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  1. RileyMitchum

    Fresh Ticket

    I know I don't post here often, but I'm pretty excited. Yesterday I completed the checkride for my instrument! The flight was great, and the examiner was very fair, I couldn't have asked for a better examiner. I didn't think it was my best flying, but I blame my instructor for making me hold...
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    Wind Forecast

    Hey guys, I will be trying to go on a short xc flight this Sunday (PWA - PNC -PWA) and am a little concerned about the winds. This is mainly due to the aviationweather.gov 's hourly forecast. My question is, just how accurate is this? And should I let the gusts concern me? I am comfortable...
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    iPad in Instrument Training

    I have searched the forums and have not found an answer to this specific question so forgive me if this horse has already been beaten. Is it good to have an iPad throughout your entire instrument training, or to wait to use it until after you get the rating? I know many examiners will "fail"...
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    Instrument Ground

    Hey guys I have a quick question. I am minoring in commercial aviation and will be taking my instrument flight course next fall (2014) and was thinking about knocking the ground class out this spring. Would it be better to wait and take the ground while I was doing the flight portion or to take...
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    Short Approach Procedures.

    Hey guys! Just curious, I was up flying today doing touch and goes and decided to try a short approach. The way I have always done them is to, once abeam the numbers pull power to idle, add full flaps, and get down. I always thought these were to simulate an engine out in the pattern (although...
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    VFR around a congested downtown area

    Hey guys, I am looking into doing a flight around downtown Oklahoma City. My only problem is most of my flying is done outside the Class C and in non-congested areas, so I'm a little uncomfortable in this congested airspace. I have taken the VFR corridor between KOKC and KTIK before, but only...
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    Speaking of Squawk Codes

    I didn't want to 7500 :yikes: the thread about the strange squawk code but I had an interesting situation the other day. I was going to stay in the pattern the whole time in VFR conditions so I assumed I would stay on 1200. However just before take off the tower assigns me a squawk code to use...
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    Rentals

    The place I rent from when taking up passengers costs me $159/hr! Now I got my ticket through the Civil Air Patrol where I can rent the plane for $29/hr + fuel :goofy:, so the $159 is horrific to me! Is the $159 a reasonable rate for aviation in general? Are fractional ownership's...
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    Operating Under Class C airspace

    Where I fly around there is a class C with a few class D's that I take off from. My house lies beneath the class C (The outer shelf, not the inner area that extends to the ground) My question is would it be better for myself and the controllers for me to operate under the shelf and not talk to...
  10. RileyMitchum

    Toddler in a 172

    Hey guys I am new here, but have browsed the forums before. First of all let me introduce myself. My name is Riley and I am a fairly new private pilot (Since October 2012), I did my training through the Civil Air Patrol. Anyway my question is regarding toddlers in a Cessna 172. Since I've...
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