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Why do some pilots feel compelled to make constant position calls on busy CTAF frequencies several miles out? Flew into Catalina today and as was expected on a VFR socal weekend, it was packed. And with 3-4 airplanes within 3 miles of the airport at any given time, it was quite frustrating to...

San Diego/SoCal peeps: what’s the latest situation for multi-day transient parking at MYF? I may be there for 2 weeks this month. Used to be based there but that was over 10 years ago. When I’ve flown there from out of town in the past, I always parked at Gibbs, but I understand Gibbs is...

Some dude gave himself Q-tip props on his 310 last weekend at Chesapeake (CPK). Dude is lucky to be alive. When the props hit, he fire-walked it and went around. Bent back a significant portion of the blades on both props and damaged a belly antenna but survived the go around and now the...

Somebody had a rough day. No other details, but no apparent injuries to occupants. https://www.newsbreak.com/ankeny-ia/3032550795396-plane-crashes-catches-fire-at-ankeny-regional-airport

Curious what would cause a cylinder to start running leaner while climbing without changing the mixture? Left engine has single CHT/EGT. While climbing above 6500', the left engine EGT starts to rise. Shortly after that the CHT also starts to rise. Then the engine starts to run rough, but...

Making a short notice day trip up to Brooklyn and interested in other's thoughts/experiences on best GA airport option. Need to get to a guitar shop in Brooklyn. Right now, planning on flying into FRG and either renting a car or Uber. LGA is not an option for GA. JFK FBO has the WORST...

Anyone else having a problem recently not receiving any weather radar data while flying? I’m using a Stratus 2S with ForeFlight. I just flew out to Texas and back this weekend and noticed that during the entire trip I had no radar data on any of my devices. ADS-B traffic and METAR data...

Can someone in the medical world explain what the difference is between these two terms? The definitions I have found online seem to be interchangeable, but I noted there have been studies that indicate people with White Coat Hypertension have higher mortality rates than people with normal BP...

What's the deal with the lag in FF gas prices? They say their recently updated, but finding many fields where the fuel priced is $1-2 per gallon higher than what is showing in FF. Airnav seems the most accurate right now. Is ForeFlight living in a fantasy world?

The EX500 in my Twin Beech is about to die and I'm pondering what to replace it with. Currently have a GNS530W feeding into it. Don't really need a second 530 What I'd like to do is find a suitable replacement with the same footprint that will display moving map with ADS-B weather What is...

How much tailwind is too much for a Hawker? Apparently 25 kts is right out! https://www.aspentimes.com/news/aspen-airport-closed-after-jet-goes-off-runway/ KASE 211853Z 16016G25KT 10SM FEW036 BKN060 01/M09 A2961 RMK AO2 PK WND 17027/1841 SLP988 T00111094 KASE 211753Z COR 17018G30KT 10SM...

Sent my 530W off to Garmin to get screen fixed. Came back refurbished but completely zeroed out - Shop had to reconfigure all of the avionics ports. That is now complete, but it appears that Garmin wiped the nav data card clean - like sent it back unformatted. JDM app doesn't even recognize...

So, I am noticing an interesting wear pattern developing on my G2 flight jacket. After over 200 hours of flying in the T6, the left arm (throttle arm) is starting to become visibly worn. Basically from hours of rubbing against the side of the airframe. Kind of cool in a way like a 50 mission...

Any of the post-40 POA crowd use progressive lenses while flying? I've been using traditional bifocals for the last couple years based on what I've heard about potential distortion/blurring of peripheral vision. BUT, I''m finding it very difficult to get decent prescription sunglasses for...

Snort Snodgrass was killed in what sounds like a freak takeoff accident yesterday. https://lmtribune.com/northwest/pilot-dies-in-crash-at-lewiston-airport/article_3f47074c-cc7a-52f0-a284-dc5838f2048d.html Heard from someone at the airport that there was a loss of control on takeoff and the...

I’m thinking this guy might not think so… This was taken at FFZ today. Microburst apparently. That airplane travelled quite a distance from its tie down.

Anyone traveled across the US encountered issues along the way due to individual state COVID restrictions? I am likely going to be doing a roundtrip out to AZ over the holidays and hoping to avoid any entanglements. Right now, none of the states I might stop/overnight require a negative COVID...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marine-jet-pilot-mid-air-collision-with-another-plane-california/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=100821595 Obviously in jest knowing that all Marines are safe.

https://www.aviation24.be/miscellaneous/accidents/three-injured-after-north-american-b-25-mitchell-vintage-wwii-bomber-crashes-in-california-united-states/ They were returning home after offload from USS ESSEX. No fatalities, but at least a couple were in the hospital last night. I know one...

While this is not an aviation-specific related question, it has some definite application to flight training and I figured I'd ask the POA CFI brain trust for any insight on how to deal with students who lock up. About 18 months ago, I left full time professional flying to take a job teaching...