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Long complicated reasoning here that won't add up if I posted it. But, educate me on the experimental aircraft kits available that can be flown buy guys 250 pounds or lighter. That is, are there any where 2 250 pound good old boys can fly without using 10,000' of runway for takeoff.. This would...

Well, my trip into class "B" was the non event everyone talked about. It's leaving class "B" that caught my attention. Question: is there a place where the FAA would like to see comments about drone encounters? Since I know a number of you are in the DFW area, here are the particulars (from...

Came home from work sick today in time to see this.

Not sure if it was due to the front coming through tonight or what, but 122.7, 122.8, 123.0 and 123.05 were lit up today.

yep, my wife leans to the left. But the food I eat appears to help me be a little more healthy- at least compared to family members eating the "traditional" midwestern diet. But I think she has gone TOO FRIGGEN FAR! Wait- let me take a try.... .... dang that might go well with a beer ....

Back in 2013, I finally decided that working 90 or so hours a week was not “living”. Yea, it wasn’t digging a ditch (did that), but it was about time to do something for “me”. Yea, there were personal implications that go beyond this conversation. However, I had a pilots license and the desire...

Looking at Bonanas again - the 35s. Yep, I'm bananas... I should just give this aviation junk up .. but it is more addictive than crack. (Not that I have experience with crack, but the symptoms my prosecutor wife says about her "clients" seem to match this obsession.) Get this: the -35 only had...

The day started out very well. I was cruising along just shy of 140KTS true with the auto pilot flying at 8,500 so I could enjoy the sights - and take a few iPhone pics. That old bird ran smooth from Arkansas to KPNC (Ponca City). I took on some gas and called family in Liberal to let them...

Took the old Bo in for annual and to buy a "W" for the 430 (dumb move, but doing it anyway). Spent about an hour in the air and it was busy. RV flight of 4 turning and burning over by KPBF. They were parking aircraft everywhere over at KHOT - I mean everywhere ...

Where is the best place to learn more about the Piper Malibu?

First interpret and cross check the instruments. Say. What happened to that VSI thinggy.

Well, I've enjoyed a local EAA chapter for nearly a decade now. Not quite your normal chapter evidently. Yes, there a number of exceptionally aged aviators (as one POA member posts). But there is a mix of us 20, 30 and 40 somethings as well. (We won't talk about which group of whipper snappers I...

A flock of jets... A beech premiere, a Falcon, a citation, and a lowly plataus... The two Cessnas doing touch and goes scared me away - one in the pattern for 9 and the other in the pattern for 18! Hope they didn't scare the predatory jets away. We have too many ducks!

Question: what is everyone liking for headsets these days? I started with an early light speed ANR headset and loved it. Then I had a pause in my flying due to the economic meltdown (recession). I used the same headset for a bit to return to the air. But it was starting to fail. Then I...

Man it was chilly pulling the old bonanza out of the hangar today. Had to go take a pee before loading up... Been a while since the density altitude was anywhere near actual. Took no time to get to 65 mph (rotate) and gave up holding Vx as the nose was way high. Vy was well over 1000 fpm...

Ok, I have to admit that part of the reasons I like flying is that I'm not the "go to" guy. (The rest of the week, there is a line into my office anytime something breaks - nice to not have that stress on the weekend.) But I did notice a number of people doing some nice soft field takeoff...

Sad news: https://www.facebook.com/ArkansasStateTourism

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Anyone here make the fly in today? Crazy busy with over 20 airplanes. People of all ages. Almost starting to think this flying thing might gain a little bit of a following...

The cherokee entry technique thread got me thinking again about a new problem I have: My mother-in-law has always been the excellent PAX - and always wants a ride when in town. (Even flew a DA20 I was renting years ago !) However, my mother-in-law is getting older and her problem now is...