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Remember. Forecast = someone's guess. Albeit a well educated guess, it's still a guess. Kind of like medecine, Dr's are people who PRACTICE medicin.

Big bear is a great place to go. The DA can get really high, so be sure to know you and your aircrafts performance abilities. Don't take a 160 horse c172 up there with yourself and 3 passengers and full tanks. You too will end up in the drink on a hot day. I've been up there many times, in...

I took this one a while ago at Phoenix Mesa gateway. I was tying down when a flight of 4 of these guys started their break turn. I had just enough time to dig my camera out of the luggage area and snap these as they were headed down the taxiway.

We named her Parish in tribute to her Louisiana heritage.

Well. I forgot to take my good camera with us, and they wouldn't sit still long enough to get a good cell phone pic, but I got this pic this morning. The other pup went to the in-laws house this am.

A week or so ago I asked for recommendations on a route from Southern California to Elko Nevada as I had planned to make a trip up there to get a couple of puppies out of a shelter up there. Well, mission accomplished. Took off from Redlands (REI) just before sun up. Flew VFR to north Las...

Out or KREI here.

Well. They are Catahoula Leopard Dog puppies that are in the shelter up there in Elko. We have a 12 year old Catahoula right now, but she has bone cancer and doesn't have much time left. We like the breed so much that the flight up there to get the 2 pups is worth it. It should be an...

Thanks everyone. I will definitely fly the trip only if weather permits. I think the archer is probably a better bet for the extra performance and useful load. I won't be heavy, it will just be me and the wife up, an an added 2 puppies on the way back. The info is good, ESP on the cold...

Thank you BTIZ. I appreciate the suggestion. weather permitting i'll probably go the vfr route and get flight following. Seems to be the shortest and most ..... er...... friendly to the hind end in the seat.

Alright. I'm planning on flying to Elko NV from Southern California. Specifically, Redlands Municipal (KREI) to Elko (KEKO) I will be flying either a C-172 or a Piper Archer. I was thinking about flying IFR, but on fltplan.com, the only IFR plan that fit the departure and destination was...

I had the same frustration during my instrument training. It was the checklists and briefing the approaches while taking instruction... it's tough. I bought one of the cheap plastic flexible clips to hold onto my plates. I then picked a spot to clamp it to the airplane where it was visible...

I've been through 5 check rides with 3 different examiners, and each examiner is different. One hates... let me reiterate HATES tower controllers". During a check ride we recieved conflicting directions from the tower basically during our landing flare. I was about ask for clarification on...

One explative clearing my lips would have produced the fingerwave:nono: followed by a thump on the head by my mother. While i'm not averse to using "colorful metaphore" from time to time, they cause her to turn back into "mom" mode. She has no qualms about smacking her 30 year old son in the...

I read this last week. I was voraciously tearing appart the internet looking for articles relating to flying passengers for the first time. I enjoyed this article. I've flown with someone who liked to fly low and fast through the bumps. Anyone familiar with the southern california area and...

Forced landing in a vineyard?

A few thoughts. First, it sounds like you've already worked through the issues of the "worst flight ever", but don't feel alone in that. I had a similar flight. It was a few months ago. I got my PPL in a 172 last year in September. I had about 96 hours in the C-172. I got my Multi engine...

HA..... I think I have a natural aversion to having too much time and money. Like many others, i got bit by the bug early on. It's in my blood. Both parents were glider pilots. Their sailplane (lk-15 "nugget") is hanging in the National Soaring Museum. They got out of flying when mom was...

Waiting so long was more of a necessity than an option. I have way too many things on my plate most of the time, and I haven't had a weekend off where I had time and money available to get it done. Most of my resources were tied up at my flight school (that doesn't rent for anything other than...

Well. It's finally happened. I've been lurking around a bit, reading about other recently minted private pilots who experienced flying with their first passengers, as well as the tips about first PAX flying from the more seasoned folks. I had the privelege of flying my first passengers...