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Well I accepted my first adult job out of college today. I'll be flying smoke jumpers and dropping equipment out of a casa 212. I'll be based out of Fairbanks and dispatched around the state to wild fires. So anyone have any advice for a 22 year old from Illinois moving to Alaska? Should have...

Selling a new pre built stratux. Includes the prebuilt stratux, the clear case, a second case, both The power cable and wall adapter as well as the 978mhz tuner. case it is currently in has a fan so no need to switch. Does not include a battery or the 1090mhz tuner. Asking $75.

I've been looking at different regionals lately and I've noticed there seems to be quite a large pay gap between companies. It made me wonder what's more important in the beginning, higher pay or faster upgrade time? Obviously both would be nice but not really seeing that

I've been looking into a 1983 piper Saratoga SP with the io-540. I'm trying to get a rough estimate of the operating costs and wasn't able to find anything. If you have one id be interested to get a ballpark of the monthly costs.

I'm starting my single engine add on to my MEI tomorrow. It's been since august of 2015 since I've done the commercial maneuvers. I've been reading the pts and afh. Hopefully shouldn't take too long to complete but just wondering if anyone has any helpful tips or advice. I know the hard...

When i was going through emergency training for my ppl i was told in an off airport landing to pop the door in case the air frame crumples and you can't get the door open. Are you taught to pop the doors in a cirrus when you pull the chute? Looking at the video from a recent pull it impacts the...

I'm currently a freshman in college. I went through atps pilot mill. Big mistake a know but I finished up through my mei and got screwed. Anyways currently wondering what the best choice for a degree would be. I know a lot of people say stay away from aviation related. As of now I'm looking at...

172 just crashed a few miles north of my home airport (kdpa) . 1 dead was only the pilot on board and the plane is obliterated. Not too much on it yet they think it stalled. Kind of hits a little harder when it's so close to home. Doesn't help that its a perfect day out. Clear skies and almost...

So I just passed my cfi initial last week and in the oral got into a discussion with the dpe about electronics. So I have a question for active cfi's. Do you make your students do their xc flights on paper charts? And do you take away cell phones(initial solo only)/ electronics before you solo...

Hi, So i'll be going to cfi school in about 3 weeks. I'm taking my foi and fia writtens within the next week. Just wondering if any of you have any tips on making the rating a little easier or any instructing tips. Thanks

Hi, So i should be finishing up my cmel & csel by the end of may along with cfi, cfii, mei. I was just curious whether or not its beneficial to spend the money on getting a type rating and if so which type rating is most sought after?

I passed my instrument checkride yesterday. Was a 3 and a half hour long ago and 1.8 in my logbook. Started the oral at around 12pm we went over the pave model no issues. We went through the maintenance logs and she asked how to perform a vor check and the differences you can have with the...

I'm scheduled to take my instrument check-ride this upcoming Friday. I have my ground pretty solid. I'm able to do everything within pts standards. I seem to have a big issue with multitasking in a short amount of time. If i am flying from one airport to another 9 miles away i have a very...

Hi, So I live in the surface shelf of the O'hare bravo so today while the president was in town I had V22's flying over my head. My question is how exactly do they work? Wikipedia says they are tilt-rotar aircraft. So with that being said do you need a fixed wing, rotary wing or special rating...

I live in the ohare bravo. Who else has to deal with a bravo when they fly?

So my flight school was getting rid of one of their simulators. They were going to throw it in the dumpster because that's what they were told to do so i packed it up in my truck and now have a new (used) simulator. I got everything in the picture except the tv. It also has the throttle quadrant...

So today and tonight I made a flight kdpa to keye back to kdpa under the hood for ifr training. About half way back the alternator light in the Seminole turns on. Alright so my instructor takes controls and I run through the check list. Good news! My alternator is back. Now we're back at kdpa. I...

I have to take my instrument written on thursday or friday. Just wondering what's the best way/ software to use to study for it. Thanks

I passed my ppl multi engine add on check ride today. Had my oral yesterday but was discontinued due to weather and darkness. Overall the oral took 40 minutes and the flight was 1.8hrs. I aced all the maneuvers then went back to dpa. First few landings went great. I take off and she fails my...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone knew of a place to rent 172 in the area of phl. Im out visiting family for a few days and would like to take up. Thanks