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After having spent a couple of hours on hold with the TSA/AFSP earlier today, I decided to see if I can find the answer in the collective wisdom of this forum rather than enduring yet another day of deadful elevator music transmitted through the iPhone... My Part 61 instructor has to take time...

I read on this board a while back, and my CFI has told me, that you should not score too well or too poorly on the FAA written exam. Too low means you didn't know enough and you'll be grilled on the oral portion of the checkride. Too high means you memorized all the questions and still don't...

OK so the time for the dreaded check ride is drawing near, and I'm ready to pull the trigger on the post-checkride reward - my first pair of headsets (actually headsets, as the wife-boss-copilot is insisting on her own pair so that I will not miss a word). It's down to the Zulu2 ($800) versus...

I guess it's that empty seat on the right: So how was it? Well, some butterflies taxiing to the run-up, some embarrasment when asking ground control for take-off clearance, but otherwise kind of like when having sex for the first time: Not quite what I expected, it was over pretty quickly...

Today CNN reported that Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood has warned of towers at smaller airports closing if sequestration takes effect on March 1. If you fly out of a towered airport, how would that affect you? Early this morning I was out for some practice maneuvers. Coming back to KMYF...