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Beautiful shot. I fly the 400 (and -8). Such great planes!

Yeah, the Eagle definitely gets all my attention on landing. Even takeoffs require concentration. Usually about the time the takeoff gets out of control you just pull be back and be done with it. Then you realize you have to land it again. Not being able to see ahead of you is a really strange...

While I know a lot of people don't like and even fear snakes, it's hard not to see the beauty in this guy. As found video. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nAYNz1RsEio

The original snake pictured is an Eastern Hognose. The melanistic or black phase. Totally harmless. The snake pictured a little later in the thread is a black ratsnake. I'm sorta into snakes. I have a few snake videos as well as some Christen Eagle flying videos on my YouTube channel. One of...

I saw something once at night out over the Pacific on the way to Honolulu. Thought it was another aircraft coming at us, which is strange as the "tracks" to Honolulu are one way tracks. At least they were at the time. Anyways, I asked ATC about possible traffic at 12 O'clock. They said there...

Thanks Ron, looks like it's back to the 172. Guessing as I'm with a foreign airline they may not allow it anyway.

Didn't know that. Problem is, I work for a Japanese Airline (NCA - Nippon Cargo Airlines). All my licenses and such are Japanese and I operate on those, even though I'm based in LAX. I do have a USA ATP with 747 type, but I don't think that will help. So not 121, but the foreign equivalent...

Thanks again for the responses. Looks like I'll just rent a Cessna. I'm actually an instructor for my airline, so I'm not unfamiliar with instructing. I'm really fighting the whole refresher course thing because it almost sounds like traffic school.

Looking for a local (southern CA) mechanic to do a conditional inspection on a Christen Eagle. Know a guy???

Thanks Ron. No endorsement. No written. No complex airplane. Just go fly. What could go wrong. I wonder if doing it in an experimental airplane would be OK. Christen Eagle has no flaps. Short field, soft field, normal takeoff and landings are all the same. No stall warning device...

So true! The Eagle is a handful on the rudder though. Any power/AS change and the balls all over the place. Not sure even how to describe landings.

Yeah, I'll see if they let me borrow it!

I see that's an FAA document. Thanks. I guess I need a CFI endorsement to take the check.

Don't have access to that book. Maybe it's online, I'll look. I have CFI / MEI. Adding CFII seems like too much work. I really just want to call an examiner and go fly. But I'm not sure if I can do it in my Eagle as it's not complex (need 1 more HP) and also because it's experimental. That said...

Thanks.

Not sure if I can do a renewal. I believe that's if your current CFI hasn't expired. I could be wrong about that though.

Thanks for the welcomes and responses. Yeah, looks like no written. I'm fine with the oral and practical. I'm just curious if it has to be in a complex airplane like the initial ride years ago. And whether I actually need an endorsement to take the ride or if I can just schedule it myself.

Are you still looking for some acro flying? I'm not a current CFI (working on that now). I own a Christen Eagle based in LGB. If you want to split the cost, we can take it for a few rolls and loops. I don't do any of the crazier stuff (at least not yet!).

Thanks for the info. Yeah, tried a photobucket URL. Not sure if this question is even in the right section. Thanks for the welcome. No spammer here.