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Today I went flying. When I returned home from the airport I was getting close to home and I was just pulling onto my street (but still a mile or two away from home), I saw a Piper low-wing dive down towards my home/area ahead. I say "home/area" as opposed to "home" because I live out in the...

So the thread on "Engine out practice" got me thinking about how I've always wanted to run a tank dry (obviously with gas in another tank), so I tried it this morning. I know some people, in an attempt to maximize range, do this regularly. My warrior holds more gas for much more flight time...

Problems with my current daily driver got me thinking about my most, and least, reliable vehicles. I know some people are brand loyal, etc, but I have never stuck with one brand, and over my 35 years of driving, I've owned cars or trucks from all of the big three, plus several foreign vehicles...

Not sure to post this here or lessons learned: So last night, we had the weather I've been waiting for to try night IFR: low-ish (1200-1500) MVFR ceilings, with decent visibility underneath, warm temps in the clouds, and a stable forecast. I've had my instrument rating for over a year, and...

Hate is a strong word. How about I just say I strongly-dislike used car salesmen. I saw a truck, over the weekend, sitting on a used car lot. I looked at it, and it looked nice. The truck is a newish regular cab. Its been on their lot awhile, I assume because the regular cabs are hard to...

In my mid-twenties, I bought a house with a woodstove on 5 wooded acres. I thought I would save all kinds of money by heating the house with wood during the cold winters of the upper mid-west. The experience taught me an important lesson (and actually several other valuable lessons): mainly...

Anone have experience with the anonymous mode with ADS-B. Is ok to fly within a mode C veil, or over Class B or C, in anonymous mode, as long as you're not actually in the B or C and just VFR? I've seen this asked on a couple of other websites, but I have yet to find an answer. My gut says...

I had the weirdest exchange with ATC today while IFR. The weather was a low ceiling day, so I took the day off work to do some flying and stay IFR current. I filed for a short flight from my home field to a uncontrolled field nearby and took off without incident. As I approached my...

We are looking for something to do for the weekend of 9/14 - 9/15 in the great lakes/Midwest area. We've done (several times, actually) most of the area fly-in destinations in the past (Mackinac Island, Gilbert Island, Beaver Island, Fox Island, Put-In Bay, Cleveland R&R HoF, Dayton Air Force...

Early in my flying, I once gave a co-worker an intentionally scary ride. Not long after, I was the recipient of a scary ride, and from that ride I swore never to do it again, and so far, I haven't. Giving the Scary Ride: I had a co-worker that was interested in flying, and he had asked me to...