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I have been trying to figure out the logic of government regulations (perhaps I should be put away). :D A student pilot with zero hours buys an airplane in Texas and hires me for $700 as a CFI to fly it with him to Wisconsin. A Class 3 medical is required and we log the two-day flight as dual...

KHIO has a NOTAM that closes a runway to aircraft under 12500 lbs for one day (tomorrow). Any idea why this would be?

I am located in Nevada and every DPE seems to be booked into 2024. I have a student who was working on his IR, then sold his airplane and paused for a while. Now he has resumed but some DPEs are saying no checkrides are available until May 2024. That's crazy. It looks like February is the...

During an inspection on a Cherokee 180, we installed a new ignition so that we can have a single key for door/baggage/ignition. Everything was working fine beforehand. Now it seems the right mag is always grounded. We swapped the old ignition in with the same results. I have certainly seen...

I am looking for ideas to figure out why #3 is running significantly hotter than the others on a Cherokee with O-360. In cruise it will sit around 370-380, but during climb is difficult to keep under 430. Outside temperature at 5,000' (field elevation) is 70F. Vy is 74 and a climb at 85-90 will...

For the 2-hour night XC, the regs are not clear if it has to be night as defined by logging night flight (end of civil twilight), or night as defined by loggable night takeoff and landing. A flight has to include a takeoff and landing and in my mind we can’t depart until one hour after sunset...

Does anyone here have a shop they can recommend in the Phoenix area for a pre-buy on a Cherokee?

US Sectional charts used to have rich detail of areas of southern Canada (esp between NY and MI), as well as the Bahamas and Cuba. This is gone in the latest chart revision. Does anyone know why and if AOPA is doing anything to undo this?

How far in advance of soloing are CFIs here giving their students the pre-solo written test? Do you let them take it home or are they doing it all it front of you? Mine had me do it in front of him, but I can't see myself doing it that way. :)

If I get a departure instruction: Runway heading to intercept the 220 radial off XYZ (VOR). Fly 5nm DME Arc south to 150 radial then ABCDE (fix) How can I build that?

I am wondering how many people here were trained in (or even just shown by their CFI), power-on stalls with full flaps (basically a go-around configuration). Were you in a Cessna or Cherokee (or something else)? It seems many people have never done these. The ACS specifies a departure...

I am giving dual instruction now. Should I put all my dual time in a separate logbook, esp since I need to record certain endorsements? Right now it is just in ForeFlight along with all my personal flying but I think a paper backup makes sense.

I have a JPI 830 and an EI R1 tach. In cruise the JPI will read a steady 2330, while the R1 has started reading between 2310 and 2260 (so 20 to 70 rpm low). It will be 20 rpm low for 20 seconds or so, then fall to 50 rpm low for 10-40 seconds (guessing here) and then change again. Sometimes it...

I earned my AGI in January and started teaching ground school. I then earned my CFI two weeks ago and will be flight instructing. Does anyone know if the FAA will treat this as an expansion of one's teaching education and thus make the aircraft rental to earn the CFI deductible? I gather that...

I have about 1,000 total hours and passed the oral part of the CFI checkride a few days ago with a discontinuance due to weather. I'll be taking the flight portion this weekend. I normally fly a Dakota and 80% of my time is in my plane. For the CFI, I am using an early 60s Cherokee 180 which...

KFNL is Class E but has a tower which is unusual. How is this any different from a Class D towered field? 91.127(c): Communications with control towers. Unless otherwise authorized or required by ATC, no person may operate an aircraft to, from, through, or on an airport having an operational...

I have seen, when Class D sits under Class C, the blue box denoting the upper limit of Class D has a "-" in front of the number. This is not the case at KMWC which sits under the KMKE outer shelf. So Class D airspace stops at 2200, and then it is class C to 4700'. Why does the blue box for the...

The regs say, "The carriage of passengers for hire in airplanes on cross-country flights in excess of 50 nautical miles or at night is prohibited.” So could you fly from LA to Miami in 50-mile legs, perhaps doing a flight every few days? Some sources say a 50-mile radius, but 61.133(b)(1)...

How should a ground instructor sign a logbook if the training was for private, instrument or both? Signature 1234567 GI Signature 1234567 AGI Signature 1234567 AGI/IGI Some other method?

The New W&B is terrible. We have defined loads for: Me My Wife 4 various named friends Emergency Bag Flight Bag Laptop Bag Raft Life Jackets Aircraft Docs Bag Maintenance Bag Food Cooler O2 Bag Cover Sun Shades Water Luggage Oil Case Sometimes these might be in the aft seats and sometimes in...