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Thinking about flying to Sylva/Jackson Co. Airport sometime, order a Enterprise rent a car, then check out the Cherokee casino. Anyone flown to 24A? Airnav says it's unattended so I guess tiedown is free. They have 24 hr ss gas, that's good.

I'm a low time pilot but I feel like I should know the answer. Saturday was a nice day to fly and there were lots of planes taxiing, taking off, landing, and in the pattern. Everyone is announcing their intentions and everything seemed smooth. I turn final and the jump plane announces he's...

I have a Narco transponder which tells atc that I'm about 1800' higher than I actually am. On 4 occasions I have been verified higher by 2 different atc's. Two times I was at 4500' and they were showing 5800'. I pulled the transponder and the encoder and sent them to Ellison in Texas (one of the...

I'm training in a c172 and am in the process of buying a Cherokee 180. When turning in the pattern, usually to final, sometimes the wind is such that I want/need to turn steeper. When around 75 kts how close are you getting to a stall condition at 30 degrees, at 45 degrees, at 60 degrees? Am...

I SOLO'D TODAY !!!! I got my medical this morning and when I got to the truck I text my cfi to let him know. I wasn't expecting to fly today but he text me back a little while later and said he and the plane were available. I said lets do it. 3 laps with 3 good landings and then I pulled over...

Guess who can finally land an airplane? Last two lessons I left very discouraged and even contemplated giving up on the drive home from the airport. The last lesson was 1.4 hours of touch and goes without a single "good" landing. I had been flying with my weak reading glasses on because I...

I'm 50yo and getting a late start with this flying stuff. I'm in NC and plan to be a fair weather, fly for fun, pilot. If I'm flying vfr and lose outside sight I would just hold alt and heading while checking xm weather to see if I need to change course. I'm new so tell me what I'm missing here...

pull cylinders, hone, re-ring, and do valve jobs? Do some replace pistons, rings, and cylinders with new? Sometimes you see toh's at a few hundred hours and sometimes you see a 3500 hr engine still going strong with great compression numbers. I'm just wondering if the fairies got to the high...

I understand engines well. I've built 2 350 Chevy's over the yrs. A poorly built one will easily rev over 5000 and a balanced one can spin over 8000. What is designed differently to make Lycombings or Continentals redline under 3000 rpm's? Why do 360cu.in. normally aspirated aircraft...

Hypothetical scenario: Getting the ppl cert. where I'm going typically runs $7000. Buying a decent Piper Cherokee costs $25000. So getting the license 1st then buying a $25k plane is $32000. What would the cost be to take about 3-5 lessons in the schools 172 then complete my training in...

I think I'm a yr away, and probably 2, from buying a plane. I like to window shop. I've been all over Barnstormers and Trade A Plane. Right now I'm thinking experimental so I can do my own upgrades and repairs. What are some other places to look for used planes? Somewhere with lots of...

My discovery flight is in 4 hrs. I set it up yesterday morning and later in the day I was working out that way so I stopped by since they also do aircraft maintenance/repairs. I've got it bad and am trying to do as much research and pre-learning as possible to see if it's even possible for...

I'm not a pilot yet but recently got the bug (bad). My father was a private pilot but hasn't flown since 1976. My maternal grandfather was a world class aerobatic pilot, builder, racer, aero mechanic, and I won't say world class designer because I don't know for sure. I do know he took self...