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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

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...

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?

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

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.........

Can someone help me understand how many exams I have to pass to be a CFI? I’m hearing FOI and FIA but some websites reference FII also. Appreciate the help! Darren

For those who use foreflight to file IFR flight plans, any idea on how quick it takes between hitting “submit” and it being available for ATC to give you IFR clearance? I think I heard once you need 30 minutes but not sure this is true considering I usually get a confirmation email from...

Guys, Having recently got my ticket, I’m trying to integrate myself slowly into IMC conditions. I’ve been going up on days with high ceilings (6000+) and just climbing into them, but always seem to encounter turbulence which is unnerving and I usually end up requesting a descent after 2 mins...