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Thanks in advance to anyone who reads through my ramblings. My grandfather, who lives in Bullhead City, is starting to decline, and I'd like to make good on a ~promise to take him flying before he goes. Something kinda like this: -fly into KLAS and Uber to a smaller airport. -Checkout in a...

Fellow Pilots, Can I introduce you guys to Mark Linsley? He was the DPE for my PPL, and is a legend of a pilot here in Michigan. Unfortunately, after giving a kidney to a family member (~5yrs ago), he has been diagnosed with cancer in the other. I'm not close with Mark or his family, but I...

Any of you fine folks familiar with Ed Verville from Indiana? A friend of mine is looking into doing their IFR checkride and was curious if any of you did one with him. He came recommended by a trusted CFI but it always helps to hear other experiences too. Thanks! Sent from my iPhone using...

Not gonna lie - this looks really fun. https://flygwa.com/n262va-rv12 How hard is the RV-12 to fly when compared to, say, a typical 172? I don't have that many hours, but I like to think I'm okay at learning...

Here in Michigan, I’m told there are basically two, and I’m told they both basically have negative reputations. (Have not verified these claims, though they came from a trustworthy source.) Why aren’t there more? Can it be done well? Is this a market opportunity or an indication that there is...

I'm heading down to Vero Beach for work - arrive Thursday Aug 4th, and staying until the following Wednesday. I'm looking for information on affordable rentals, or even local pilots that might want to log some hours and split costs. If I can find a rental, I'll likely pickup a friend in West...

So you guys are pretty knowledgeable... I'm on vacation for a couple weeks and am thinking about trying to find a plane to fly a couple times while I'm up here. I've been to the airport and found a flyer for one plane I could (learn, then check out in, then) rent, but there are no flight...

I hate admitting failures, but I have learned so much from reading about others' failures, it is only fair that I share this one. "a couple of nights ago" (vague so you don't look up the LiveATC audio hahaha!), I was departing our class charlie field with two of my kids in our club 172. Our...

I'm asking about the bits under your username. Everyone starts out "Pre-Flight" but I've seen "Enroute", "Line Up and Wait", "Final Approach" and others. I've seen some pretty custom ones too. Just asking because I couldn't find anything on it. Tnx

What are the best ways to train for formation ops? This seems, on the surface, like something two pilots could brief and execute without a ton of training but I’m sure, well… I’m sure I’m wrong [emoji1787] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I went the sUAS for Part 61 route for my Part 107, but am waiting for the FAA to process my part 61 application (still have my temporary airman's certificate from my PPL check-ride.) Looks like another couple of weeks before the FAA processes it. Curious to know if there are many active 107...

I took a big friend in a small plane today. I did a good W&B and was happy with the reserve (2hr fuel for a 1hr flight) but it made me wonder; how low do the tanks get before they don’t get the fuel they need, in, say, a bank or climb? Legally I could have departed for a 30min flight with less...

WX forecast for Tuesday looks good (so far [emoji1696])! I’m working on highlighting the requirement flights in my log, organizing / documenting the airplane logs, reading the ACS and oral prep books but i want to know what Nuggets you all might recommend that i won’t find in these books. What...

Capitan Dave blogged at flightlevel390.blogspot.com for more than 13 years. Anyone remember this? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My CFI and I both *believed* I could apply my qualified-CFI-instructed 1.2 instrument hours to the 3 hours required of "control and maneuvering of an airplane solely by reference to instruments". Today I learned, by filling out my iacra application, that that is not the case. I was able to...

I was up on Friday with my CFI in pretty blowy conditions, and holding altitude was a bear. My question is for you DPEs, so I can properly prepare. Do you want (require?) full flaps for slow flight? Our Cessna 150 has 40 degrees of flaps, and it makes the plane a slave to the wind. Oh sure...

Man is that a load off. Anyone else find the plastic overlays annoying, and more than a little stressful after drawing on printouts? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I mostly have all this down but am annoyed by not having a simple rule to remember for it. Do any of you have any simple tricks to remember what is measured or reported in magnetic vs true course? E.g. for what I’m talking about: -airways (and VORs) are magnetic -weather is reported in true...

hang on - how do you post anonymously here? lol

Hey all! I bet there is a lot of experience here that would be really useful to a new pilot. Would you mind answering a few questions for me on aviation loans? I apologize upfront that this isn't more organized. I've seen loan terms as long as 20 years - any idea what kind of loan amount a...