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Several years ago I was driving (not flying) to the New Jersey shore for our annual family vacation. All of the house rentals start and end on Saturdays, and when you combine that with people heading to the shore for the weekend, Saturday is a major traffic headache. I have never done well in...

Approach in low IMC, ugh.

I see a lot of adds over on Airline Pilot Central for time sharing in various areas of the country. I am assuming this involves taking turns flying with a view limiting devise and splitting PIC and SIC time. Is this correct? Are there other ways being utilized?

Does Time in Type for Insurance purposes include all variations of a particular model of aircraft? For example would flying in an Aztec D count toward time in type for getting insurance in an Aztec F?

I went up Saturday morning in marginal VFR on an IFR plan hoping to log a couple approaches at the local Class D and then back at the home airport. Both times I was out of the clouds prior to the FAF. There were some stray clouds I passed on the final decent but didn't fly through any, so...

I will be vacationing with the family in Naples for 2 weeks in early July. Wife and I would like to visit Key West, 6 hour drive, 1 hour flight, so I am looking for information on where I can rent an aircraft in the Naples area and also any information on Key West. Looks like Marathon would be...

I am about to start multi engine training in a Piper Aztec F. For anyone familiar with the aircraft, I'm looking for some pireps on flying it. Currently, my instructor has me reviewing the POH with a particular emphasis on emergency procedures. Hope to start flying in a week or two.

Just took the FIA today and ran across a question that wasn't covered in my study material. It essentially asked whether a MEI with only a CFI certificate can endorse his student to get the instrument add on with the ME rating? I looked up the regulations and the most relevant section I came up...

Family of 5 from New York and 5 other Americans killed plus crew. Very, very sad :-( http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/01/01/costa-rica-plane-crash-victims-include-new-york-family-reports-say.html Several photos of plane crash site here including one that probably shouldn't be public if I am...

Do the regionals and/or majors have part time pilots that fly only as needed to fill gaps in the schedules due to sickness, vacations, ect.?

Commercial/Instrument rated, now considering getting my CFI rating. I have a law practice so it would be as a part time instructor. Looking for some general comments from the CFIs out there about the positives and negatives of the job.

Just took the IFR written on Friday. Since they recently changed the testing format, figured I'd give some observations while it was fresh in my mind. First off, as has been widely publicized, the vast majority of the questions are new and not published in the study databases so you can't just...

4 dead :(. Pilot declared an emergency; reported smoke onboard. http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/30/us/california-medical-plane-crash/index.html

First time I have seen a plane use thrust reverse to taxi from the ramp to the runway. The Buffalo sure has some impressive STOL performance.

Homemade plane with no flight experience; going to fly to his wedding. I respect this guys persistence but this could turn out badly. http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/22/africa/asmelash-zeferu-plane-ethiopia/index.html

I've had it in my mind that a 201J was the plane for me. Despite having 4 kids, a six seater just didn't make sense for the rare occasion when the whole family would fly. I liked the speed (important to me), fuel burn and acquisition cost, wasn't thrilled about the cabin space/layout or load...

Video of a 787 rehearsing for the 2015 Paris Air Show. The wings on this aircraft are really awesome; almost like that of an Eagle or Hawk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYbM-3E11Qo&feature=youtu.be

Have the opportunity to fly a Mooney M20E tomorrow morning. Really nice plane with 201 cowling and windshield mods. Usually fly an Arrow and based on my conversations with the owner, sounds like I can expect a 20kt cruise increase (155kts v. 135kts) What other major differences should I expect...

I noticed Livingston Aviation (Waterloo, IA) offers accelerated Commercial/CFI training simultaneously at what I consider a reasonable price ($5,250). Seems like an efficient way to get both certificates; has anyone done this? Has anyone trained at Livingston?

The Air Show and Falls sounds like a great combination for a family trip however my one concern is that the crowds will be Disney like, especially considering the air show is free admission. Anybody been to this event? Does it sell out, can you move, good hotels? Any feedback would be greatly...