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Where does everyone like to go for food while at Oshkosh? For me, Friar Tuck's is a must do, but really only because it is so convenient to the North 40. It's at the northwest corner of the airport, a short walk from the North 40 shuttle bus.

This will be my first year flying to Oshkosh, and I will be coming from the Seattle area in a 172M....slow and scenic! I am trying to think through some of the logistics and would appreciate advice and recommendations from those of you who have done this before. First of all, the route...

I have had my PPL for just under a year now, and due to where I live and fly, I have never had the occasion, either in flight training or as PIC, to operate in class C airspace. I operate out of a class D airport and have transitioned B many times, but only on an established VFR transition...

So I was playing around on SkyVector today (love that website!) trying to decide where to fly this weekend. I was thinking about circling Mt. Rainier, but SkyVector was showing a newly activated TFR for "rescue operations" covering the entire east side of the mountain. It's not unusual up...

Anybody going to the Arlington fly-in this year? That's Arlington, WA...not TX or VA or IL or wherever else there is an Arlington. In case you've never been, it's a nice little fly-in and airshow with a little bit of everything - ultra-lights to warbirds. It sort of reminds me of a...

How many hours did it take you to solo, and how many to license? Give us the year you earned it as well, because I suspect the hours to earn a PPL have gone up over the years. For me, 14 hours to solo and 46 total (not including the checkride). Training took 11 months and I earned it...