Search results

  1. sel2006

    POS NOTAMs and where can I find this?

    Looks like pretty much over Fort Irwin out in the desert. About 4 miles NE of the airport.
  2. sel2006

    CFI - FAA Medical or BasicMed

    I guess I'm confused. It seem to me that if you're acting as CFII, that would seem to obviate the safety pilot argument and and you would be back at the med requirements for CFIs. Maybe that's what you're already saying.
  3. sel2006

    CFI - FAA Medical or BasicMed

    Greetings, For those folks instructing because they want to and not because they're building hours to move on to greener pastures, what level of medical do you carry? According to the regs, unless you're acting as pilot in command you really don't have to carry anything but I would imagine...
  4. sel2006

    Another CFI Thread

    I have now passed my commercial. Woohoo It took two tries as on my first ride I forgot to put down the landing gear on the emergency off field landing. My fault. The re-try was straight forward and painless and I really liked my examiner. If anyone would like a good examiner in the Dallas...
  5. sel2006

    What was your favorite part of you flight training for your Private Pilots License?

    Looking across the airplane on my first Solo and seeing an empty seat and knowing the only person who can get this thing back on the ground is me.
  6. sel2006

    Airplane down at Addison (KADS)

    A large twin, I think a King Air, went down this morning at Addison. 10 souls, no survivors. A friend saw it happen on take-off and it appears that on departure it might have lost the left engine. Just after rotation, it banked steeply left and then impacted a large hanger at a downward...
  7. sel2006

    Another CFI Thread

    Since I was already in test taking mode, I have gone ahead and completed the FIA and FOI. As planned, I have set up time with an instructor to get tuned up for the commercial practical which I hope to complete before July. A question for the group would be should I go ahead and take the...
  8. sel2006

    Another CFI Thread

    This may seem a stupid question but I have never heard anyone speaking of or using the FAA Industry Training Standards (FITS) as the basis for their lesson plans? https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/training/fits/ Does anyone use these or are they just too hard to use for CFI training? I'm...
  9. sel2006

    Another CFI Thread

    Thanks for the replies, particularly you guys my age. This really helps my motivation. First, I do have my instrument, complex and high performance and I have about 575 hours at this point. I have started reading the Instructor's Handbook in particular to get a feel for the material. I have...
  10. sel2006

    Another CFI Thread

    Greetings, As others have posted, I am a 58 yr old private pilot looking to get my CFI so that when I retire (and even before), I can flight instruct. Imagine getting to go the airport for a living. I have spent my life in mechanical engineering and over the last 10 years or so, the best part...
  11. sel2006

    Navigating through DFW Class Bravo on a very short flight

    I would just tell GP ground that you want flight following to Addison at 3,500 or just that you want flight following. They will probably route you over the top of Love Field and the direct to Addison. I have gone the other way plenty of times and have never been turned down. Have fun, you...
  12. sel2006

    Holy Lurkers!

    Hello, I guess I'm a lurker as well. I've been flying since 2006 and I fly out of Addison (KADS) in the Dallas area renting from the RFC Flying Club. I really enjoy the challenge of flying in the DFW airspace. Sharing the airspace with all of the Southwest traffic out of Love Field and...
Back
Top