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I was based at Elko for awhile and my parents lived at Spring Creek for nearly 20 years. I flew everything from J3's to Citations in and out of there and truly loved the area. Coming up from southern California at less than FL altitudes, if a fuel stop was needed I'd usually opt for North Las...

That'll work, but just for a moment. Assuming a wind from the right, you'd be crabbed to the right coming down final approach. As you begin to flare you apply right aileron pressure (into the wind) without the coordinated rudder input. Adverse yaw causes the nose to yaw left. So long as you...

I feel the difference between stick and yoke made a good deal of difference to me. Perhaps I was just way too intimidated by the fact that the training was in a tailwheel airplane, but my first lesson (a Champ) and second lesson (a Cub) were not very successful. A hundred or so hours later, a...

Personal opinion? If you're used to flying an airplane with a yoke, start with the -170. If you're used to flying an airplane with a stick, start with the Citabria. You have enough unfamiliar stuff to familiarize yourself with - may as well not add a totally new way to control the airplane, too.

For private and commercial I used Sanderson's 33-1/3 rpm records and slide presentation along with the FAA's textbooks. For the IFR it was Cessna/Jeppesen's cassett and film strip along with text material from them and the FAA. For the FOI, CFI-A, AGI, CFII and IGI it was strictly FAA text...

I didn't read all the replies here, but I'm sure it's already been said that there are thousands of combinations of aircraft make/model, weight, CG, wind, runway surface, density altitude and such that need to be taken into consideration regardless of the location of the tailwheel (in back where...

Runway 3-21 is a closed runway and really deteriorating, though the markings are still visible. Runway 16-34 is in fine shape. Often the wind favors the old, closed runway 21. Where the two runways cross, if you follow the old centerline for runway 21 there is 300 feet of new pavement which is...

Intellectually challanged: A couple bricks shy of a full load. A few fries short of a Happy Meal. From an actual PIREP: "Everything below FL200 rougher than a stucco bathtub."

Believe me, there are very, very few flight schools that do not have a runway long enough to land on and simply roll to a stop. That being said, the CFI should insist that the student use only the bottom of the rudder pedal for takeoff and for landing. It's the same as having the student keep...

If you are a relative, talk to the person's primary care physician or the cancer specialist that has handled the case thus far. One of them will know more about the case than we can guess at here. ...and above all, FLY SAFE! WileyP

How's about this: Ask a couple other rental pilots and/or company instructors to pay specific attention to the indicator and see what they think. Majority rules! ...and above all, FLY SAFE!

I have the latest "Modern Reloading" by Richard Lee, and it has a section on the 303 Savage. Drop me a PM if I can help.

Compiled by the Air Safety Foundation, the "Nall Report" is probably the most respected, accurate and complete analysis of general aviation accidents. According to the "Nall Report" for 1997 (the earliest year for which I can find adequate statistics), 56.9% of general aviation accidents...

Gee, we used to do it all the time before there were GPS's and all those fancy black boxes. We also determined our ground speed and estimated times of arrival at the next checkpoint and at the destination using an E6b and even (gasp!) the actual winds aloft to pass on with our pireps! And...

Hi, Raftthis! First off, since pressure altitude is defined as your altitude above the standard pressure datum (that place where an actual pressure of 29.92" Hg exists)...and since your altimeter indicates your altitude above the pressure datum you have set into the Kollsman window, simply set...

Old? I'll consider myself old when I figure I'm done learning. Here's a picture of what you young pups might like to see someday. And for those few that already have it, let's have a party when we get the next one! :D

Discussions on the usefulness (and usability) of NDBs have been going on for decades, probably since the first VOR was powered up. When I got my instrument rating we simply took the adf receiver out of the airplane so I wouldn't have to use it on the check flight. (At that time, you only had to...

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