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The facts: Well maintained 182S. Flying in Texas afternoon heat. ~3 hr flight. Enroute climb from 6500' to 8500'. Engine loses power and starts coughing and sputtering. Trim for best glide and point toward airport. Enrichen - no effect. Lean - no effect. Throttle in, more sputtering...

Happened Friday, but didn't see it posted. http://m.chron.com/houston/article/Small-plane-crashes-in-northwest-Houston-8348742.php

Today while on flight following, I heard center and an airline pilot discussing a minor emergency going on at a class C that was just off my route. Being curious, I turned on the audio of my second radio on 121.5. When I did, I heard what I'm pretty sure was an ELT beacon. The signal faded...

I think I somewhat understand the reasons for shutting down piston engines with the mixture cutoff (safety, eliminating fuel that could get stale, etc). However on the injected 182 I fly, hot restarts on hot days can be very challenging. So much so that I try to plan not to have stop and...

I fly a friend's 1998 C182S. He allows several to fly it, so it gets regular use by multiple people, but for some reason, the charging system likes to act up when I fly it. The first time it happened was on the way home from a short XC. I noticed that the ammeter was showing slight...

Didn't see a discussion on this one. Apologies if already posted. As a fairly new pilot, this type of incident rattles me the most. Simple training flight, decent weather, instructor in the plane, stalling and hitting the ground right out of the airport. At least that is what it looks like...

Below is from the Instrument Flying Handbook, talking about a turn and slip indicator. Is it me, or is this confusing: How is it that a standard rate turn is when the need lines up with the doghouse AND when it is deflected one needle width from the center alignment mark? :dunno:

I like to plan out significant investments, but I'm a low time PPL holder and no airplane expert. Below is my plan however it is based on limited flying experience and lots of Internet lurking so likely has significant holes. That's where you come in.... Any help or tips from those more...

Is it just me, or is there no link to the main forum page from the home page? In other words, from here: http://www.pilotsofamerica.com There is no direct link to get to here: http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/index.php Just seems like that would make sense. Or am I just missing it?

Taking the family (wife and 2 kids) to Vegas next weekend (flying commercial). While we are there, I'd like to take a sight-seeing flight to the Grand Canyon. I'm a low time PPL holder not ready to tackle the Vegas/Canyon flight solo. All my time is in Cessna 172/182. Weight isn't the...

Newly minted pilot here (passed the check ride last weekend - :D). I'm trying to decipher the performance data from the POH for a 1960 Cessna 172a that I'm flying. On that page 6-2, it shows a table for climb data (I'd post a PDF of it as an attachment if I could). In that table is a...

This is probably no big deal to the veterans, but as a student pilot it certainly got my attention. I was just climbing out for my first big solo XC. About 400' AGL I looked down and noticed the tach needle bouncing all over the place, along with an odd whine that seemed in sync with the...