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I'm a pilot and i'm transgender. Now, i know this forum runs Red, but i'm happier flying as Laura than as <deadame>. I initiated my name and gender change last December, receiving a court order in late January. Then began the gauntlet of changing my name in every nook and cranny that could be...

Sunday, on a flight from Modesto <KMOD> to Watsonville <KWVI>, i had to declare an emergency and land in San Martin <E16>. The flight is one i've taken many times before, and, as with all flights over 30 minutes, i was on flight following. Now, the flight involves passing over two mountain...

I'm wondering if anyone here has tried drawing pictures/words using their flight path. i've seen various examples, including dildos, airplane outlines, and phrases, so i'm wondering if people have figured out the easiest way to draw these patterns on their EFB. i've attempted loading a picture...

I have no idea how someone can start a plane if they're not in it. https://www.modbee.com/latest-news/article225311020.html

I'm part owner of a Cessna 150 with a single radio (yes, we've upgraded for ADSB in/out and it's wonderful.) Because i'm on FF for most of my flights, i purchased a Yaesu handheld so that i can listen to ATIS and ATC at the same time. However, this is rarely convenient as i have to pull off one...

which is a shame, because it fits perfectly with a yolk mount in a C172.... Maybe i'll have to update from my Mini2 to the mini4 before they disappear. http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/05/16/apple-phasing-out-ipad-mini-in-light-of-low-sales-plus-sized-iphones---report

Well, the first thing you shouldn't do after buying a plane is to crash in upon takeoff, which apparently is what happened yesterday up the hill from me. http://www.modbee.com/news/article76809077.html Glad the pilot is ok, but i wonder whether they'd corrected for density altitude. Yesterday...

Thank goodness for college students. What a great idea for when your neighbor's drone is ****ing you off. http://www.engadget.com/2016/01/13/michigan-web-firing-drone/

http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/06/technology/ces-2016-ehang-drone/index.html

From the promo video, i looks like these travel higher and faster than other drones, so i'm hoping they're too expensive for the masses. http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/01/05/parrot-unveils-new-disco-winged-drone-with-50mph-top-speed-ios-connectivity

Tried to practice some touch and goes yesterday, just to feel more comfortable after being away for awhile. I started the rental, my favorite C172P with 180HP, taxied down to the run-up area, and did my pre-flight list. The plane had just been through a 100 hr inspection and i was the first to...

From SF Chronicle. Drones at 700 ft? Scary. The best line, though, is "“If your level of aircraft experience is that you ordered something from Amazon, you ought to stay out of the federal air traffic system.”...

http://www.engadget.com/2015/11/02/google-project-wing-2017/ "Google's David Vos told the audience at an air traffic control covention that his company would want low-altitude space (14,500 feet and below), coincidentally dubbed "Class G," reserved for UAVs to fly over cities. Rather than...

After all, as my instructor used to say, the plane landed. http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/03/nasa-elt-safety-plane-crash/?ncid=rss_truncated

Well, it appears that if you live by the EFB, you can die by the EFB. http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/04/28/american-airlines-flight-grounded-due-to-ipad-crash-possible-network-glitch I wonder if they had just updated to IOS8.3

We ForeFlight folks got this message from FF today saying that IOS 8.3 causes a problem when delivering position information from the above two devices to FF. Strangely, FF shows that my Dual 150 is connected and the Dual app shows it's connected to the satellites. Not sure why this is apple's...

On Wednesday, i took my longest flight since returning to flying after 42 years, flying from Tracy (KTCY) to Palm Springs (KPSP) for a conference. I'd prepared several different routes, depending on the weather and my last minute preferences and i listened to LiveATC for many hours to understand...

In 10 days, i'm hoping, weather permitting, to fly from Tracy (TCY) to Palm Springs (PSP) for a conference. While the entire flight should last around 3:40 and i have sufficient fuel for much longer, i plan to stop for fuel around Bakersfield (L45), which is about two hours south. I plan to...

Having taken 42 years off from flying to have a career, i returned last summer and got my BFR last August. I've taken my wife for a few flights, but yesterday, we took our first overnight trip together. It was a blast. I chose to fly from Tracy (TCY) to Santa Maria (SMX) to see a play by...

With ANR headsets, i'm wondering if the additional quiet actually impairs our abilities while flying and/or landing. As one who only drives stick-shift cars, i don't need to look at the tach to know it's time to shift to a higher or lower gear. I can hear and feel what's going on with my...