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So I am listening to Sporty's VFR Communications. According to Sporty's, phonetically three and five are pronounced "tree" and "fife" respectively. I fly out of a class D airport and have never heard these pronunciations. I was wondering if any one else pronounces three and five as "tree" and...

Hello All. Working on landings it seems that as I get near the ground (< 500') all of a sudden the plane goes from being nice and stable to losing stability. The plane yaws, rolls, etc. This in turn screws up my approach. What I am wondering is there some sort of ground effect coming in to...

Hello all. PPL student pilot here who trains in a "steam gauge" Cessna 172. I was just wondering: for the PPL written test will I need to know about PFD/MFD displays? I have only sat behind glass panels once. If knowledge of "glass" is required for the written can I get by with what is in the...

Hello all, student pilot here with about 10 hours of flight time. During my last lesson (KDVT) we spent an hour doing touch and go's. My flying seemed sloppy: Vy was not consistent, pattern altitude was +/- 100', etc., etc. The instructor said I was doing fine. What I am wondering: as you...

Greetings all. Because of a medical issue I have a hard time maintaining back pressure with just my left hand when performing steep turns to the left. After dropping a couple hundred feet during one such turn my instructor, who is aware of my condition, suggested using both hands on the yoke...

Hello all. Well in January I plan to begin training for my PPL. I was wondering do you think it is necessary or worth the cost to purchase a tablet as part of PPL training? If so what would people recommend? From what I have read on line there seems to be no clear winner. So advice from those...

Hello all. I was reading about the "concentrated" PPL course that "comes with" the new Piper Archer LX. Earning a PPL is something I definitely want to do. What I am wondering, is it better to take a concentrated "crash course" that lasts a couple of weeks or a program that takes a few months...