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So for all the AOA jokes through the years, it was finally the AOA that delayed my delivery. I guess karma wanted to play a little joke on me. Oh well, she flew last Thursday so the delivery should be able to move forward and SOE flights can begin the first of next week. Damn those AOAs

Plane down from KREG just outside of my neighborhood. Pilot safe. Traffic sucks https://www.nola.com/traffic/2019/04/small-plane-crash-lands-on-i-10-in-baton-rouge-area.html

A can of Mobil Jet 2 is a quart. I will only be adding ounces at a time. As I head out on my SOE trip, I will need to bring some with me. Apparently the stuff eats through plastic. What types of containers do you have experience with in storing Mobile Jet 2 to bring with you while traveling...

Has anyone figured out how to take an .ACE or .GCL file and save them as a .GPLT file? I am able to get the .ACE and or .GCL files from the card in the MFD and edit them with Garmin CheckSet and Aviation Checklist Editor but I am not able to convert these into a .GPLT file type that Garmin Pilot...

Well, Mulligan loves his SR22 but often finds he has to choose which kid to leave behind for the quick getaways. So now it’s time to make the big decision and look into other options. I like the thought of an SF50. Pros are would handle most of my missions, allow me to keep flying with Basic...

Have to travel to Houston for work and figured better to fly the drive from Baton Rouge. Is it best to fly into Hobby or is there a better alternative that may be close and not so busy?

I have been doing a lot of night flying lately and for some reason the C airports I have been flying to have been having me do an RNAV or ILS approach when it is VFR conditions. If approach tells you to expect RNAV and gives you vectors and you fly it in VFR conditions, do you log it as an...

An amazing weekend of flying. Another 11.2 hours in the books, 5.5 of actual IMC with 4 of the approaches close to minimums. Oh, and Auburn beat Georgia.

I am sure there are many like this but it amazes me how Friday afternoons on game weekends, the flight school puts 11 planes into the patten at rush hour for game arrival traffic. You have 100 planes coming in at a non towered field and then 11 planes into the pattern for training. It is a...

Hopefully sixpapacharlie documents the events

MSCARD88 says he will see you all in 30 days. Frankly, took longer than I thought, even though he was trying to be a good boy. You can take the boy out of Alabama, but you can't take the Alabama out of the boy.

I have been flying out of KBHM for 2 years now and have never been given a departure procedure. The other day I got the shortest clearance I have ever gotten. It kind of caught me off guard but I actually liked how short and simple it was. The clearance was basically verbatim -> Cleared to KBTR...

Do jets sump their fuel tanks? If you navigation maps expired Fed 2nd in your G1000 and you are turning in your plane on trade and have to fly it to the delivery point, is it legal if you maintain VFR?

Long ago I was asked to stop posting about AOA. So like a child, I doubled down and decided to make it my mission to introduce AOA into every thread I can. I do however not discuss AOA in threads where loss of life is reported. I know the horse is beaten and just wants to let everyone know...

So I am planning some flights and looking to see what I'm likely to be assigned. The route suggestions for the legs I'm planning are mostly for multi engine aircraft at much higher altitudes. Is there a database of routes flown by type that I could query? Basically want to see if any SR22...

I have not flown since 12/7/2016. Since I'm trading my plane in on 2/15/2017, they limited my tach time on the trade and I didn't want to bust it. But today was just too nice of a day not to fly. So off I went. RNAV 3 into KPLR with full published missed, back to the RNAV 3 with a full stop...

NASCAR sells space on their cars. So I was thinking who wants to buy space on my new plane? The only space for sale is on the chute. Just imagine the free press you would get if I ever had to pull the chute. This landing brought to you by...... All the major networks would cover it so it is...

So, yesterday on my commercial flight from ATL to BHM, we ride "around" the storm to come through the back side of it which will add 20-30 minutes to the 20-30 minute flight. No big deal. So as I learn about an entire new level of turbulence I see lightning in the area. Think to myself, wow...

Are there and owners from Louisiana here that can shed some light on Sales and Use Tax in Louisiana? I just got this figured out in Alabama and now I am relocating to Louisiana and will need to start budgeting it looks like for a much higher tax consequence. The new bird will be picked up in...