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I guess I'm old. When I learned to fly IFR it was needle, ball & airspeed in an OH-13 ( bell 47g). When I retired all you had to do was push a button and the MD 902 would take down to centerline 40' above the runway.

Last night a Blackhawk medevac helicopter crashed near Rochester NY. Two of the Three pilots pilots were friends of mine. All three were killed. All three were NY National Guard pilots on a training mission. Even though they were part timers we train hard in the NG as we are deployed just like...

As an Army/police pilot for 41 years I Have never trained a brand new student pilot. By the time got them in the Army they had gone though 13 months of initial flight training at Ft Rucker and had a civil commercial, IFR rated and a minimum of 200 hours. In the PD I trained some folks that were...

Correction to the above about class C. I was thinking you were talking about Class B and my response was geared to that. Class C is not nearly as complicated. Again my apologies. One of the reasons I don't fly anymore is I can't remember what I had for lunch yesterday. Oh well, everything else...

It can be little intimidating when you first fly into it. About 20 years ago they came up with a special helicopter enroute chart that shows checkpoints and routes and it's a good thing for planning if you are not used to the area. The most important thing is to sound like you know what you are...

Couple of offers to co-star with Tom Cruise in an upcoming movie about flying. I turned them down. Who wants to live in Hollywood and have all those young starlets trying to seduce you all the time. What pain in the neck that would be. Seriously I miss it sometimes. But then I think of all the...

I'm curious about these maps you guys have in your messages. Where do you find them? Mine would pretty much be covered for most of the county but if you have a world map it would be interesting.

Stony Brook NY. I flew out of MacArthur airport (ISP). I have pretty extensive knowledge of the Class C airspace around JFK, LGA and EWR. It's a little different for you fixed wing folks and a lot different if the controllers know you and call by your first name but I can probably pass along...

Just found this forum and sign-up.It said to give a short bio. 7000 hrs about 400 FW and the rest helicopter Army pilot 41 years Police pilot 8 years FW commercial/Instr Helo civil Commercial and instructor, Military SIP, IFE Blackhawks and Hueys mostly Retired, haven't flown since 2009...