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Yes, I agree with this. I'm searching for something that would be exclusively for pure fun flying with the ability of enjoying it with another person. That's usually >90% of my flying anyway. Based on a previous post, I've made the decision to join a club that has a 182 for "utility" flying.

I just discovered that a friend of a friend of mine flies a Searey Amphib and has been having a blast in the Central Texas highland lake district. I did a little research on Searey and they seem like they'd be a blast to fly. IMO, the Searey is more of a boat that can fly vs a plane that can...

It's like you can read my mind. That's the third option. Wife's happy that we can go on adventures in the camper-RV and I change my flying mission to mostly solo or two and a light load

This consideration is high up on my list. I wish I could afford two airplanes and I'd buy an RV10 in a heartbeat if I could afford it. So it is definitely a balance of budget. My only challenge with renting a 182 or similar is that I typically need it for 3-4 day weekends, holiday breaks...

He doesn’t mind it since he sleeps the entire time.

I’m looking for advice on replacing my RV7A. I love the bird and there is no other plane that I’ve flown as fun to fly. It’s like a sports car in the sky. That being said, 25% of my mission flying is 250NM, one other person, luggage and now a dog. The dog is too big to go now so it’s either...

Thanks for the heads up. Although I "think" I'm smart :confused:, I definitely feel like I'll need more time than that to get through all the material. From what I've read, it's quite a bit more book work than PPL

Exactly what I was thinking. Studying takes a ton of time and life gets in the way. I'd rather make this down time as productive as possible. Thanks for the insight folks

With the ever so restrictive lockdown measures being put in place, I'm considering making use of the time by knocking out the IR written (or at least studying for it). For my PPL, I completed the entire written portion before stepping into a plane and that worked quite well. Of course I learned...

Bob - I am 100% in agreement with you. The point I wanted to make is that getting low and level above the runway was key for me letting the remaining airspeed bleed off naturally along with the echo of hitting your approach speeds. Assuming approach speeds are on point, there won't be much...

Here's a trick I learned that completely changed my landings... Others have already hammered on airspeed being key. The most important thing about airspeed is getting too SLOW. The sink rate will increase rapidly if you're not right above the run way and you'll have to arrest it with a high...

Does anyone know where one could get their tailwheel endorsement in a Piper J3? Ideally a warm location that can be done in fall/winter/spring

All - I'm looking to get my tailwheel endorsement in the Austin area. Does anyone know of any schools or CFI's with a taildragger to get this accomplished within 30 min drive of Austin? (off-peak traffic times :cool:)

I've looked into those but they seem a bit pricey though..

it’s always a tough decision balancing speed, useful load and of course cost. Insurance and mx can throw a wrench in the plans as I’m hearing. I want a 10 year plane, not something I’ll want out of in a couple years cause it’s too slow and not truly XC worthy. That’s what makes Viking and...

All - I am getting ready to obtain my PPL and would like to purchase my first plane OR potentially partner in the Austin area. My mission would be a long XC 1-2 times a month ~250nm (some longer) and of course local fun. Useful load wise, I'd be looking at mostly 2 adults with the occasional...

@AggieMike88 any update here?

@AggieMike88 I'm interested. Any idea of what version these are? I'm sure they will be fine but want to make sure they are compatible with the flight sim software options I am looking into

For all those who have gone through fight training, what would you say is your top 3 biggest pain points in learning to fly (outside of $$ :)) ? For example: Landings, Navigation, ATC Communication, or.. multi-tasking all combined!!

I'm looking to buy a full setup (Yoke, Pedals, Throttle) to do home flight simulation. Does anyone have any for sale or know anyone that does? Thanks!