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Hi all, Anyone use / recommend an app to keep track of very basic flight club finances? We have 3-4 owners on a single piston plane (no note) which we generally run with a wet rate. We all pay that rate, deduct fuel, and then at the end of each year or so, tally up expenses and divide the...

Can't help that banned (and otherwise deleted?) users are noted as "Ejection Handle Pulled" in their experience snippet (does it have a real name?) Seems like "BRS Handle Pulled" is more apt? Just a thought.

Hello all, Flying tomorrow from Raleigh-Durham to Indianapolis, and trying to plan a fuel / lunch stop somewhere around halfway. I'll be taking off with enough fuel to make it 200nm from RDU with comfortable reserves, which puts me around Huntington, WV. Any recommendations?

Hi all, I'm flying RDU -> MKY (Marco Island, Florida) on Friday, then back next Wednesday. Currently planning ZIKDA KSSI MADEN OAKEL to stay away from most of the restricted airspace, and stop at SSI (Saint Simons, Georgia) for fuel / lunch. Interested if anyone who flies these kinds of paths...

This got even longer than I thought it would, so TL/DR: Flew from Raleigh-Durham to the Bahamas via Fort Lauderdale Executive. Bought the AOPA Bahamas guide book thing and it explained requirements pretty well, but there were still some surprises along the way. Just like everything I've...

So, I'm based out of RDU, and Ocracoke is probably my favorite local destination. But it, like most of the OBX strips, is closed 30 min after sunset. I want to fly to the beach Friday afternoon, and plan to depart a little later than that. (I imagine this will become a more common issue as...

Hi all, I took a few friends on the Hudson River flight (plus Central Park transition to head out to Block Island) a couple of months ago. It was my second time flying the corridor. Unfortunately, the GoPros were packed away, so not a lot of video, but my friends took some pictures, and I put...

Hi all, Anyone have experience flying into Pittsburgh Monroeville? I'm flying in to Pittsburgh later today; Monroeville is closest to my destination, but let's just say the ForeFlight comments don't inspire confidence in the runway condition. I'm used to flying into grass fields, so a bit of...

Trip to the beach in 3.5 minutes :-)

So, as a take-off on the various "fill-in-the-state" map people seem to like in their signature lines, I've put together a quick Python script to take a logbook and build a heat-map-style picture. I generally like the way the map looks, and if anyone of the techy/programming variety is...

General question and specific question: General: Isolated scattered PM thunderstorms are par for the course in the mid-Atlantic summertime. How do you decide, say 24 hours in advance (no radar yet) whether a forecast of "thunderstorms in vicinity" is going to cancel your cross-country, or...

Hi all, I've just moved back from abroad to the RDU area, and am looking to find a plane to fly for fun (putzing around the area with friends, weekend trips around the east coast, etc). I'm not looking for anything crazy -- a decent 4-seat trainer would do the job fine, though 430 or equivalent...

Forgive me if I missed this posted here (or if one of the other forums is more appropriate for this sort of inanity), but the world needs to know! Are Militant Atheists Using Chemtrails to Poison the Angels in Heaven?

About a year ago I moved out of the country, having just finished my IR and with about 230 hours under my belt. I'll move back in a couple of months, and I'm looking to get back into fun flying, get IPC'd, and start slowly working toward commercial and multi. I hope to have those done by the...

http://digg.com/video/airbus-treats-five-brand-new-a350s-like-fighter-jets

None of this will likely happen for about two years, but why not dream now? My 90% mission is one or two people. Just me, maybe add a sibling or date or friend. (My maximum mission is four, and it's easy to find those to rent.) Sightseeing joyrides 25% of the time, 300-ish nm XCs 75%. I'd...

I'm playing around with the idea of going for a commercial multi ticket later this summer. There are a couple of decent part 61 options near where I (will) live (when I'm back in the States). My questions are: 1. Should I just take it as a given in this day and age that the "solo" flights...

I've seen thrown around on this board and elsewhere that there's "no such thing as a taxi clearance," and that instead we're issued "taxi instructions." Fair enough; ATC never uses the word "cleared" to taxi. But is that the only reason? Or is it because you won't get violated if they tell...

Is there anything to prevent a CFI from holding a ground school in the cabin of a B747? Presuming not, what stops the CFI from endorsing "training received" (ie dual) for all of the students?

http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2014/february/protecting-aircraft-from-lasers