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    Must Visit Airports

    Ooo, I want to go to this one! I've added it to my hit list.
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    Yeah, I'm definitely a low wing guy.

    Low Wing planes are sexier. Enough said.
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    High Wing vs. Low Wing, end of discussion...

    Low wing planes are sexy, girls love em!
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    Help with Route Review around busy San Francisco bay area

    I found a complete video of a bay tour. Looks like they went under the Bravo shelf near the Golden Gate bridge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdBXVX2IfUg
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    Help with Route Review around busy San Francisco bay area

    I can pick out some visual points, but I am not familiar with them yet. I would not follow the exact route, just have it in my gps for reference... if I was right of course, for example, I could be close to busting I was trying to avoid. My plan is to come up with a route that I like and am...
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    Help with Route Review around busy San Francisco bay area

    Okay, thank you for the advice. I will make this my plan and be sure the sky is clear.
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    Help with Route Review around busy San Francisco bay area

    While on the topic, someday I'd like to fly a loop around the bay area. Would be a fun flight and a great sightseeing for passengers. Here is my first draft of a route. https://skyvector.com/?ll=37.852302482015716,-122.41584777478295&chart=301&zoom=1&fpl=N0180A040 KRHV FAITH EDDYY VPCRY...
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    Help with Route Review around busy San Francisco bay area

    Great call on getting ATIS by phone before engine start, thank you for that. Okay, yes I just use the approximate route for planning to visualize the flight. So maybe this route would be closer to actual...
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    Help with Route Review around busy San Francisco bay area

    I am a new private pilot, and I am planning to try a first flight to a new area that is busier then I've tried before. The flight will be on a clear, calm day. I will take off from KRHV and land at KSQL. My planned route will be KRHV > TEBIJ > OSI > KSQL My communications plan will be to...
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    Checkride Passed! Whoo hoo!

    I am very happy to say I passed my checkride yesterday. It was quite an experience, and I would like to share it along with some tips for other students. None of these tips are new, in fact I got them from others - but I thought I'd share my experience with them. 1. PTS is your bible, and...
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    Mock Oral Checkride Help by Phone?

    Yes, great videos - I watched the first, and am on the second (McAir) - I'll watch these a few more times before my test. Any good videos for weather to recommend? I think I am a little weak on my weather flight prep.
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    Mock Oral Checkride Help by Phone?

    I was mad at myself for getting less then my mock, but I guess it was my nerves that got to me. It was the first actual test I've taken in about 20 years!
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    Mock Oral Checkride Help by Phone?

    I'll look for some videos on you tube, thank you for that idea! On my mock written I got 90, but only 83 on my actual.
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    Mock Oral Checkride Help by Phone?

    I am very close to my Private checkride. I've done an in-person mock oral with another instructor at my school, and there were some things for me to work on. I learned so much from the mock oral with a different instructor... at times, my normal instructor will finish my answers for me if I...
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    Help with Route Review

    Thank you all for your input. Yes, I will need GPS, Nav and VR. I've gathered that the MOA is usually not a concern, unless Hot - I'll make sure to check the status preflight, and be on flight following. This new route goes through the MOA and nicely follows the highway. I take it up and...
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    Help with Route Review

    My intent to head out east and then back west to the airport was to plan my descent along the highway, which appears to be in a valley. There is a peak at 7457 just south of the airport, and a descent path on a direct flight outside of the MOA would take me close to that peak. I thought to fly...
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    Help with Route Review

    I have not flown over 8000 foot terrain before, this is a flight I was asked by an instructor to plan for a progress check. I do not think we will actually fly it, I'm sure he just wants to see how I would plan it. I assume, the instructor wanted to see if I would plan the route over the high...
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    Help with Route Review

    I have a progress check coming up, my last one! I was asked to plan a flight from KRHV to 2O1. Here is what I came up with, does anyone think this route could be better? Route: KRHV SUNOL SAC SIGNA SIDOY 2O1 @ 9,500 Detail: depart KRHV for cruise at 9,500 to waypoint SUNOL to SAC...
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    Forced Landing - What are your best options?

    Would landing in a farm field generally be a better option then a freeway?
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    Forced Landing - What are your best options?

    "I-5 traffic, Cessna 1234X, turning left base I-5 Southbound, actual engine failure, I-5 traffic."
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