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Departed a small uncontrolled field in a valley looking to pick up my clearance in the air. Got in touch with ATC but she needed me at 6k to pick me up. Problem was that overcast cloud layer was steady at 4k. Controller says that if you are instrument rated and on an appropriate ODP then I...

Selling my used Nexus 7. I have always been an Apple guy, and after using this stupid little device for over a month I now know why. Device makes a "creak" when depressing the left portion of the touch screen, but this doesnt impact function or display. Some very slight cracking on the upper...

Aircraft in question has an Airworthiness cert for N12345. However the aircraft has changed tail number to N54321(this is the tail number on the registration) . Does the previous Airworthiness cert work with the new reg or does it need to be updated?

So I need a little bit of help setting up WnB pro for my plane. 1. I entered the following stations in, using mom/wt to determine arm Empty Aircraft- 47.84 Captain - 36 Copilot 36 Rear Pax 70 Baggage- 95 Fuel 48 Oil - -.2 Then copied the following envelope points in using the...

So the school has been driving me bonkers with all the crap they are blocking, I would love to be able to stream pandora (but they blocked it). Anyways I have my own webserver with unlimited bandwidth (so they say :no:)is it possible to create a VPN using this server, then route my devices...

Was reading pop mechanics and stumbled on this add to learn to fly for cheap... and the ad also stated that the guy was only an instrument rated pilot. What am I missing?

A friend has offered to let me start flying his airplane, he is a private pilot and says that he can "give me a checkout" in his airplane. Im a private pilot who has only flown 172's , the plane in question is a 152. Are there any regulations that prevent him from checking me out in his...

Just got my nexus 7 and I cannot get my glo to Bluetooth connect , no error messages just says paired but glo continues to blink not paired... any thoughts?

I have been all over searching the FAA, Boeing, My FAR-AIM and have been unable to find any regulations covering cleaning of Aircraft. I have heard that you can only use "boeing approved cleaners" but all I could find was a reference to a 2003 reversion of Boeing Spec D6-17487P. So when I am...

In light of recent computer issues I have decided to build a partial new rig: Here is what I need 1. Motherboard 2. Processor (Intel only , at least 3.5ghz) 3. Ram(6-8 gb) 4. Possibly new Graphics card 5. Possibly new PSU I'll be using it for flight simulator X basic Photoshop and...

So I have my own home built computer , It has ran fine up until a couple of weeks ago when it stopped recognizing the speakers I had plugged in. After it go's to sleep it will lose the driver and no sound will be able to play, it takes a few restarts before it will find the sound again. Next...

I was just watching a Coast Guard show on TV and I am not thinking too serious but how does one go about becoming a Coast Guard pilot? From what I read you become an Officer then a pilot (I assume you get your degree then go to flight school) ?? I am already a PPL....would they accept this...

One of the aircraft I fly is getting a MAC1700 put in as the primary radio. I found an online manual for the radio but otherwise know nothing about it. Any comments or tips for flying with this radio? Thanks

Im taking my first true trip as a private pilot and just looking for some general advice on traveling. I have only had full service fuel, some have said that self service pumps are hard to figure out....are they? Any tips when using the pumps in terms of general courtesy? I am tying my...

Ill be flying to NW Michigan in a couple of weeks and I have a choice between two airports. KMBL (Manistee) KCAD (Cadillac). My relatives live directly in between the two airports in Wellston, so they dont care. Im just looking for reviews on either airport to make my choice. I would prefer...

Currently I have a like new Flightcom Denali ANR headset, it is 100% perfect when I have nothing on but the headset. The second I put on sunglasses, or a hat the ANR is almost useless... 80% of my flying is done during day conditions which pretty much requires sunglasses or a hat. I fly...

Two weeks ago I develped a slight head cold with all the general symptoms, clogged nose and such, I got it on Monday and It was gone by Wednesday one week ago. So I go flying today in the Cirrus, I took it all the way up to 8500ft for an hour then came back in and landed, everything went...

I was thinking about flying in to Sportys little fly in, I am just wondering about amount of air traffic that go's in? Any special procedures when flying in? Any general tips? Thanks

Friend was running outlook on an old fujitsu tablet pc, had tons of emails stored in folders that were pretty important. I needed to clean out the PC so I backed everything up onto an HP simple save drive then wiped the computer. Now we are trying to restore the outlook data on to a brand...

I need to start logging lots of cross country time to knock out this instrument rating.....anybody want to meet tomorrow and talk flying? My only requirement is that the point where we meet must be 50-70 nm away from Akron Canton airport (KCAK) Hope somebody sees this!