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I just ordered a headlamp with red and white lights. Last night on downwind I dropped the flashlight and it was interesting.

A rental plane I use does not have a functioning light for the altimeter. Flying at night is a bit sketch because I need to use a flashlight to check the altitude. Does anyone have experience with a small stick-on led light that would help? I’m thinking something with a button battery that I...

I’d very interested to see the AoA readings along with the airspeed during some of those steep banks.

I am visiting Vegas with the family for the holidays and would like to rent a plane with CFI and get a lesson + canyon tour. I did this over the summer and had a great experience in Bend Oregon. I have 42 hours and recently soloed.

The AOPA article mentions “numerous initiatives” that have made flying safer. Can someone explain to a new pilot what these are? Unfortunately the article doesn’t go Into detail. https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2019/december/pilot/first-look-nall-report

That’s helpful and interesting. I’m following the management’s directive that apparently came from the mechanic. It’s a relatively new engine and maybe those warm-up instructions were only for the break-in period. DA was -1700 this morning and it climbed like a champ and ran great.

This is going to sound super cheap but what’s the fastest way to warmup a IO-360? This morning I did the startup, taxi, run up and still needed 5 extra minutes of running to get the engine warm enough to take off. The requirement is the needle is in the green of the temp gauge before takeoff...

I went up briefly today but Oakland Center was very busy and the weather was deteriorating so didn’t make the request. Makes sense since it’s a busy aviation weekend. Today was the first day I checked out the airplane without my instructor. At times I was more nervous than my first solo. On...

Is there runway lighting?

Slow turns. Was up the other day with instructor and she had me hold altitude at 50kts in a 172. Then after a minute of staring at the sky she told me to make a 90 degree turn. I was sure I’d wing-over into a spin because I was working to keep wings level.

This is perfect, thanks!

Is that different than flight following? I’m still at that stage where I need to practice radio calls with ATC like five times and I’m still nervous about talking to them. Would that go like: “ Oakland center skyhawk 89xyz 3000 feet over west Marin request traffic advisories while practicing...

I fly outside Class B and was wondering if it’s reasonable to request flight following. In case you’re wondering it’s northwest of the SFO bravo over West Marin. More westerly is over the ocean and more easterly is very busy, northerly is busy with regional and training traffic into KSTS.

What are the details? There's very little in the news. My guess is it's a Cirrus.

Thanks for the helpful info. My home airport can get busy at times. Here’s what I saw this morning. Unusual Vref speed. Radio was interesting too.

Really?

It’s under the “egregious errors” section towards the bottom at https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2005/december/pilot/up-and-out The article doesn’t explain why it’s a problem.

Sounds like a very exciting lesson!

Seems safe to me and it’s a common departure route at my airport. I could imagine the guy behind me on downwind might be confused to see me veer right out of the pattern, or worse if I just stayed in the downwind heading the #2 guy might hold off turning base.

I’m hoping somebody can enlighten me. I’ve read from AOPA that a downwind departure is bad, and it’s not listed in the AIM as a departure technique. But I don’t understand why. Let’s say 18 is active and you want to head North. It seems like a downwind departure would keep you in a place where...