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It was colonel mustard, in the library, with a candle stick, smuggled in from abroad in the clubs j3.

Scott, You have no idea just how right you are. Mine expired last year while I was battling cancer, and I couldn't even hold the remote for the tv, let alone get online and do the renew! I instructed for 20yrs, and over 3k hrs. of dual given. The cancer/chemo has destroyed my life, I can't ride...

I want to add something to this conversation. I have not been to the airport more than a couple times in the last 2 years. In Jan. 2015 I was diagnosed With Hodgkins Lymphoma. It was not typical and was very aggressive, The chemo was just as aggressive. During the treatment phase I lost 85lbs...

Many of you don't know but I had a very serious cancer scare last year. Between the cancer and the treatments I lost 85lbs. , and was out of commission from march till december of last year, and most of this year. Obviously I have spent little time at the airport in that last couple years. A...

Several years ago I was cruising along fat dumb and happy at 11k in a mooney. We had been IMC for over an hour already, but George was doing a fine job of tracking the Loran. (now I'm dating myself right!) All of a sudden the clouds turned black, we encountered turbulence that was severe enough...

People in aviation just can't be explained. In all my years I have never seen any other hobby,sport or business where someone will pay THOUSANDS of dollars for a "toy", but have a **** fit when you want to charge 25$ to teach (save their life) them how to use it, or charge them a fair price to...

Nothing I've ever done in aviation has been as fulfilling or as much fun as the instructing I've done. There is just something so unique about soloing someone who didn't know how to start an airplane when they came to you. Or having someone call you and tell you that their current instructor is...

Way back when I was a young man, living in "nice" quiet neighborhood, I was awakened by someone pounding on the door. It was a LEO and he wanted to know if anyone else was in the house. I told him my two kids were upstairs asleep, why? He said the guy across the street had barricaded himself in...

Years ago!! when I was taught not many had all these fancy analyzers. (PPL in 1974) So I learned the lean till rough, then smooth it out method. But I was also taught to monitor the oil temp very closely. That is the only gauge you have to tell you whats going on inside the engine. All the rest...

I have been blessed to have been the guy to give many people their first ride. I enjoy that a lot. As an instructor I have had all walks of life see the inside of a GA plane for the first time, and almost all of their reactions were different. I think thats why I love to teach, peoples...

years ago i was doing a dual xcountry with a student to a class c airport. a very busy class c. one of the main reasons i liked to go to this field was it's excellent controllers. ( very student friendly and helpful) At the right distance out i gave the student the go ahead to call approach...

Jim, your dad was a legend here!! I learned to fly in 74 at KVNW, and all the old timers were like,"you should of been around when Rice was here!" I believe we have meet a couple times at VNW. Wish I could have met him, if he was only half the pilot he is in those stories, I would loved to have...

get a buddy with a handheld, or someone with another plane you can do a radio check with very easily. lets you know right away if the radio is transmitting with no side tone, or doing nothing on the output side.

Not to long ago I did a FR/IPC for a CFII-MEI with around 4k hours in his logbook. I failed the 530 while he was under the hood, heading to an airport he had never been to. He was completely lost! Couldn't figure out where he was using 2 vor's, an ADF and low altitude en routes. Removed the hood...

old, but seems to fit right in.

reminds me of a snap roll in my ole' champ!!!!

just how permits, waivers and bribes went into making that?!?!?!

I feel your pain Dale. I too had an event in 2005 that has kept me from pursuing a medical. I have consulted with my AME and a company called left seat who specializes in getting hard to get medicals. Both the AME and left seat agree I could get a SI, but it would be EXPENSIVE, and for what? I...

Dale, did you get a chance to sit in the champ? if so how did it "fit"? also don't let the fact it's been on its back bother you, a very high % of these old birds have been. it's not the damage it's how it was repaired. nicest flying 7gcaa I have ever flown was in a ground loop landing that...

Dale, do yourself a favor and find a champ or citabria and see how much trouble you have getting into the front seat. I, like you am a full grown man, (60 yrs. old 6'1" and 240lbs.) I can still get in and out of the front of the citabrias here on the field, but MUCH prefer the back seat. it is...