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A Cautionary tale... When I started flying, the avionics available were pretty basic in the GA planes I flew in training and after receiving my PPL. I flew BE77 Skippers, C-150s, Piper Warriors and C-172s from the FBOs at KILM (Wilmington, NC). I used ARC/Sperry, Narco, and Collins...

I have been upgrading the interior look of "the Duck" for a couple of years, starting with a new Airtex Interior (which was of much better quality than the original piper materials), new belts, panel lighting and such. My pilot's yoke had been "badly" painted before I bought the plan, so this...

First, I love ATC and the controllers are, by and large have been great. Occasionally though, you'll some quirky stuff from ATC. I have been training a student this week and we were sitting on the ramp at a small class D on the Carolina coast trying to call ground/clearance and even tower for...

Getting my current IFR candidate ready for his check ride. Nothing like a relaxing flight on a nice Fall afternoon. (No TSR, just clouds and rain...and a few bumps).

There was a good article in Flying this month about the new compliance philosophy with regards to the FAA (as opposed to the enforcement philosophy). I know that lots of pilots crack on the FAA, but who has actually had a personal, horrible experience with the FAA? I've been flying over 26...

OBXFLIGHT, LLC is scheduling accelerated instrument programs for Fall 2017. 7-Day IFR Programs for only $4800 in our Warrior or $3000 in pilot-supplied aircraft. Program averages 27-33 hours for flight training (in aircraft, not a simulator), all ground instruction required for the check-ride...

So consider this. You're at a civil airport with no instrument approaches with relatively flat terrain. So it's Class G airspace up to 1200' AGL. The ceiling is 1000' and the visibility is three miles (basic VFR). Since in Class G airspace below 1200' the visibility and cloud clearance...

It's funny. I've been flying over 24 years and never has the FAA done anything directly or indirectly that has negatively impacted either my flying activities or my ability to fly. If anything, I have been mostly disappointed by their snail-like pace in modernizing technology. From many of the...

Safe and happy flying!

I recently had a student come up from FL and get his accelerated IFR training and he did very well. On the day of the checkride, we flew up to meet the examiner and he noted that, when the pilot's certificate was issued, he was a Canadian national. He had since been naturalized and had his...

Scott Best, CFII (forum member) provides customized, accelerated IFR training from KJNX (Smithfield, NC) in a well-eqipped Pier PA28-161 warrior II, equipped with the Garmin 430W and a coupled Centry IIB autopilot that meets the FAA requirements of a TAA aircraft. With 10 hours of logged...