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Quick question for anyone familiar with Garmin equipment. I'm drooling over stuff on TAP and I came across this: https://www.trade-a-plane.com/search?category_level1=Single+Engine+Piston&make=MOONEY&model=M20K+231&listing_id=2180154&s-type=aircraft I'm not really up to date on what Garmin has...

Well, I think I found the secret to flying on a budget. It's called "write a book on budgeting, and charge $22 for it. That way other people pay for my flying." Nice! Sorry, not much to say, but I saw this and laughed out loud. You all will probably find it slightly more interesting than...

So I was dream-planning a flight and I ran across this: http://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_3_8499.html What have the LA State Police been working on for the last 3 months? It doesn't really matter to me, I'm just the curious type.

While I'm not an owner yet, I'd like to think that I might be soon, so I follow the stories on AVweb and other eye-candy pushing sites/newsletters. I came across this little gem in a recent information binge... http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2013/July/29/bendix-king-kt-74.aspx...

Hi all, We've been having some interesting weather in the mid-atlantic the last few months. Seems like there hasn't been more than one or two lessons where the wind has not been: variable, gusty, and (to some extent) across the runway. My CFI and I have been doing pattern work for quite a...

Thinking ahead to my oral, I want to be prepared and know my reference materials. My instructor suggested that I start putting Post-It flags on the pages of the FAR/AIM that I might want to refer to during my oral exam. I'm not sure what I really need to know by heart, vs. what the examiner...

I've never been good at estimating distance - if you ask me, for example, how long my driveway is, or how far it is from my front door to the neighbor's front door, my answer is likely to be off by a bunch. I'm recognizing this might be an impediment to flying - I was just watching the first...

Well, I thought I'd share... it's official. On Tuesday I met with Steve, the guy who will become my CFI for the next fourty-something (hopefully!) hours. I'm training with an independent CFI, an older guy who has the flexibility to teach when he wants, how much he wants, and at a very...

As much as I would love to, spending $1000 on a headset is out of the question right now. The wife is being very tolerant of this whole "lets spend thousands of dollars so I can learn to fly" thing, but she has put her foot down at $1000 headsets. :dunno: Any further arguments on this topic...

A long-time CFI (retired from his primary occupation, now teaching for fun) offers the following instructional plan at my local airport. He owns a new-ish 172 which is hangared at the field. It is IFR equipped, but I don't know if it has GPS in it (not important for primary flight training...

I was Reading the January edition of AOPA Flight Traning, Which has an article about emergency descent being added to the PTS for the private checkride. The article gives a generic method, if there's nothing specific in the POH about emergency decents. They say "flaps and gear should be...

So something interesting has come up as I work on picking a flight school... One semi-local school has a DA20 in their rental fleet (steam gauges). I'm really drawn to the Diamond planes in general, I'm going to go spend an hour in it next week, but I have a feeling I'm going to like it a...

On Monday I cashed in my Groupon for my discovery flight. TLDR: It was awesome! The FBO is obviously using these to drum up possible long term students. We started with a quick tour of the facility. The guy showing me around ended up being the owner and chief instructor. Which surprised me...

This might not seem like much of an aviation milestone to most of you, but for me it's a big deal... Aviation has been in my blood since I was born. My dad was a Pilot Captain in the USAF, and after leaving the military had a 20+ year career with the FAA (on the airport side, not the...