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Sorry guys, I went back and changed my poor choice of words that took this off track to a discussion of touch and goes. I had commented on one of my pet peeves, large patterns, and let myself be dragged off track.

Getting personal now? I was referencing your data about the 40 knot T&G. I am not that hung up in how people do things even if they are different than the way I do them. There many ways to do a task effectively, not just the one I choose.

I've heard this argument before, and if I understand you right with your FAA reference, your T&G landing only slow to about 40 knots? On a runway the length of M54 T&Gs can be to very close to a full stop with all the control inputs required. Don't assume someone is doing it wrong just because...

I am surprised that so many replies here are for a 3/4 ish mile downwind. I fly out of Lebanon, TN (M54) and about 90% of the 172 training flights I observe in the pattern are waay beyond that. Today my student had just started his base turn when we heard a call of another aircraft turning base...

The Ag Cat D model with the PW Turbine engine was introduced around 1978. I was working as a salesman for the largest AgCat distributor, Mid Continent Aircraft, as a salesman at the time. I was tapped to fly the first one on a demo trip through MS and AR. I Met the factory rep in Malden and...

I picked up a new B model at the factory, had a dead battery. I wanted to pull the battery, carry it inside for a quick charge. I asked the factory rep if we could do that. He explained that he could not do that, he had to call his supervisor who in turn had to call the shop floor to get a...

Fixed it.

I found reference to this trip; In 1979 I worked for Mid-Continent Aircraft in Hayti, MO as a salesman. My job was to sell and demonstrate Ag-Cats. For those not familiar with Ag-Cats, they were specialized agricultural aircraft (crop duster) designed by Grumman Aircraft and manufactured by...

My biggest lawn care problem is those darn mowers wake me up way to early.

AVEMCO sells a policy for CFIs who instruct in student owned airplanes. It includes "Professional Liability". The cost varies with the hull value that you select when you purchase the insurance. The "hull value" is that of the students airplane. I spoke with the owner of AVEMCO a couple of years...

Passed the CFI Checkride July 31 1970. I was 26 yo at the time.

I am surprised that no one has mentioned the FAA WINGs program. Sign up for an account and browse through the many, many free online courses that they offer. A lot of good information about any subject you can name.

It sounds to me like he is bored. I fly with a lot of folks that are bored with flying straight and level and never exceeding a 30* bank in "Spam Cans";). If I am right, the problem is that he can get into trouble trying for some excitement the way you describe. Maybe you could suggest that he...

I have used the FAA WINGs program the past 4 years. Complete 15 Flight Activities with 5 different airmen. Easy Peasy

Video from a couple of years ago.

I've never heard that pilots should be nurses, that is illogical given the psychological makeup of the two are sooo very different. It seems that there are an inordinate number of pilots who marry nurses; however. This is logical in that nurses are inherently caregivers and pilots do need a lot...

Just had some Willet. Last of this awkward bottle. Can't find anymore locally. Everyone tells me it is allocated and getting any in stock is hit and miss.

Take a nice coffee table and make a pallet from it.

Here is where your 1000 RPM comes from; http://www.lycoming.com/sites/default/files/SL185B%20Fuel,%20Higher%20Octane%20Aviation,%20Use%20of%20100LL%20for%20Engines%20Rated%2080_87%20Octane%20(1).pdf Note that it is suggested only when you are stopped. When taxing use the throttle as needed.