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My wife and I are flying into KSUS Friday morning and of course the first thing she tells me tonight is that she wants to fly by the arch and take a picture from the air. o_O From an airspace standpoint it seems pretty simple to just stay under the 80/30 bravo shelf and fly a lap around St...

I am always watching the skies now that I'm learning to fly and seem to find interesting questions as a result. I was walking my dog this morning and saw a Cessna flying overhead at ~1500' or so AGL (just a guess). Then I heard a helicopter coming from a different direction and they both...

I'm 9 hours into my PPL training and we're really focusing on landings now. Last week we just did touch and goes for the whole session and did a half dozen or so the week before. Being in Nebraska it seems as though I've got a 10-15kt crosswind component every single time I fly. Obviously this...

I've been reading up quiet a bit on using the radio and various techniques to stay ahead of ATC, such as using Com2 for ground, clearance, ATIS and Com1 for Tower, Approach, etc. Basically Com 1 for the people you need to talk to and Com 2 for the non flight impacting stuff. Then I got to...

I'm a brand new student (4.7 hours) and just picked up my new LEMO Lightspeed Zulu PFX on Friday before my training flight. I read through the manual before I got there because I knew I was getting it, but when I jumped in the plane and plugged it in the ears instantly came alive. I clicked on...

I apologize in advance for a dumb newbie question, but my wife asked me this morning and I wasn't 100% sure of the answer. I'm only a week after my discovery flight, so I haven't officially started my PPL lessons yet. This morning was very foggy and overcast in Omaha and looking at the...

I'll be starting my PPL training this summer, but I want to do as much as I can over the next few months to get ahead of the curve. I have my flight sim set up already and have been bouncing around various tutorial sites and youtube videos, but it's kind of all over the place. I've learned a...

Hi guys and gals, I just joined today because after a lifelong desire to get a PPL my wife is cautiously agreeing to let me get it next year. She does have the normal "reservations" about safety and I have been doing my best to alleviate her concerns. I have scheduled an orientation lesson...