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Bought a 172 for flight training about 3 ½ years ago with almost 1800 hours on the Lycoming O320 engine. After a trouble free additional 1700 hours we’re putting an overhauled one in. For a 2000 hour TBO engine I think we got our money’s worth. And there was really nothing wrong with the old...

Flying last night was just a reminder of how cool it is to do that. This picture is of greater Atlanta area. Definitely worth it to stay night current.

Listing for son without enough posts to make his own thread. PA-30 Twin Comanche with low time engines and glass panel. $199,900 OBRO. Trade-a-Plane listing...

Based on Ted's excellent thread on his Cobra build I noticed that some other posters are or were into track/road racing. I thought I'd start a thread on that to see how many of us there are and to swap some stories. As was said, racing, aviation or cocaine. You can only afford one. Don't know...

Three and a half weeks ago I had a turbo fail in flight and diverted to KAEX Alexandria, LA. I wrote that up earlier. Yesterday afternoon I was finally able to return my 414 to its hangar in Covington, GA. I’ve been in general aviation for a long time, and those three weeks are an ode how...

So after an uneventful landing at KAEX the FBO towed us over to the maintenance shop. Oh boy. Very large old hanger containing an old Bellanca Viking with the cowling off and pretty flat tires, a Stearman in pieces and some unidentifiable tail dragger with no skin on the frame. A guy came out...

There we (my son Lane and I) were Tuesday morning cruising fat, dumb and happy in my C414 at FL210 returning home to Atlanta from Burnet, TX where we had spent a day of recurrent sim training. That was a day of constant engine and other failures. It was his leg to fly back and things were good...

I've been doing contact pilot work on the side for a number of years. Recently mostly in twin Cessnas. In all that time I can't remember canceling a trip at the last minute for weather. But I did just that this morning. Trip was in a Cessna 414A from KLZU (east side of Atlanta) to KSRC (central...

Another independent CFI and I bought a 172 a couple of years ago so we could train at our local airport. It's worked out great. Had a chance to buy another 172 today and did it. What a beauty.

A lot of PoAers know Sue from Gaston’s, Rough River and others events. Early Thursday morning she tripped and fell in our house. She shattered her left femur just above the knee. Took the EMTs and fire dept to get her in ambulance for transport to hospital. Friday night she had 5 hours of...

Our esteemed SixPapaCharlie politely doesn't overly promote his very popular YouTube channel here, but I will. And why? Because my plane and I got to be in his most recent video. Not only is it humorous (as all of his videos are), but it will simultaneously convince you to buy a twin. Here's the...

Another independent CFI and I bought a 172 yesterday. It was just getting hard to find suitable and available planes at or near our airport to rent for training. So we decided to control our fate and buy one. It seems 172’s are pretty hot property right now. Prices are high and decent ones go...

Numerous thread topics (e.g. the current one of flying after retirement) drift into the concern of not flight instructing due to the potential liability. Perhaps this deserves its own thread. In our society I agree that anyone can be sued for about anything at any time. It's a legitimate...

My son Lane whom some of you know passed his multi engine instructor check ride yesterday. Pretty proud of the boy. I haven’t a clue as to what he intends to do with it. as an aside he and I just flew down to a Tampa this afternoon to to 414 sim training for the next few days: initial for him...

As of a short time ago my son Lane passed his initial CFI-A check ride on his first attempt. Not quite sure what he plans to do with this, but I know around here (Atlanta) there's plenty of demand for independent CFIs. In any case I'm happy for him and proud of him.

Among other things aviation I do some independent flight instruction. Sometimes it can be a bit of a drag, but not this afternoon. One of the planes I use is a Cessna 150J. The plane is in good shape, but on a warm day like today it can be charitably be called anemic at best. We were at 2,000’...

Those PoAers that also know me on FB are aware that this Monday morning I had a total hip replacement of my right hip. I’ll start a thread here to catch the aviation side of this procedure. I scheduled this for Monday so that I could attend a couple of days of Sun and Fun, which has become an...

As a heads up to my pilot friends that may be Jeopardy! fans, my son Lane is a contestant on the March 7 show. Watch if you can. I'm proud of him. It's a very tough show to get on and even tougher to do well in. As to how this is aviation related, he is taking a multi add-on check ride to his...

You've entered a normal left traffic downwind leg in your light twin. The left engine fails. Do you a) continue the pattern and make left turns toward the dead engine to land or b) climb (or maintain altitude) and make the necessary number of only right turns to fly a right traffic pattern?

In mid October 2016 a 50/50 partner and I closed on a 1974 Cessna 414. For the previous 12 years this same partner and I had shared ownership of a 1984 Mooney M20J. (That partner bought out my share of the Mooney, and I still have total access to it.) After 12 years flying arguably the most...