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The system won't let me. There are multiple issues at play here, including the fact that it's now been too long since my last flight with my CFI, so the system rejects almost anything I try to book. Getting to this point I have already completed everything except night flights and...

61. I haven't solo'd yet. This is a month delay to find an open slot for the CFI so that I can fly my first solo. CFI approved the checkride. That took two weeks and multiple cancellations, but it's done. Now he's booked and on vacation for another two+ weeks. I can't schedule solo for...

Yes. Right now I’m spending a lot more time in Houston than Wisconsin.

No, just the closest airport. There are less expensive options, but they are further away, and one specifically has a poor reputation for mechanical reliability. This airport has multiple schools including helicopter training, and all are quite busy. I get a lot of CTAF comms and collision...

Multi-tasking. Hearing. Altitude tolerance. Medications. Vertigo. Driving on city streets is a very poor analogy, but I would bet that this is what most GPs are going to have in mind when presented with a BasicMed applicant. Unless they themselves are a pilot, they don’t have a reference...

Good question. I guess that will come down to the doctors who sign off on their exam. Trouble is, I find it doubtful that very many GPs have even a basic level of understanding of the requirements to pilot a plane. I certainly saw that years ago when going to get a racing physical, where they...

May 3, my CFI told me I needed to schedule my pre-solo stage check. OK, fine. After getting cancelled three times including once to give the plane to a different student, I finally got to fly the check on Thursday May 16. No sweat, wrapped it up in about half the scheduled time without issue...

True, but if you want to move up, you might want to buy now. I would expect prices for planes between the old and new limits to go up with the expanded number of potential buyers. Had I seen this coming, I might not have bothered with my Class 3 in January....but no harm, no foul. Is it fair...

I hear ya, but this is a significant change. It opens up a lot of new planes for BasicMed pilots. 7 seats, 12,500 MTOW, and 250 kias covers the great majority of small aircraft. Heck, you could fly a HondaJet if you can figure out how to stay under FL180 and 250 kias.

https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/BC96EBA2-77A1-401C-96A0-E9B990F4D3E4 If I read this correctly, BasicMed now allows up to 7 seats (6 passengers) and 12,500 pounds. Section 828 in the link above.

Looks like some interesting things have been passed: Sec 803 - Enhances privacy provisions for FAA-provided public data. Sec 815 - BasicMed for DPEs Sec 817 - 10-day maximum processing time for aircraft registration applications Sec 820 - Removes expiration date of CFI cert Sec 824 - 24-month...

How do I buy the vehicle without paying for all of the hardware that has been built into it for that feature?

Sure, regulations support incumbents in almost every case. HOWEVER, I disagree completely that we don't get to decide what profits are "excessive". Investors certainly make that call every day. If I see a competitor getting 25% net earnings, I'm going to find a way to enter their market space...

...At those prices, I will not purchase. I want to buy a vehicle, not a software license.

Read through this first: https://www.faa.gov/ame_guide/app_process/exam_tech/item40/amd/malignantmelanoma

That "subscription" model will prevent me from buying one. Period. Not interested. Either I own the vehicle 100% when I hand them a check or I will not make the purchase; I have zero interest in playing those sort of cash-siphoning revenue games and validating that mindset from a manufacturer.

Could that be the problem? Maybe he left it on AP and it over-stressed to the point of failure? (Pure conjecture from a newbie, hoping to learn something from responses).

I asked basically the exact same question on this site several months ago. Back then, a 10kt wind scared me in a big way; now it's just another item to think about when taking off, and I am referencing the plane's crosswind limit to decide whether or not to fly. Part of your training will be...

Think about the total motion. A longer con-rod or taller piston makes the combustion chamber smaller both at full compression and full extension. The stroke doesn't change, so the change in volume is the same at both ends; this means that the overall compression ratio will go up as the percent...

Indeed. Out of the top ten selling new planes in 2023, only one was from Textron. It was not the highest seller. https://generalaviationnews.com/2024/04/07/10-best-selling-piston-airplanes-in-2023/