to take a week off in December and devote it completely to flying. I want to be a better, safer pilot. The training would include lots of dual time, I assume, and spin training would be nice too. In any case...

Hi everyone--I'm a Private Pilot now, but I've got a question from my Student Pilot days that I've always been curious about. So I'm flying solo at my non-towered airport, doing pattern work. Midfield downwind I get a radio call on the CTAF from an IFR airplane flying straight in to land. I...