Recent content by flyingron

The biggest question is whether you want to deal with all the tire kickers and whatever yourself or not.

Hell, I was flying into DCA on AA, and we had our approach canceled twice. I got kind of tired of seeing 2W5 go by my window.

I grabbed a handful of different LED worklights from Lowe's a while back. One has a rechargeable battery which is handy at times. I've got a smaller battery operated one I use when I'm upside down under the instrument panel, etc...

File what you want. Fly what you get. Log what you need. My first instrument XC work, I file, everything regurgitates fine. Call for clearance. They give me a completely different route. Fine, put that into the GPS. Take off, call approach. "We have a new route for you." Oh fun...

I have a neat little Opinel Folder I keep in the pencil jar on my desk that I use more often than anything else. My kicking around the hangar knife is a cheapo buckknife w/box cutter blade combo that came from Lowes or something. One of the more unusual knives I have is a folding chef's...

We built this home with the understanding that we may end up not flying at some point before we die. My wife having been a special education teacher specializing in rather profound physical disabilities designed a house that put most of the important stuff on the main floor. Our front door...

We don't have gas here either, but I've never really found it to be an issue. The closest fuel is only 4NM away. I usually go 19NM for a little better deal. If I'm heading out on a longer trip there are some fields with substantially cheaper fuel in various directions I might be heading...

Did I ask you to? Since when was griping about the FAA against the ROC here? We'd have to delete half the posts in the medical forum if it were.

I paid $180,000 for two acres right on a prime runway lot in NC (we wanted it because it bordered a connecting taxiway so I could put the hangar part of my house facing that taxiway and preserve the runway view for the house). This was about 20 years ago. Less desirable 1 acre lots (not...

Short of having the resources to file a federal suit, not much I can do. I've complained to the FAA and DOT IGs and through my congressmen several times.

I carried a buck knife with me all while I was a paramedic. Swiss Army knife (super tinker model) at other times.

Dropped the plane off for annual and got a lift over to the Enterprise office and rented a car one way for a five hour drive home. Today tried to do the reverse and popped into the Enterprise office and "Oh sorry, we have your reservation but we don't have any cars... we tried to email you but...

They illegally put the basic med there as well as pilot certificates. There's no way to opt out because the FAA won't obey the law.

Until you apply for a medical and don't get it issued. 61.23(c)(2) Have been found eligible for the issuance of at least a third-class airman medical certificate at the time of his or her most recent application (if the person has applied for a medical certificate); The only way to unring...

Anybody can make the plane unairworthy. It takes a mechanic usually to put it back into service. Don't forget that there are a whole slew of things the owner-pilot can do without supervision.