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I like the comment on the plate about the Procedure Turn NA if coming in on V49. WHAT PROCEDURE TURN????? :D

Orographic lift is also called ridge lift. As a common way to get it is wind nearly perpendicular to a ridge line. North shore of...

Interesting. I know their have been ferry flights of GA aircraft to NZ and Australia. When we are over a beer sometime I will tell you...

FYI the changes are not yet active. The reauthorization bill has been signed, but FAA has some period of time to implement the changes...

If you are properly rated you can log PIC as well as dual. They are not mutually exclusive.

I would carry a transfill hookup. They might not have the right fittings for your tank. Mountain High pulse demand regulator greatly...

Did they fly them or put them on a ship? I thought most of the O- birds were carried on ships and on and off loaded in port (not...

He can still log the time if he is rated and sole manipulator of the controls. Of course, that means that the safety pilot cannot log...

My local field has 4 rows of newish (all less than 4 years old) T-hangars. Those that had a hangar before the beginning of this year...

The AD for the wing spar was in 1999 and did not ground the planes. You had to adhere to new operating limitations (lower Vne, low max...

In the past, some higher performance street cars used street engine based power plants. The DeTomaso Pantera used a Ford 351 Cleveland...

It could also be a broken/disconnected sense wire. So the voltage regulator is seeing 0 volts, so raises field voltage/current to try...

The way I would see an A&P Lite would be the same standards as a regular A&P, but limited in areas that the Lite version could do. A...

Hard to tell due to people painting planes all sorts of schemes, but it may be an A versus B model thing also. A number of differences...

My doc does a complete physical every year. Every 3rd year, I get him to do the paperwork. So if, for some reason, my appointment is...