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OP said it was a Decathlon which has a different wing. It may have the same angle of incidence but it has a slightly higher stall speed...

Not really TRI Pacer then, is it? Askin for a friend…

Our club insurance required CFI checkout before solo grass operations, and limited us to public fields They had a small print sentence...

I think his instructor is being too hard on him. Wheel landings should be left until everything else is mastered. Three-pointers is what...

"ONE STRIKE AND YOU ARE OUT" would have prevented two deaths. A year too late.

@geezer thanks for sharing those stories. Through the lens of time it's amazing how just a rich fool's used car was readily available on...

Thanks for the pictures, Jim, reminders of the cars that I saw on the road as a kid in the 30's, and even sat or rode in during the...

If I ever get to the point where I can't drive myself, I'll turn in my license. I enjoy, I mean I really enjoy driving.

Depends whether you want just a signature to make it "legal" or a real inspection that makes it safe.

The current sunspot game makes this happen a lot more. Many years ago, the power company in Washington DC had one way messages from the...

Jim K, I was hoping for an opinion of the farm field conditions, from an expert on their softness and current state of agricultural...

I’ve been chastised more than once for teaching/doing that, but at the very least, it’s an effective way to break a fixation on the...

Jim K can add to this, the dark area in the background appears to be wet muddy, so the landing was on soft ground. The state of corn...

Thomas and Tools give excellent advice here. One thing that I was trained for all landings, scan out the side window to the edge of the...

LOTS of good advice here. Emphasis: 1. Airplanes DO NOT bounce. I’ve seen lots of old film footage of them dropping airplanes to...