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Any plans to make it up to our chapter's contest in Coalinga at the end of May? I hope so, I was looking forward to bumping in to you (not in the air of course) at Borrego last fall but I guess you didn't make it out, or I misinterpreted your plans (or both)... Registration link

Add me to the list of folks who say "it was a great experience" - I flew with Wayne for an hour (actually 2 ~half-hour) flights in his Extra a few years ago after my wife surprised me with a gift of an hour of flight time with him. Even tough I've been fortunate to be able to fly a Pitts for the...

Cessna C152, C172, C172RG Piper PA28-201R/161/181/235 Beechcraft Bonanza V35 (manipulated controls from right seat, I'd have to check if I even logged the time) Diamond DA-20 (the one with the Rotax) Grob 115C (first acro plane I flew) Robin R2160 Citabria 7ECA Super Decathlon 8KCAB...

I voted 122.775 (although it's 122.75 in my area), but my use-case is a bit atypical. I'm typically flying in one of two aerobatic practice areas where the local instructors/schools teach people to use this frequency. Of course this doesn't remove the need to keep the eyeballs looking around for...

Data: Year: 1990 Primary airport: KLEB (rural but towered - no ground delays of significance) Hours before solo: 13.1 Landings before solo: 73 [1] Hours before sent for PPL checkride: 56.3 Landings before sent for PPL checkride: 241 [1] CFIs involved in training: 1 Aircraft types...

If us civilians started getting used to a "check gear down" call, would we start seeing an increase of gear-up arrivals at uncontrolled fields?

The instructor is pushing for 60 minutes of acro, despite the fact that your friend has endurance for "only" 40 minutes? ugh. It's supposed to be a learning experience, as well as fun. Tell your friend to not be discouraged - it sound like he's gotten an instructor with a bad attitude, one who...

:yikes: Any more details you wish to share on this incident? Am I correct in assuming you jettisoned the canopy ahead of time? Glad to hear nobody was hurt!

Biil, any updates? Thinking back on my Pitts checkout brings some fond memories... I actually fly the same Pitts from Attitude @ LVK. I've been flying with them since I started getting checked out in their S2B back in late 2003. It was replaced by this C model in 2004. And like you, my acro...