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Was in town this past weekend. Stopped by Sunday for a look and a ride in it. Imagine my sheer joy when they said “right seat is available if you want it”. Um, heck yes! Even though it’s more $, I’m not passing that up. Best part, they said they pilot would likely let me take the controls for a...

So I'll have my PPL finally in a few months and I've looked around for flying clubs in my area. Slim pickings, to say the least. Some of you in more active areas, count your blessings. Anyway, there's one I found last night on AOPA that looks appealing. They have 1 plane, a 1956 Cessna 172...

Sorry if this is elementary or been covered, but I'm a little confused. Background: 48yrs old, student pilot, my 3rd class medical was obtained Oct 21, 2016 (so expires end of this month for me). Under BasicMed, I have to see a physician every 48 months, does the visit in Oct 2016 qualify so...

Had more excitement that I cared for during my lesson yesterday. Climbing out of KABQ heading down to T or C (KTCS) was at about 7600' when my CFI said "BIRDS!". Saw a huge flock of ducks/geese (unsure, kinda busy trying not to hit them at the time) directly off the nose, at my altitude, and...

I travel a bit for business and have been wondering, would it be possible to get in a flight while in another town? I'm still a student, with ~65 hours. If I called a flight school when I'm out of town, would they be willing to let me go up with an instructor and do some flying? Not necessarily...

Went up to KLVS (Las Vegas, NM) then about 30miles SE to see the Scientology Compound/Trementina Base. I saw this place many years ago on Google Earth and have been facinated by it ever since. Today I finally got to see it from the air. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

May be a non-issue, but for those of you who get flu and/or pneumonia shots, is there any sort of waiting period before you can/should fly afterwards? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I know it's easy to bag on the TSA, but I had a great encounter this past week. Flying to DAL Monday for work meetings. That AM I go through my backpack to make sure nothing that isn't supposed to be there is in it. Get to the airport, check in at ticket counter, then to security. Head...

These 4 were coming in as I was taxiing out.

Interestingly, while looking up something else, I stumbled upon the Aviation Act for NM. It's the laws governing aviation in New Mexico. One of the articles states: An airport facility that receives funds under the Aviation Act shall not charge landing fees for aircraft, except for aircraft...

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My lesson Friday had us going to another airport for some pattern work. Headed down to E80 (Belen, NM) and did some touch and go's. Landing on runway 31. When I looked on my Cloudahoy track, the runway isn't there! Double-checked on google maps and it's not there either. Can't find it on any...

Question for students and/or instructors: what's the typical altitude you get down to before recovering while performing the engine out procedure?

Very low-time student pilot (<5 hours). How can I get it through my head that performing stalls is normal and fine, and everything will work out? I haven't done them yet, but my instructor demonstrated a bunch during my lesson yesterday. I know I have to do them and logically I know there's...

Video from my Dad's flight back in October. He was still in training and was out doing some pattern work solo (maybe his 2nd or 3rd solo flight). Remos GX is the plane he was in. Skip to about the 3:30 mark for the second landing for the incident. He's safe, zero injuries. Pretty upset with...

Yesterday was my second official flight lesson. I did my first take off, wasn't pretty or coordinated, but got straightened out fairly quickly. Headed out to the practice area and did some turns and such. Then before we were heading back my instructor pulled the throttle to idle to simulate...

First time ordering from them. Does it always take a while to get the download links for e-books from Jeppesen? I ordered yesterday at 9am, when I got back home in the evening, I still had no links emailed to me. So I emailed support and I guess they don't read those right away either. Is...

Is there a go-to online ground school for PPL training that more people prefer over others? If so, why? Kings Gold Seal ASA Gleim I'd prefer one that I can use either on my desktop, laptop, OR iPad, if that makes a difference. I don't want to download software if possible, but us an online...

Hi everyone, newbie here. Some background: My Dad apparently took flying lessons in the late sixties, a year or so before I was born. He quit when he ran out of $$, but it was always a huge passion of his (unbeknownst to me). Fastfoward to last year, and he had been talking about maybe...