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Does anyone know of a UK CAA instructor anywhere in New England? Need some help with some FAA to CAA converstion stuff before I relocate to UK shortly. Cheers, Darren

My thought exactly. Other than ground taxi, not sure what the risk is. We often fly in winds stronger than that the higher we cruise with absolutely no problems.......

Yeah, their personal no go limits! We've significantly lower limits for our students.

Was chatting to a few CFIs about their personal no-go headwind limitations. Some remarked that they won't fly when the headwind is above 30 KTS. Curious as to what scenarios go into determining their limit. Personally, I'm more concerned about ground taxiing with a 30 KT wind, especially so...

That’s very helpful. Thank you!

That makes sense, thx!

Got it, thx. I just assumed there would be a link between the “line up and wait” and the traffic. Especially considering that once I line up and wait, I’ve lost visibility to the traffic on final.

Agree, but why would they want a line up and wait?

Convinced the wife to let me get my CFI on the understanding that any subsequent flying expenses would be funded from my CFI earnings. Fair enough!

Recently at KBED, I received the instruction “Line up and wait 23, traffic is a warrior on a right base for a 2.5 mile final”. Question is, if only 23 was active at the time, why is traffic on a right base a concern for me? Surely, tower would want a no-delay take-off, no?

Thanks! There’s definitely a letter posted on the frame of the sim. I’ll make sure to copy. Darren

I know that I’m able to log time for shooting approaches in the Redbird FMX simulator and that PPL students can log up to 2.5 hours towards their PPL. Question is, as an CFI, can I log the 2.5 hours as instructor time too when instructing my student in the sim? Cheers, Darren

Just started CFI training and was reflecting back on some of the weather that my primary CFI took me up in for my first 20 hours. Curious, what minimums do you CFIs use for new students? Does that change once they solo or get more experience? Daz

I have a checkride this week and the conditions are looking like max crosswind gusts 12kts and ceilings of 2-3k. Wondering what others would do regarding whether to cancel or not. I don’t want to screw up the power off 180. Daz

King schools and then review the gleim question bank

Yup, you got me. I went straight in after instrument rating. Forgot how beautiful it is outside :-)

Thanks Jim, very helpful. My instructor does the exact same as your instructor too. Sounds like I need to spend a little more time actually looking outside the window and trying to fly the path approach as opposed to staring at the instruments to hit the targets.

Guys, really struggling to pull this together and would appreciate thoughts on how you begun to practice this. I’m thinking that I should just try to hit certain targets at each point and then just try to smooth out the transition to each target. Straight from the handbook shows 15 degrees at...

Guys - my airplane is tied down outside during the NE winter. Just wondering what folks use to remove frost/ice from wings. Is there any de-ice solution or something that is safe to use? Just wondering.........

I had this very conversation with my CFII during a recent commercial lesson. We concluded a tail dragged from a short field airport would probably result in the best stick and rudder flight skills.