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Gonna have a write up of my second flight soon, but in the mean time I have a question. When we turned into the sun I pretty much couldn't see straight ahead due to the scuffs and scratches in the sunscreen. Neither the flip down shade nor my sunglasses helped. It made me very nervous. Is this...

Not adding flaps for passenger comfort, but doing it specifically during a turn for passenger comfort, to mask the change in attitude as they are already preoccupied with the angle of the turn. Sounded pretty strange to me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Something that I found puzzling.. (and I know this is debated here).. but I was told that it's fine to apply flaps during a turn for "passenger comfort". I asked if it was ok to do this, and he explained that his instructor back in the day (70s) suggested it for passenger comfort reasons...

I agree entirely. I can understand the temptation now to make bad decisions. I actually didn't touch the throttle at all. He set it before handing over control and then didn't touch it until he took over again on final. I kept sinking below the horizon while turning. I was too focused on...

January 18th, 2014 Ground school KOFP 2 hours ground instruction Really hoped to go up today but winds were 16G22KT and apparently it was really bumpy up at the pattern altitude so my instructor opted for some ground lessons only. We did an overview of the FARs and AIM, some ways to study, a...

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January 17th, 2014 First Flight KOFP C172 N9925V 0.5 hours dual Today was the day. I arrived at KOFP around 3:30 and met with the instructor to talk about why I was there and what I wanted to accomplish. We talked for a while and then he suggested we go fly a plane. I enthusiastically...

Check out the course history: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N115WF/history/20140105/1615Z/KTUS/KASE Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I've been talking to a few schools and independents in my area and the consensus I'm getting is $9-10k to PPL. The interesting part about that is how wildly different the hours estimates are. The independent is $50 an hour for instruction and $89 for a 182, while the school is $124 for a...

What would lead to his not trusting the instruments? Is it that disorienting that without enough practice you are unable to maintain straight and level/a slow turn using only instruments? I guess I need to experience IMC with a view out the front for myself (not today, even though it'd be...

When you say Great Lakes do you mean all of them or..... :) I live in Richmond, VA right now but am moving back to Cleveland next year, so I'm probably going to end up doing most of my training out of 15G, but starting at FCI down here. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks, guys! I haven't started training yet (Still trying to find the right school) for my PPL but I'm glad I listened to this. If anything I want to understand what he did wrong to end up in that situation so I can avoid making the same mistakes myself.

I'm guessing there was some poor flight planning prior to this? That first panicked call seemed to occur after he had already entered IMC. Is it common to encounter unavoidable IMC even with proper planning?