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Would you fly a Cirrus over a 70 nm stretch of open water (not within gliding distance) in the summer time? If you had a life raft and life jacket for everyone on board? Why or why not? I imagine the calculus is different from a regular single engine because you do not risk hitting the water at...

Flying out of KGAI, ATC gave me this IFR clearance:“N12345 is cleared to KTOL via WOOLY V44 MRB V501 THS V469 JST then direct.” Now that I sit down and look at this routing, I am wondering if there was a reason for the redundancy in his clearance language. Is there a reason he didn't just say...

I want to depart KFRR and join V144 westbound, which has an MEA of 5500 ft due to 3000 ft mountains to the west. I want to join the victor airway for precisely that reason. Since KFRR is 704 ft, I'm going to below MEA during the initial stages of my flight. How do I ensure terrain clearance...

I'm flying into Front Royal (KFRR) in a few weeks to go hiking. I am hoping for a scenic flight around the area, weather permitting. I know the Shenandoah Nat'l Park area is noise-sensitive, so I will avoid flight below 2,000 AGL. Do you guys know any non-noise-sensitive areas around there that...

If you got the following clearance: "Cleared to the XXX airport via ABC, ABC 180 radial to intercept the DEF 030 radial, DEF, V-123, GHI, then direct." How the heck would you program this in your G430 and fly it? With dual G430s, the only way I've thought of is the following: 1. Punch in...

I am planning on flying in potentially IFR weather and meeting up with a friend who is driving from the opposite direction by car. If my Plan A airport is socked in, I was wondering if there is a way to communicate my diversion intentions with my friend who is picking me up. I thought about...

I just flew the Piper Archer for 5.2 hobbs, and I saw that it was 5.4 tach. Confused, because I sat idle for at least 0.3 during my trip. Is this because the tach meter is referenced at 2400 rpm (or something), and I was running it just below redline at 2600 rpm the whole time? I.e. the tach...

I am flying to an airport without an IAP (2P2). There is an airway that crosses right above the airport with a MOCA of 2100 MSL. If I am above a cloud layer trying to land, is the best solution to get on that airway and ask ATC to clear me to the MOCA to see if I break out of the clouds?

Hi fellas, I am a flatlander pilot currently going through mountain training in the Rockies. I plan on going on a solo flight this weekend. My mountain CFI told me he would be comfortable letting me go play in the mountains -- but told me I should stay east of the Continental Divide until I...

I am looking to rent a plane at Cape Town Flying Club (http://www.capetownflyingclub.co.za/) when I visit in two weeks. Does anyone have any insight on the safety regulations in place in South Africa for light airplanes? Are there US equivalents of annual inspections, etc.? If so, are they...

Pattern work just for fun One of my favorite flying activities is bouncing around the pattern on high crosswind days. No one else seems to share my passion for this... deeming it pointless, boring, waste of money. The other night, winds were variable 70-110 degrees to one of the runways at my...

My flight school charges by tach time. This is great when you are flying fixed-pitch planes in the pattern/instrument approaches because your RPMs are almost always *NOT* at max rpm. (2000rpm on approaches, downwinds, etc.) However, in a controllable-pitch plane, you are likely at high-rpm on...

Anybody fly up around the 5000ft peaks in New England? Should I be getting mountain flying training like they do in the Rockies before I fly there?

All right, this might be a long shot, but has anyone visited Cape Town and flown GA? Going there in March. I wanted to know if anyone has ever went to a local flight school and did some sightseeing.

After looking through threads on GoPro, I just bought a GoPro Hero3+ Silver Edition. Even though I read through a ton of stuff on the Internets, I still can't decide whether the Nflightcam GoPro Cockpit Kit is worth it...

Has anyone tried this? https://www.sportys.com/PilotShop/product/17530 I understand I need a tripod adapter to put it on the gopro, but it looks nice. Can I accomplish this viewing angle another way? For example, by mounting a suction cup on the ceiling?

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-26/u-s-sent-b-52s-over-disputed-china-air-zone-official-says.html China declares an ADIZ over disputed islands. Japan tells JAL and ANA they don't have to file a flight plan to go through ADIZ. JAL/ANA keep filing flight plans with China. Japanese...

In early/mid-May, does snow remain on the higher peaks? Is May/June an equally beautiful time to fly in the Rockies as any other? I keep reading about how winter is a majestic time to fly. How does the scenery look during the snow melt, or right after the snow melt? I would imagine gross...

Thinking of making a day trip to NYC for a Broadway show from Boston on a Sunday. I really want to fly the Hudson corridor. I've done it once before, but I flew right back to Boston without stopping -- so I didn't have to worry about landing anywhere. Is Teterboro just a bad, bad idea? I'm in a...

I was driving on Lake Shore Drive today just north of Navy Pier and did a double take as I looked out toward the lake. What appeared to be a light sport aircraft was wobbling around over the water along the lake shore... couldn't have been higher than 100 AGL. It seemed as if the pilot was doing...