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I just read that the FAA is adding another layer of complexity for student pilots. Apparently student pilot certificates will now have to come from the FAA after TSA background checks have been performed... as opposed to the traditional paper certificate issued by a DME. The article states this...

Can any of you share any thoughts on some intensified PPL finish-up courses? I have 33 hrs logged and can't seem to be able to get any local CFI's to show up to the airport to fly on a consistent basis. I plan to take a couple weeks vacation time to go through an intensified finish-up course...

Looking into different EFB's... Foreflight seems to be the leader in terms of subscribers. FF has several attractive features. However, I'm not so sure I want to support their business model. Synthetic Vision wasn't exactly groundbreaking when they released it. Yet, they were compelled to...

Anyone here know of a good CFI flying out of KTRI?

Pilots like to use checklists and Engineers like to come up with them. In the spirit of doing just that, I decided to create one that takes into account my observations to date of what a successful process might look like. Hopefully it can be of use to others. Look the checklist over and let...

I've been scouring Trade-A-Plane and Barnstormers looking for a good plane to finish my PPL in for the last few months. Most of what I have seen on those sites have sat on the market for an extended amount of time with high-time engines and extremely poor avionics. What am I missing? I can't...