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Just came across this. I wonder if the fuel problem they mention was of the "we don't have any" variety. More importantly, why would you land gear up in that situation? It looks like they were properly aligned with the furrows and everything.

Today I did my first cross country solo. It was to a class D airport that I've been to before with my instructor. Flight following handed me off to the tower a little later than I expected, but that was ok. I checked in with the controller and he asked my position (approaching from the north...

Gyros get the xkcd treatment :)

I'm using the Cessna Pilot Center ground material. One of the questions is: I picked 3, and they say I'm wrong. They say it's 2. Their explanation is: Who is right? Obviously the goal of adjusting the mixture for altitude is to maintain the correct ratio of fuel mass to air mass ('mass'...

I'm thinking about alternatives to renting once I get my PPL, and I started reading some info on the website of a local club. It mostly makes sense to me, but there's one thing I don't get: it says that each member owns an equal share in the club's assets, but that a share is "generally acquired...

I've just started my cross country training and I'm using an 8" Android tablet with Garmin Pilot. I've just had it resting on my lap for the last few flights, but I think I'd prefer to have it mounted on the yoke. I was thinking of buying this but I wanted to see if anyone here has any...

Just got back from my first solo flight. The tl;dr version is that it was pretty uneventful - but I wanted to post something anyway :) It's been about a year since I started training, and I have over 20 hours logged before my solo. I've had a long list of things getting in the way. At first, it...

Today I had something odd with the rudder in the 172 I'm training in. The wind was blowing from the south, around 10 kts. We were taxiing east, and I kept drifting off the line to the right (into the wind). It took pretty much full left rudder to get back and stay on the line. I told my...

At what speed to you fly the downwind leg in a 172? I just had a solo evaluation flight. I'm on instructor #3 (no drama, they just keep leaving :) ). He was horrified at me flying the downwind leg of the pattern at 100 kias. I was sure that instructor #2 recommended this. I remembered him...

I have a free subscription to Garmin Pilot for a year and I'm shopping for an Android tablet to use it with. I'm probably going to go for a Galaxy Tab S2. Does anyone know, how useful is a 3G/LTE connection for this application? I haven't really started my cross country training yet so I'm still...

I discovered at my recent medical exam that I have to wear glasses while flying. It caught me by surprise because I don't normally wear them for anything. But luckily I went to see an optometrist last year and got glasses to help me with target shooting, so that saved me some hassle in the exam...

I am about 6 hours into my PPL training. I've been doing just 1 lesson a week, which has been a frustratingly slow pace, but I realized a few weeks ago that I could not get a medical certificate without help, because of some fainting incidents I've had in the past. Fast forward to now, all my...

I just did my 5th flying lesson today, and I've been having a little trouble keeping my altitude under control. Something that hasn't quite sunk in for me yet is exactly when (and why) you need to make pitch changes with the yoke when you reach the altitude you want, instead of just setting the...

I was pretty surprised when I saw this, as he claims you can own and operate a plane for a lot less than I assumed. He has another video where he does a similar breakdown for an Aeronca Champ and he comes up with an even lower cost. Tldr version: he reckons you can get the total cost down to...

Not sure if this is the best sub forum for this...but I'd like to record my flying lessons with a camera, so that I can review things later, and hopefully spot things that I didn't notice at the time. I talked to my instructor about it and he thinks it's a good idea too. Right now the only...

Hi, I'm a new member here just starting out ppl training. I just had my second lesson and although my instructor has been great in answering questions, there are 2 things we can't quite get to the bottom of. I wonder if anyone could shed any light on these things?: 1. I cannot feel what he...