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Hello, I know this has been discussed ad-nauseum, that a cross-country flight is any flight in which the pilot navigates from one airport to another, and lands at the other airport, regardless of distance. Also, certain certificates require a certain number of hours of CC flights of a certain...

Hello- I've been flying off and on since 1987, and I have about 300 hours. Lately I've been working on getting instrument-rated. I realize that discussions on this forum cannot be a substitute for actual training with my CFII, for whom I have the utmost respect. When I was in primary PP...

Today I was approaching a controlled airport, and several miles out, was told "number 1 for landing." I was on short final and hadn't yet heard the magic words "cleared to land," so I asked if I was cleared to land. The controller politely said yes. But I couldn't help wondering whether...

Hello, I'm working on my IFR rating, and I was wondering whether you actually fly DPs and STARs. I live in the Midwest, where air traffic is not too congested, and I've never been assigned a DP or STAR, nor do I know anyone who has. I'm under the impression that DPs and STARs are mainly for use...

Hello- I've been working on my IR, and have about 15 hours of hood time so far. In my last lesson my CFII suddenly started badgering me about repeating too much stuff to ATC. He refused to be specific about what he was talking about, and simply said I should refer to the AIM. I looked at the AIM...

I did my second high altitude takeoff yesterday. Airport elevation 6300 feet. I took off from the same airport last October, and everything was fine. Yesterday's takeoff was a little squirrely. After rotating, the aircraft came down and bounced on the runway. When we started climbing again, our...

Flew a long cross-country yesterday, 570 nm. There was a cold front moving into my destination Airport. When I landed the winds were around 7 knots, but within an hour winds were 30 gusting to 40. So I feel that I cut that one close. Lesson learned: take a look at the surface prognostic charts...

Hello, I'm planning a long CC flight tomorrow with a rented Piper Arrow with CSP. There is forecast a moderate headwind. The POH says to normally cruise between 55% and 75% power. But what if I cruise a bit over 75% power, to try to make better time on my trip? Obviously I'll be watching the...

Winter storm Gemini passed through on Saturday, and on Monday I was scheduled to take a rented Cardinal for a spin. I woke up Monday morning having planned a 60-mile cross country, dressed in warmly, ready to go, weather briefing in hand. Looked like a great VFR morning. Certainly the taxiways...

Hello- I was wondering what criteria you all use in deciding whether to log a flight as a CC flight. I believe there is an FAR which defines a CC flight as any flight with a landing at an airport other than the departure airport. That means you could consider a CC flight as being a flight to an...

Hello- I have about 200 hours and have gotten pretty comfy with a fair amount of surface wind, say around 12 kts gusting to 18. But I'm afraid I might push that envelope too far and get myself into trouble. I realize it's a complicated question, with a lot of "it depends..." kind of answers...

Hello- I flew a rented Archer II at night for the first time yesterday. When I turned on the panel lights, they didn't seem to work, but then a few minutes later all of a sudden they came on. I'm wondering why they didn't come on at first, and what triggered them to come on later, like the RPMs...