Recent content by bradg33

Best clip job ever. Nobody clips other planes like Trump clips other planes. A+ job.

There are basically 2 options for aircraft insurance: 1) Brokered policies from underwriters that don't deal directly with the public; and 2) Avemco, which is a direct underwriter. When someone says "call so and so at X insurance agency," they're directing you to a broker. Most good...

It's all spelled out in the Installation Manual in pretty good detail, but there are some level checks that have to be done, then you have to "swing" the compass in the GMU 11 (it walks you through it on-screen).

A "restoration" will almost certainly be uneconomical (from an ROI standpoint) if you're not doing a lot of the work yourself (or with your own employees that you're paying $20-40/hr, instead of a shop that you're paying $100+/hr. A lot of folks do restorations because they want to, not because...

He is. I'm just offering a perspective of what legal fees, overall, for that kind of proceeding would likely amount to (regardless of who is paying, etc.). No clue what was spent here, but I can't imagine it was only $30k (unless time was donated, etc.).

$30k? lol. Maybe through the ALJ stage (and that's a big maybe). Setting aside who is paying and who might be working for super-reduced special rates, probably $100k in incurred attorney time at least. $30k would be an unbelievable bargain (I can't hardly draft and file a single appellate...

This is the part a lot of people seem to miss. Everyone claiming video inspections would be dangerous and abused is painting with a broad, one-size-fits-all brush. There are plenty of tasks that could be very, very easily inspected via video, and there are plenty that cannot. There's really...

Hard to say what people worry about most, but as an instructor, what I see many pilots (PPL and up) struggle with is task saturation and prioritizing. And that applies globally to many of the listed maneuvers where the student has to manage a lot of moving parts at the same time (configuration...

On a tour of ZKC (Kansas City Center), several controllers indicated they prefer it all up front. When a random aircraft they've not been talking to calls up, it's nearly always someone looking for flight following (IFR traffic are expected and known, usually). Obviously, there are times where...

As Mark noted, I was simply pointing out that if first year insurance is too much to handle, maybe it's time to reconsider the economics of ownership. A lot of people don't really appreciate just how much maintaining an airplane actually costs until they start writing checks. There are so, so...

Everyone has a budget, of course, but when it comes to single engine airplanes, insurance is a very small part of the ownership experience. I wouldn't base purchasing decisions on first year insurance premiums. It'll be a drop in the bucket of the overall cost.

Because someone hasn't learned that you look silly pretending to be an airline pilot in a Warrior...

You're in a two-pilot airplane?

My thoughts exactly. I haven't touched an E6B in years. Totally unnecessary in modern practice. Good, bad or indifferent, I'm a CFII/MEI and I cannot use a manual E6B (I could probably figure it out using the instructions, but if you handed me one, I can't immediately use it). And for the...

On the seller box on the Bill of Sale: (Name of Seller(s)): [NAME OF LLC] (Signature): [individual signatory signs their name] (Title): [signatory's title with the LLC (manager, sole member, managing member, member, etc.; would need to refer to LLC org docs to know this for sure); it doesn't...