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A family friend's 18-year-old son has wanted to be a pilot for ages. Spends all his time on Flight Simulator. Decided he was going to college to focus on aviation and was getting all the paperwork together last August (2018) before showing up to school. They were at the doctor's office...

I ask because in 15 years of flying, I think I can count on one hand the number of times I've used them. A few times to see if they have differing icing forecasts than what I see on XM, maybe once or twice when I ran into wildly different than forecast weather (to give a PIREP -- however, if...

I noticed Foreflight allows for ICAO flight plans now. Details described here: http://cloudfront.foreflight.com/docs/ff/6.0/v6.0%20-%20filing%20with%20foreflight%20mobile.pdf I fly a lowly Bonanza, am not reaching the FLs, much less the RVSM areas. So other than the ability to...

I noticed a few TFR due to a presidential visit and it got me to wondering: What do they do while AFO is en-route? Do they block really wide lanes and just keep everyone away. Or, unless you're really close to the plane, one likely wouldn't even be able to distinguish the plane unless...

The KT76A in our A36 died. I bought a bench-tested unit from our shop with a 6 month warranty for $800 and it promptly died as well (works fine for about 2 hours then ATC can't see us despite the transmit light blinking away). To add salt to the wound, I lost the transponder on approach to...

I've seem to recall quite a distance, but after a lot of Googling, can't find the answer. Anyone remember / have a link? (Edit: Air France 447, more specifically -- equatorial thunderstorms, pitot tubes iced up, differing control stick inputs, captain over-rode 1st officer, captain pulled...

For no particular reason other than enjoying aviation, I started studying my CFI certificate. I may end up training a few people through the Private, but would really enjoy progressing to the CFII and helping a handful of people get their IR. I have no desire to build time, get an airline...

Anyone know of a site where you can pull up historical SkewT diagrams? 'Have found several historical METARs, but no luck yet on the SkewTs. Thanks

Wind was only 10-15 knots on the ground but really howling just 2-3k off the ground. Lots of rain and bumps. The field was reporting 2 miles / 300 OVC. We're being vectored to final on an ILS. I look at the MFD and it's saying 70-75 knots of wind. ??? "Can't be", I think -- we only saw...

Many places I come across advise to lean/reduce power if you have a tail-wind but just go ROP and hammer if you have a head-wind? The latest occurring this morning in an aviation article on AvWeb. My CFI, other very good pilot friends say the same. But I just don't see the light. What...

In the last 2 years, I've read book after book on Mountain flying. At one point, I was getting confidence to fly to Eagle, Colorado, in our non-turbo Bonanza and get closer to the slopes. I realized we'd be much more at the mercy of weather as both wind and clouds/icing would ground us up...

Fired up Foreflight to check out weather for a trip tomorrow and was surprised to see this (attached).

Heading to Denver mid-week for a last-minute ski trip. KAPA (Centennial) looks like the place to park to me; however, I thought I'd reach out for advice...

I landed at a small airport yesterday with skies near minimums, eliminating the chance to cancel IFR in the air. The little airport had a GCO. Admittedly, I've only come in contact with one before, but remembered the FAR-AIM instructions: click and hold, then release, once a second -- 4...

What's your strategy for staying current in a plane with an AP that flies the approach for you? It seems like a silly question -- and maybe it is -- but let me give a little background for my question: My previous plane did not have anything more than a wing-leveler, and not a very good...

While flying today, I encountered some ATC communications that make me reconsider what I thought was correct. It was 500OVC with a solid layer up to 8000-10000. I went out to do a few IFR currency approaches. I'm IMC 30 seconds after rotation and maybe 60 seconds or so coming in on the...

I notice nearly any commercial jet has a RMI in the panel -- usually a separate gauge from the EFIS -- like a backup AI. However, few GA planes have a RMI. Why? How do you truly use one in the real-world? Not a textbook answer, but how you really use it? I've have 2 in my Aspen...

I've owned Foreflight since version 1.0 -- and love it. However, I frequently get annoyed with trying to search for cities / airports as it seems I must spell or partial spell what I'm looking for letter-by-letter correct instead of just getting close like in a Google search. Am I missing...

Are there any bluetooth GPSs that I can wire up to turn on/off with the master switch, then just stick behind the panel and forget? My buddy had a Dual GPS that seemed to require pushing and holding a button to get it to sync. I'm looking for something more akin to my audio panel: Go to...

My iPad1 is really struggling with Foreflight. I've been waiting for the new iPads to be released before buying. However, after seeing new new models, I'm inclined to buy an "old" iPad Mini Wifi+Cellular for the plane. The only thing I'm giving up is a little processor power and the Retina...