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    Does anyone know of Piper Arrow rentals near KRDU?

    . Used to only require 180 hp for high performance. I’m guessing they, like I, got the HP before the rule change.
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    Anyone here from the old gang at the Fremont (CA) airport?

    Was that with Myriam Springer?
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    I want to get a medical but I'm scared

    Wow. That’s a lot to digest. You have been hospitalized twice however feel you disagree with a diagnosis… School is hard because of the teachers.. I know I sound like an old “Get off my lawn!!!” Kind of guy but I think you have a lot of maturing to do before any real concerns about a future medical.
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    Anyone here from the old gang at the Fremont (CA) airport?

    I grew up airport bumming at Tracy Muni n the 80’s. Made friends with a few guys that moved to Tracy when Fremont closed. Jim Morin, Steve Arath, Martin “OD” O’Donald. They had other Fremont friends that would pass thru often. Cool bunch of Dudes.
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    Helicopter vs airplane

    When my approaches started getting real good in the helicopter I found my approaches in the airplane getting slow. Odd as I started in fixed wing. But once I realized that it has never been a problem since.
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    Commercial Cert - What jobs can you get for low time pilots?

    I don't know of any Ag jobs accepting low time. I needed 500 hours tailwheel alone when I started and that was a pretty low standard at the time.
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    Commercial Cert - What jobs can you get for low time pilots?

    About the only job I personally have seen low time people get were banner or sailplane towing. I know nothing of the Chicago area in particular so I'm no help there.
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    Reselling N-Numbers as a Business

    Would it work if the FAA made it illegal for private party transactions of N-numbers not on an aircraft? Must be a way to legally phrase something like that.
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    Fatal crash Wichita Valley Airport (F14)

    Neat looking airplane. What I imagine a bootleg RV12 would look like.
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    How to move on from airplane crash

    I'm an Ag Pilot. Thats been my full time job for almost 20 years. I have had two total write offs due to mechanical failures and two engine failures that ended better. I don't know anybody personally In the industry that has never dealt with such events. I know two people that quit Ag after...
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    Annual Fees?

    In CA the registered owner is mailed a foem each year from your county tax office. The form asks for condition of aircraft (paint, interrior, tbo E&A, equipment installed etc etc) they decide value of aircraft and tax about % of that annually. You will also pay CA state salws tax when you...
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    Help me understand people selling stuff.

    I worked in a photo lab in the 90's. A vendor gave us a couple huge boxes of little camera bags/pouches for free. We put them out in baskets as freebees ro any customer that wanted one. They sat. For months. The owner stored them in back for a couple weeks then put them back out front with a...
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    CFI's wanting to build time

    Not every person with a CFI is looking for hours. Some of us enjoy flying, being part of the aviation community and sharing it with others. What about the CFI teaching their spouse/kid/friend to fly? Am I neglecting pro lanscapers everytime I mow my own lawn or my Mothers lawn? Where is the line?
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    CFI's wanting to build time

    Central Ca is pretty big. Where is plane located? What type of airplane you talking about?
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