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I'm mostly a C172SP renter and I'm interested in switching it up as I find myself doing a lot of the same these days. I see there's a Citabria 7ECA near me for a reasonable rental fee. My total tailwheel experience is a single flight in a decathalon once (taxi, take off, no landing) a few years...

So I'm going to Las Vegas for a weekend bachelor's party. There's a lot of helicopter tours, but I was wondering if the community had any other aviation related fun in the area. Not looking to fly myself, but maybe do something like gliding(?) or maybe getting less commercial tour through a...

Yesterday I flew a Super Decathalon with the intent on doing a variety of stalls and ultimately spin recovery. I had been meaning to do this for a while just as a emergency preparation thing. I figured it would be the difference between reading about changing the tire on your car if you had a...

It's cheaper than buying an actual aircraft. http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/21/maingear-shift-saitek-flight-simulation/

Hi. I was wondering if anyone has tried using a Kindle or Kindle Touch in the cockpit? I don't own either, but they're cheap enough that I've considered getting one if I had some other use for it besides just reading prose (which I don't do a lot of). I'm not talking about running full navlog...

I want to know is whether I'd need some kind of supplemental restraint system in the rear seats of late model C172SP to take my nephews. Having read the thread on booster seats here and some referenced ACs and the FAR I'm now more confused than when I started. One is 46"/42 pounds and the...

Did you keep flying after having kids? In about 8 weeks the wife and I will be having our first (and only) child. At my current rate of flying I'll be averaging somewhere around 30 hours per year come my biennial next year. I've been trying to fly about every other week. More during the...

Last weekend I attended the Chatham Aeronauts RC Airshow at the GA airport in Chatham, ON, Canada. I took some photos. Apparently attendance was down this year, but it was still pretty interesting. Cheaper than real flying I guess and some real craftsmanship.

What are people here doing for life insurance? I'm looking at a Metlife whole life variable universal life insurance policy for at least $500K of death benefits. I am getting help from my financial advisor, but the bottom line is that aviation is one of those risk factors that jack up the...

I'm sure everyone has seen the One Six Right documentary. On a whim I Netflix'd One Six Left: The Companion DVD which would be the special features and extras. I'm not one to get terribly emotional watching stuff, but the In The Clouds flying footage with the Enya soundtrack. Chills. That...

Argh: I meant to post this on "flight following". Maybe a moderator can move this for me! So far I've not flown a long enough cross country where I couldn't wait to do my thing when I landed. I was wondering how people generally manage this? There are also passengers to consider. A lot of...

I've been reading and seeing a lot about the impossible turn coming from AOPA the last week or so. I wouldn't say they were promoting it but in my training this was never even brought up as a possibility to practice. What do people here think about this? I have to say I'm with the guy in the...

Hi. Hope everyone is having a good summer of flying. My other other life is an independent comic creator and I did a short story involving GA recently. It's a general audience piece loosely based on my experiences. I'd love to hear what people think of any aspect as I'm always trying to...

I live in Class B airspace, but trained in it only to the extent that I've been told to avoid it and only used Boston App/Dep control for flight following. One day it would be neat to fly over the city. I see single engine aircraft fly over my house all the time in the summer so I know people...

One thing I kept putting on my list of TODOs during training was to go up and visit the ATC folks in our control tower. Unfortunately, I just keep forgetting. Anyone do this and did you find it worthwhile?

It's been a while since I've posted, but I've had very little of interest to report until now. After much doubting I kept flying and finally FINALLY took my FAA checkride yesterday and passed. Family vacations, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and work load all conspired against me since last...

90+ hours in and I'm theoretically near the end. Did my final stage check yesterday and I'm disappointed. Wouldn't have passed the check ride with that performance. Messed up my short field take-off (got confused with soft field), power on stall (didn't react fast enough and the CFI said I moved...

Hey all. Last night was my first time in the cockpit in about a month owing to lots of work travel and a weather scrubbed lesson. It's frustrating since I know I need a continuous amount of flying to be checkride proficient but I'm just not able to get the time in. But enough with the moaning...

I'm one of the unfortunates living in the all grey all rain NE USA and yesterday was the only day in recent memory where you could see the sun from the ground. As luck would have it I had a plane scheduled after nearly a month of being grounded. Sweet! Fast forward to late afternoon and I'm...

Just got back from the Red Bull Air Races in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It was the first time I've seen the event and it was great to do so in the city I grew up in and I got to visit family as well. Got some casual pictures. I honestly wasn't sure what to expect, but let me say that it was a...