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Winds, thunderstorms, convective activity, etc... I've been scrubbed more times than I can count over the past few months trying to finish up my training and get ready for a checkride. Earlier this year, I had six weekends in a row we couldn't go up due to weather and scheduling. It doesn't...

Friend of mine just passed this along to me. There are some folks commenting that people may, or may not be, already checking the safety wire as part of the preflight inspection checklist. Anyway, thought other Cirrus pilots here might want to at least be aware of this, as it just came out...

After getting delayed for a little over a week by afternoon winds almost every day at KAPA (Centennial), I finally knocked out my first solo this morning! Instructor and I did two touch-and-gos to make sure I was ready, and I dropped him off at the hangars, and I went up and did three full stop...

Reports of two aircraft incidents today on Centennial's Twitter account, within about an hour of each other. Looks like a twin Cessna coming in on 17L had a nose gear collapse. And then about an hour later, a Piper Comanche had some kind of issue (maybe also gear related on 17R?). Both...

Ok, let me preface this by saying this is probably just a pipe dream at this point, but in the interest of research and gathering more info... Rather than continuing to rent SR20s (or later, SR22s) as I continue my training and flying, I've given some thought to maybe looking into an older...

I was riding to work this morning and noticed several different kinds of specialty license plates on other cars. Broncos, Avalanche, Adopt a Shelter Pet, etc. I got to wondering why there's no GA or flying type license plate? So I got home and started researching what's involved trying to get...

Seeing the other HVAC question somebody posted made me realize we probably have some HVAC experts here, and I could ask this here... The house I bought is a two story located in Colorado, about 3000 square feet, equally divided between the levels (both levels are fully finished). I think the...

I'd like to find an ophthalmologist in the Denver area who might be familiar with running tests on prospective third-class medical folks (like myself) and filling out the form 8500-14 for glaucoma. The few offices I've called acted clueless when I told them I'd need the doctor to fill out an...

I recently moved back to Colorado and am now pursuing flight training, but I was diagnosed with OSA 4 years ago and am on CPAP therapy, and need help finding a sleep doctor to review my CPAP data and write a statement for the FAA for an OSA SI. I've called several sleep medicine centers in the...

In the months since I've last been on POA, I've moved back to Colorado and am (finally!) ready to start some training. However, I think things have changed with medicals (Basic Med, etc) since I last did some research, so I wanted to ask a quick question, especially for any AMEs that might read...

I noticed something red hanging from the roof from an upstairs window, went outside, and it was some kind of parachute that was still attached to something that landed on the roof. I managed to get it off the side of the house with a long pole, but there was a thin nylon string attached to...

I just noticed in a local paper there's an event tomorrow Sat July 11 at Reid-Hillview airport in San Jose. Hot San Jose Nights 2015. It's not an airplane-only event, but it is at the airport, and the info says some airplanes will be on display, and they're supposed to have some flyovers...

Well, I finally got around to scheduling a discovery flight yesterday. Took a few weeks since my initial email to actually get in the air because of some scheduling issues, plane taken out of service due to maintenance interval, etc. But it ended up working out great, and my instructor was...

In a brawl, Kirk might be able to get the jump initially with brute force, but I think Picard would out think him, get the upper hand with some advanced Starfleet combat training, and then whoop his ass. "Make it so!"

Was perusing listings (not that I'm in the market, I just like looking) and ran across this: http://www.controller.com/listingsdetail/aircraft-for-sale/ECLIPSE-500/2007-ECLIPSE-500/1301261.htm A 2007 Eclipse 500 with only 113 TT, for $550k. Seems low for a VLJ with only 113 TT, and it doesn't...

I've been lurking for a while here, figured it was time to finally make a post and collect some thoughts. Apologies for the long post, but I'm in a stream-of-consciousness mood right now :) First, a little about me and my background. I'm 46, living in the Silicon Valley area, and work a...