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Hey Everybody! Thought I would share my little weekend story and see if any one had similar experience with G1000 Tachometer. I invited 2 of my friends that have never been on a small plane before and figured a nice little dinner trip from KFRG (Long Island, NY) to KBED (Hanscom Field in...

Hey everybody! I am an Archer III driver, which I love dearly, but I made plans to rent a 172SP G1000 in 3 weeks down in Florida. I flew G1000 twice in last 2 years and found it to be too easy to operate, however I never checked out in one. At this point I know all the basic operation for...

Saw Pilatus on a ramp; read a ton about it; seems like it blows TMB and Mustang out of the water! Looks huge on the ramp. Cant stop thinking about it.... Anyone had any real experience with this bird? I wonder what would be insurance costs/requirements; operating DOS, and just generally how...

Passed my Checkride today and decided to take my dad for nice evening trip NY-PA-NY. We waited a year and a half for this trip! NY Approach was extremely accommodating (love and respect to these folks!!!) and let us transition via their JFK Class Bravo airspace both ways. They actually almost...

Planning an April flight to Montreal, Canada (CYHU St. Hubert) from NY KFRG (strictly pleasure) Although this should be a nice and quick flight from NY I wanted to see if I can get any solid advises on flying international; customs; flight following; crossing borders; special planning ahead...

Hi everyone. As I am on "final approach" for my PPL check ride (if weather doesn't screw me again) I am seriously considering having my wife do the PPL this summer (she doesn't know this yet, but has a slight idea that its coming), while I will be working on IFR. My reasoning: one PP in the...

Waited a whole month for today. Studied entire weekend. Woke up at 6am (was scheduled for 9am), looked at the TAF and saw 20kt wind with gusts up to 30kt but dead along my airport active runway. Called my school to cancel my check-ride. Next available in two weeks. Now, checking METAR every...

I know that training and experience is the key to keep on flying, but at the same time, I wanted to put together a thread for members to re-call on your close calls ( I am sure there are plenty) in aviation and how everyone else can learn from your experience :blueplane: They often say "In...

Perhaps I am making this question more complicated than it really is, however.... You are VFR pilot - flying VFR at night, CAVU conditions and everyone onboard is fat, dumb and happy. As the flight continues, you realize that you just penetrated a thick cloud, 5 seconds goes by and you're still...

I am we'll aware what the W/B says and always comply within limits, however I have faced a situation where I had to say "we would not be able to go" and wanted to hear your HONEST opinion, not what the book says..... You plan a flight with your friends to go somewhere, you asked everyone for...

Okay, you can ***** slap me later, but I still want a legit explanation, not just "things happen". Per NTSB reports, there are ton of people that have unfortunate flights and leave our world, hopefully for a better place; I can understand that and it does happen everyday for whatever the...

Perhaps a silly question.... If I am planning XC to another airport with intentions of leaving my plane at FBO for 2 or 3 hours with request for a top-off, am I okay to use their crew cars? Anything special that I need to do to be eligible? Are there reservations that I need to schedule? I...

Wanted to open the floor on general opinion of flying night VFR. Lets say conditions are CAVU or close to it. Thought it would be beneficial for all the new pilots to hear what experts have to say on this topic :) Here are some of the questions that came to my mind to write about..... Do you...

Have a PPL Checkride scheduled early March and was thinking of flying wify for a nice dinner to celebrate. (If I pass :)) I fly out of Republic, KFRG. Will be an evening flight, up to an hour each way. Any suggestions? I was thinking of flying north or south in the Hudson corridor direct to...

Hello everyone - just wanted to say hello to all the pilots here! As of today, I am still a student pilot going for PPL. Actually waiting for my instructor to call me back with a date for my check ride; hopefully this WILL happen next week. Its been very long 19 months, almost 100 hours and 3...