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I will start by saying that I am not yet a pilot, in fact, I haven't even started training, but I am familiar with the feeling you're having and I would say it is a little bit of an opposite case of "ignorance is bliss". The more you know, and the more you're in charge, the more anxiety you're...

Sorry for the lack of a direct subject in my previous post, I was saying my friend is cynical, not Dr. Bruce. And to you question about how do I propose they decide if people with add can fly, the same way they decide if all the people with undiagnosed add can fly, put them in a plane. I add...

This is an excellent thesis of what I'm feeling. Skip, I don't disagree that ADD is real, but saying it should unequivocally disqualify you from flying is like saying that cancer should unequivocally disqualify you from flying. This is definitely true if someone has stage IV liver cancer...

I'm also going to submit a grievance to the FAA for costing me a great airplane co-owner. To save time I'll go ahead and put it directly in the trash.

I wish I could come up with a way to convince them to get rid of what amounts to a mandatory minimum sentence for a ridiculous reason... maybe GA would have more great pilots. At least now I know that I will never allow my kids to get an ADD diagnosis, I'll just take Geico's advice and hit them...

I mean, I can understand someone with Schizophrenia never being allowed to fly, or a history or reckless behavior, but if you had ADD as a kid but now you can successfully pass a flight exam, why the heck can't you fly? I wonder if you looked at the down trend in number of pilots over the past...

I know that I shouldn't expect rational operation from a governmental agency, but in preparing for my own medical exam I had a very disturbing conversation with a friend of mine. This is a friend from college who has since become a very talented pediatric cardiac surgeon. I'm not the type of...

Very interesting. You think of the drag induced by a single rivet and it is inconsequential, but I guess if you add all those little parts up it become significant. It also makes sense that that there will be trade-offs in terms of speed vs stability. I like the idea of being able to get to my...

I know that asking this is going to make some people smile and others wet their pants. I'm not asking if you like them or if you think they're pretty. As I've been reading more and more about the planes I'm likely to fly in the coming years, I have found it shocking how much faster and more...

I checked the website and realized where I got the $20/month from, but I'm still a little confused. It says there are three levels of membership: Full Member: $65/month Member: $15/month Associate Member: $20/month It also says that aircraft deposits are required for Full Members and...

Guys, thank you. This is what I'm looking for! These little tips and anecdotes are the sort of things that stick in my memory and help me when I have to learn the same lesson for myself someday. I have spend my entire adult life in pursuit of knowledge, and the cliche is true that the more you...

That's a better answer, I'm not sure where the $20/month came from. Also, when you say you get that money back when you leave the club, I assume that's if you don't damage any planes.

I think it's $20 per month.

Ronnie, maybe I'm misunderstanding the product characteristics, or falling prey to the advertising, but from what I've read a product like the Garmin 696 displays "satellite images, METARs, TAFs, TFRs, turbulence forecasts, winds aloft, freezing levels" which seems a great deal more useful than...

So I found the other thread with the exact same name, and realized that I was limiting my search too much, so sorry for rehashing this. However, to respond to your comment about GA flight hours, the T. Nall report says that it does know how many hours the GA fleet flies, and it puts that number...

Interesting, I searched the forums but couldn't actually find anything like this. Here is the source: http://www.aopa.org/Pilot-Resources/Safety-and-Technique/Accident-Analysis/Joseph-T-Nall-Report For example, the rate of GA accidents has gone from 5.78/100,000 flight-hours in 2000 to...

For the benefit of an aspiring pilot, can you share an anecdote of an aviation safety lesson that you learned first hand? Thanks for helping make the skys a safer place to travel.

Wow, I must not have signed up to follow this thread appropriately because I never got anymore emails about replys and in the meantime, missed a lot of the conversation. Thanks for all the additional resources. Dell30rb, I'm glad to hear you had a good experience with WoC, I'm hoping to get...

I should have been more clear about the rental cost. It's $75 for the rental and $25 for the instruction, which based on what you're saying, sounds pretty good. I'm not extremely tall, I think I'm about an inch above average at 5'11", but maybe that's enough that I should jump up to the Warrior...

Hello, I know that there are probably many previous threads which address some of my questions, but I also know that if I don't introduce myself I will continue to lurk around for years, and just be a taker, so hopefully you guys don't mind humoring me. I've always wanted to fly. My great...