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So I recently shared with my partner a thread I had started. She looked at all the comments and said, "Wow, pilots write really well!" I just thought you all would like to hear that, especially in light of some comments on other threads about grammar, spelling, etc. I told her that in general...

No, this is not about an absentee father, or a father who died when I was a child too young to remember him. This is about a father who is very much alive, if not completely well. It is about my father, the World War II B-24 navigator. Like many veterans of that war, he was generally loath to...

OK, this is probably insane, but I've started thinking about plane ownership. Why is it insane? Well, for one thing, I've been told that my job of 26 years will be terminated in February. Anyone need a good editor? Oh, never mind. OK, back to the plane. I'm a sport pilot, currently renting a...

My home airport is supposedly about to get this system: http://www.invisibleintelligencellc.com Now I have nothing to hide in my airplane operations, so being recorded does not necessarily disturb me, but I find the name "invisible intelligence" a bit sinister. Maybe the fact that my airport...

Perhaps this is a silly question, but I've always erred on the side of caution when it comes to flying, whether commercially or when I'm in the left seat. So here's my question. My partner and I are planning a vacation to Hawaii. We'll be visiting Molokai during part of this trip, and have...

On Saturday I passed my sport pilot checkride. The whole day seemed a bit surreal, as I'm sure anyone who has been through a checkride can understand. Two days later, I still can't believe it! My journey to this point took slightly more than two years, several different flight schools and...

I'm scheduled to take my checkride soon. I was just wondering, is it appropriate to send my CFI a gift (assuming I pass!) and if so, what kind of gifts do people normally give? I was thinking of a gift certificate to Sporty's or some other pilot-supply store, for instance. I really want to...

So today I found myself in kind of an odd situation. My partner and I were passengers on a United flight from Chicago to Boston, seated over the right wing. As the flight was still boarding, I looked out and noticed that the trailing edge flap had what looked like a chunk missing. I would say...

OK, I know there are a lot of people here who could give me plenty of advice about recording my flights on video, but I was wondering whether anyone has set up a dashcam in their car. From what I've read so far, it sounds like cockpit cameras and dashcams are two completely different beasts...

,,, after three different flight schools, three different planes, six CFIs, and many more thousands of dollars than I care to count, I soloed!!! Yeah, I wish I could post a detailed account of my greased landings, but I can't. The important thing is, I finally did it. OK, carry on.:D

I hope I'm posting in the right section, but I have a question about the possibility of poking my head into the cockpit of an airliner, once it's on the ground, of course. I often look at the photos on airliners.net, and there seem to be quite a few cockpit shots, but I'm never sure whether they...

This isn't a question about whether I need renter's insurance, because I think it's clear that any student pilot or renter who wants to protect their assets should probably have it. I was just wondering whether anyone could share their experiences with various insurance companies. My first...