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Hey guys, I have been reading Aviation Weather by the FAA and I am a little confused about troughs and ridges. They are defined as elongated areas of high / low pressure. but the interesting thing is that the FAA says that they are "an elongated area of low/high pressure with the...

hello, i had an engine out yesterday on a 172 at 9500. luckily i was close to a military airfield with a 14000 long runway so i declared an emergency with the approach control and made it safely. i am of indian nationality, which raised many problems as far as landing in a military base. i...

Hi again! Since you guys think its a bad idea to practice IFR without having taken any lessons and since I am 25 PIC cross country and 32 simulated IFR hours away from being eligible to apply for an instrument rating, I was thinking of taking lessons and at the same time building my X-C time...

hi, I have been using a David Clark h13.4 headset for a while now. I don't mind it too much but it is definitely a little uncomfortable. is it worth it for me to updates to a bose aviation x / a20 headset? what are your take on them?

any good ideas on videoing flights from the cockpit? i would like to capture both the intercom audio and some of the engine's sound (i heard that people do that by using earbuds as mics and putting them inside the headset). what is a good video solution? the gopro and contour hd look nice...

hi. i am building cross country time (and some hood time with a friend who acts as a safety pilot) toward my instrument rating. i haven't begun the actual training yet because i want to get the hours out of the way first. am i allowed to for example do ils approaches with a hood on with a...

I was flying to an uncontrolled airport today. I called on the CTAF 5 miles out and joined the downwind (right downwind for runway 27) in a 45 degree angle while descending to the pattern altitude (1000' AGL). No traffic in the pattern, just a helicopter north of the field (no factor). VFR...

Hello again - I am looking into purchasing an economical (annual, fuel insurance and maintenance - wise) time builder. 2 seaters are fine, but i only know of 150/152's. airplane must be IFR equipped because i want to get my instrument rating on it. preferably at or under 20K, the lower the...

Hello - do you people know of any options for airplane finaning (single engine piston land, anywhere from $25,000 to $130,000, airplane based in the USA) for persons in the USA on a non-immigrant visa, who are not citizens of the USA? thank you.