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I just scheduled my 1st IR lesson. Next Wednesday at 1pm I hit the simulator. Hope to get 1-2 lessons in per week and then be ready for the check ride by mid-summer or so.

Finally took up my 1st passenger on Friday night. A co-worker has been asking to go up since I started taking lessons. We've been scheduled to go up 3-4 times but have had to cancel each time due to weather. I booked the plane about a week ago for Friday after work and the weather was to be...

I have reserved a plane for my longest XC to date. I received my certificate back in January and since then have just done some short XC flights and some other sightseeing type flights. I am now scheduled to fly from Republic Airport on Long Island (KFRG) to Wheeling - Ohio County Airport in...

I want to get checked out in my clubs Arrow so I can use it for some 300nm or so cross countries. Due to the last Arrow being gear up'd insurance now requires 15hrs dual before I can be PIC.....Here is my question/dilemma... I am a newly minted pilot with just under 70 total hours. I was...

Another local crash this morning....1 fatality http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/06/17/small-plane-crashes-in-east-patchogue/

Today was gorgeous on Long Island and I got up for a leisurely flight around the island. Below is a link to some photos that I took during the flight. https://www.flickr.com/photos/123919770@N05/sets/72157644324977177/

Logged onto my Amazon account this morning and got a popup about Amazon Smile. It seems that they will donate 0.5% of your purchases to a charity of your choice when you shop at http://smile.amazon.com A nice convenient way to donate to your favorite aviation related charity, all at no...

I'm contemplating studying to get some Cisco certifications and curious who here has any and if they think they are really worth anything. I am currently 37 and a Telecom Engineer/Quasi-Manager for a large heating oil company with a pretty strong background on the Nortel CS1000 product line...

Looks like the sequel to Planes is already on its way http://m.aol.com/moviefone/default/video.do?movieid=10126044&icid=mf_movie_trailer

I have my 1st lesson scheduled for Monday at noon after an 11 year hiatus from training. I had about 13 hours in the book before I stopped. I already have my medical in hand, written scheduled for 9/13 (my 37th birthday) and $10k in hand. I hope to take between 3-5 lessons a week and would...

A small aerobatic plane made an emergency landing on Deer Park Ave just south of Montauk Hwy about 30 minutes ago...Pilot appears to be OK after an engine failure... Just happened to catch this while listening to LiveATC during lunch

Anyone got a cool $18 million laying around? http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/14/nyregion/montauk-airport-is-for-sale-putting-its-future-in-doubt.html If it sells, it will stay open for 7 years as required and then probably closed and subdivided for homes :(