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We flew to Sturgis, Kentucky to watch the eclipse and decided to check out the nearby bar and grill. Google said it was nearly a mile but there was a back road straight there from the airport so it was much closer to a half mile. The airport staff was super friendly but so busy with handling...

We used to be based at KVNW, but we could get a much better hangar at KOWX for nearly the same price so we had to move. Randy told us about your trips. Have any more planned?

Thanks for all the advice and fuel stop ideas. I'll check them out while planning. We will definitely be flexible. My wife and I are both pilots so we keep each other in check.

Thanks for the tip! My wife will love hearing this

Where I am in Ohio it is flat. So I wasn't sure if Pennsylvania being more hilly would make fog more likely. It seems like every time I plan a trip to Kentucky we have to end up waiting for the fog to lift so I was wondering if Pennsylvania would be similar. We'll definitely be watching weather...

We are planning a trip this summer from KOWX to KMTP to KIAG and back to KOWX. We are thinking of taking off early and trying to get to Montauk around lunch time. I'm not familiar with Pennsylvania though. Should we expect fog in the morning during the summer in Pennsylvania? Should we plan...

Send her to Gift in Texas. After a week with them she will be irrevocably hooked. My wife is nearly ready for the check ride after visiting them last year. For me I'm getting more left seat time then I was because she insisted we buy a plane. Now she's talking about his and her planes...

I didn't read it that way. The way I read it was that he hired go getters that knew they didn't know everything and were still wanting to learn. If you wait to hire graduates they "know it all" even though they have no practical experience and can't apply what they learned. I've noticed the...

Before I became a pilot I did some skydiving. The first plane I jumped out of was later involved in a fatal when the jump pilot tried to take a load up on fumes. I lost a friend in that one. The plane I learned to fly in was later destroyed by a tornado. Luckily no one was hurt. Now every...

Exactly why I quit following it.

I am not arguing against this nor do I believe it is untrue. This is the kind of stuff that at times has made me question my beliefs. However for some reason God chose multiple times to let me know my prayers would be answered before they were. Hearing God in this way makes it very easy to have...

One thing you have to understand if you truly want to understand prayer is that those of us who believe, believe God is our father. That makes us children. So to understand prayer, you only need to understand how children interact with parents. Some people thank their parents for doing what was...

I think you missed my point. She is getting burnt out training. There is a lot of effort just trying to coordinate schedules with an instructor with bad weather and a busy schedule. With SPL she would be a pilot. She could fly for fun and go for the PPL after getting recharged. If she puts the...

For many people the time commitment is a huge barrier to getting the PPL. Right now my wife is working towards hers. Between work, kids activities, and the wonderful Ohio weather she is lucky to get a flight or two a week. If we didn't have a 172 the SPL would make complete sense. It doesn't...

I almost didn't get my PPL because I was trying to fit it in during the summer between spring and fall semesters of college. Working full-time and bad weather made me call it quits. If it wasn't for my instructor not accepting that I wouldn't be a pilot. Not everyone has an instructor so...

Our airplane and our kids that haven't yet realized they are supposed to be lazy and only concerned with electronics.

Thanks for the list. I know there are a lot of them but I'm hoping someone might know which ones are more active. Around here there are quite a few airports but you'd be lucky to see a single airplane at some of them.

The family is driving to Florida in a few weeks to do a bunch of the amusement parks around Orlando. We want to plan a couple down days where we take it easy and find a few more relaxing things to do. I searched for seaplane bases and not surprisingly there are a lot of them. What are the more...

My fear with ADSB is that it will create a false sense of security. If my understanding is correct there will be a lot of airspace where it isn't required and a lot of planes that aren't equipped. So just because they aren't on the screen doesn't mean they aren't there. With that being the case...

I guess I am in the camp of just landing it and taking my sweet time clearing the runway. He said he saw the traffic so more than likely not going anywhere. 4,000 is a lot of room to land. I would be more afraid of the engine going silent while attempting the go around and then hitting him at a...