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Responses noted and passed on ..... thanks! Rick

My daughter works with a lady whose brother is missing and presumed dead in Venezuela incident where a Seneca V went missing during a test flight following maintenance. The flight took off from the Charallave-Óscar Machado Zuloaga Airport in Caracas (SVCS) and was flying along the coast...

Valid point if parked outside .... I guess a little smaller cowl flap opening hanging closer to the ground could discourage some critters from moving in. In the few years mine's been parked outside I used foam plugs with red banners. Inside the hangar wildlife has not ever been an issue. Rick

Good idea .... also open the cowl flaps, too. During the taxi back to wherever the plane will be shut down, there's absolutely no reason not to reconfigure the trim and cowl flaps for takeoff. Rick

A good policy is always keep your IFR hand-flying skills as up to speed as much as possible, especially when most of your flying is on autopilot. When departing into IMC, my method is to include hand-flying up to the filed altitude, then; level off and accelerate to cruise airspeed. In my...

Thanks all for the feedback .... I'll pass it along ..... Rick

That makes sense. However, in this case the individual desires to be self-employeed, and wants to utilize the benefits of general aviation to create an occupation (not a hobby) that would not be possible or successful using an automobile or airline travel. The types of military hardware to be...

Have a friend just out of the Army that wants to learn how to fly for personal transportation, using the GI bill. He dropped in at the Georgetown airport and learned he has to spend a year at their affiliate flight school in Arizona in order to use the GI bill. WTH? I’ve recommended to him to...