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    Wing Walk - Refresh the luster??

    Anyone have any products they've used that will bring back the black luster on the wing walk? Mine isn't that bad so I'm not looking to recoat it or spray paint it black or anything that significant. Really just looking to see if anyone has had luck with something you can spray on, wipe off...
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    The turn back to the field... engine out

    Got checked out in the Club's Piper PA-28-180 today by the Club Owner/Instructor. We got lucky with no traffic in the pattern (non-towered) and he had me not only simulate an engine out on departure, but go on and make the turn and land on the runway we departed on. First time, did it at 800'...
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    Where to search, Planes for Sale

    I'm beginning to search for my first (and hopefully last) plane (Cherokee Six). I'm continually looking at BarnStormers, Controller, Hangar67, and Trade-a-Plane. Are there any others? Are there some brokers I should check with? Has anyone done the monthly subscription to FindAircraft.com...
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    Planning for IR in 1-2yrs, suggestions?

    I completed my PPL in mid-July, have about 160hrs right now and am really enjoying everything. Plenty of our flying will be flying to see our daughters in the SE, seeing places around the SE, and just enjoying ourselves as time moves on. I belong to a flying club and can get my IR through a...
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    What does a "normal" market look like?

    I'm hoping to buy my first (and intended last) plane somewhere between 9-24 months from now. I'm crossing my fingers maybe the market will soften up a bit by then. I have no historical basis to compare the current pricing of planes to. So I'm asking for anyone's insight/help in trying to...
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    Sectionals - Why are some VORs aligned with True?

    Something I've been meaning to ask... and I noticed it originally when I was doing some solo XC's a few months back for my PPL. Now I'm planning a flight about 150nm away and was planning my route to/from some VORs and noticed it again. Most VORs are aligned as I would expect - with Magnetic...
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    Florida? Any place to rent a PA-32-260/300?

    I googled but couldn't find anything. Anyone know of any place in Florida to rent one? I'm fresh out of my PPL and have about 150hrs. I will be getting my high performance endorsement in the next 3-4 months in our Club's 182. But I'd like to get a couple hours in a PA32(six) with their local...
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    Ordered a new PLB

    This had been on my list of to-do's - get a PLB, but originally not for flying. As a diver, and doing a majority of dives as drift dives here in Florida, a PLB is just a sound backup plan. But with recently acquiring my PPL, there seems to be another good excuse to finally go on and get one...
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    New Pilot

    Last week I [posted here] about my checkride getting discontinued after my Oral due to weather. So yesterday was my actual checkride. Short story is - I got the pass! Long story as follows... I had a handful of surprises, but nothing too bad. Surprise 1: My instructor indicated I wouldn't...
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    So close...

    It's been almost 2 years since I started this trek to get my PPL. Lots of craziness - unexpected plane maintenance shutting the first plane (Piper) down for a few months, then changed to a 1956 172 (really cool plane), then Covid threw a twist to everything. After ~130hrs and a few hundred...
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    PPL Written Test = Complete (finally!!)

    Been putting off taking the written test for quite some time. No other excuse then not being able to devote steady/consistent time to studying for it (family of 5 has been providing plenty of interruptions - haha). I'm getting to the end of my training (just have check ride prep) so it was...
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    The value of checklists...

    I've never doubted them whatsoever, but yesterday they came into play. We (me and my CFI) flew underneath a Bravo shelf to land at a Charlie (KSFB). Daytime flight on the way over and we were intending a nighttime flight for the way back. I'm in the middle of my XC's right now as well as...
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    Forward Slip Question

    The plane is a 1956 Skyhawk C172... Operators Manual states "Slips are prohibited in full flap approach because of a downward pitch encountered under certain combinations of airspeed and sideslip angle." This C172 has 4 positions on the flaps 10/20/30/40 degrees. For full flap landing, we use...
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    Slowly but surely... 1st solo into a Delta

    So it's been a long process, this dream of getting my PPL. I won't bore you with the details, but Covid didn't help nor did it when the plane went down for maintenance and ended up being down for months, nor did it when I switched over to a 172 from a piper mid-stream (due to the maintenance I...
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    Finally Solo'd

    It's been a while since I've been online here. Back in February, I was literally one flight away from solo'ing in a Cherokee. The Cherokee went down for its annual and that lasted longer than expected, then COVID hit. Finally in late June, I got back up in the air, but this time in a 1956...
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    CFI Suggestion - Communicate AND Clarify

    Sorry, this is a long post... I am humbly throwing this out there in hopes maybe if there are some new CFIs coming about it might be helpful. This likely doesn't apply to the experienced polished CFIs as you have learned this through trials and errors of your own or from others gone before...
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    KFF!!

    Keep Focusing Forward!! Well, today sucked! Flew this morning... 42hrs seat time into getting my PPL over 5.8 months. Generally getting up a couple times a week. Not yet solo'd but I'm within a couple flights probably so excited about that. I see that big number of 42 and not having solo'd...
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    New Member...

    Just thought I'd post as a new member to the forum. Just joined a local flying club and will begin my PPL soon. Always been a life long dream, as true with many... just now at a point in my life to pursue it and see where it takes me.
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