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Story below, saw somewhere else that it was citabria. A Miami man was arrested Thursday after allegedly stealing a plane in Palo Alto and flying it to a sandy beach in Half Moon Bay. The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office said Luiz Gustavo Aires, 50, stole a plane from a Palo Alto airport and...

Happy Groundhog day! Since I grew up in and went to college in Western PA, this is the greatest holiday of the year despite the fact that the annual all night celebrations in college took years off my life. But apparently I have been missing something, in 2009, Feb 2nd became National Tater Tot...

Hi all, It looks like i will have some free time later on wednesday through Thursday of this week while in Florida due to everything closing for a few days. Any CFI's available to assist with helping me perfect my crosswind landings? Look for my follow up in the Aviation Mishap forum. hehehe

So work has been busy lately and I haven't been flying in about a month. Yesterday I found myself with some free time and the RG was available so let's go poke some holes in the sky and knock out some landings. I took off from RHV (San Jose) and went to E16 (San Martin). On my way out of RHV i...

Back in training for my private cert, I remember being told that if lost sometimes you can read the city names off water towers. Might want to be careful what you read on buildings when flying "down under"...

for flying. I’m hoping I’m not alone in this, I often have plans for a flight here or there and end up cancelling or rescheduling the flight due to random life constraints. Yesterday afternoon I had enough to do at work that I could have stayed till forever but, I decided to go flying! So I...

So I'm a renter at an outfit that has several 172s and a couple 172RGs that I am checked out in. Most have some model of a garmin gps but, all vary. For the most part, I have been sticking with just two of the planes as I am familiar with the avionics. Just curious, do others in this boat take...

Summer is here and I am brushing up on density altitude. I'm guessing this is an easy question that I'll feel stupid for asking for all of 15 seconds. When planning for a flight, where do you get the altimeter setting for the destination airport other than AWOS/ATIS? Or do you just call the...

Hi all, so I haven’t flown a rental in a couple weeks, mainly due to schedule. The rentals are available now but, I can’t seem to come to a conclusion for myself as to whether jumping in a rental is an issue or not. If it weren’t for the financial impact this must be causing the school/club...

So do I have this correct? If a towered airport lies within a stadium TFR and I want to takeoff to go to dinner outside the TFR and then return all while the TFR is in effect (not sure that the TFR will be in effect for the return flight but maybe), I just need to talk to tower prior to entering...

So normally my friends that I take flying can't stop quoting the movie Airplane, i.e. "What's your vector Victor", "Roger Roger", etc and some Top Gun quotes. But last week was a first. I will normally have a passenger read the checklist to me for the different phases of flight. They normally...

Hi all, looking at making a weekend trip to Santa Barbara in the fall from San Jose with my better half. Any first hand information on GA into SBA? Curious about parking, coastal fog that time of year (October-ish), any other first hand tidbits? Thanks

yesterday was nice day for flying in California so I thought I would go for a short XC just for fun. Did the normal flight planning and had a paper sectional with me. Since the rental has GPS, I use it. On way back from Oakdale (Central Valley), I tried to plug in the waypoints and it just kept...

Simple question, any differences of note when flying a fixed pitch (i.e. C172) in the mountains vs a complex (i.e. 172rg)? Did mountain flying, including checkout/training in 172 and have since picked up complex endorsement. I'm thinking nothing noteworthy but, am I missing something that a...

So I was taking about 200nm roundtrip flight out to an airport that I had been a few times to get some beer (for after the return flight) at a micro brewery because, well because I can. The plane I rent is equipped with GPS so I use it but, I always do flight planning with the chart and weather...

So I am a renter that enjoys flying at night. Unfortunately, the panel lights are not always functioning. To date, I have refused to take off without panel lights that worked for the 6 pack, sometimes this has meant turning a post light. I always have a couple flashlights, one with a clip thingy...

looking at flying to an airport I have visited before, Napa. They have a published clearance delivery frequency. I haven't visited a class d with a cd frequency before, how common is it? Is it in use all the time? Thanks.

So I have had my ticket for about a year. When flying with my wife, she can spot traffic much better than I can. While getting my complex endorsement a couple weeks ago, atc called out some traffic that we (cfi and I) should have been able to see. My cfi made a similar comment, his wife spots...