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Another thing you can do is go out to your practice area and do some slow flight and ground reference maneuvers. Get used to how your airplane handles at different maneuvering speeds and do some slow 360 degree turns right and left, S turns over a road, and turns about a point. Try to do them...

As a pilot with similar flight experience I sometimes find myself going to fly after more than a month away from my bird, and my techniques are rusty the first few flights. There are a few things I do to help alleviate this. First I go over the TO and Landing procedures and V speeds in my POH...

I have a similar situation with my IO-360 in my 64 Mooney. It throws oil out if over 6 qts, and it does it very quickly. I fill to about 5.75 qts and add 1/2 qt at about 5.25. I am getting about 8 hrs/qt. My AI now fills to 6 qts during annual and I drain oil for new every 25 hrs. I also use...

You might want to read "Stick and Rudder" it explains everything very precisely. I especially like the format of "what the pilot wants to do" vs "what the airplane wants to do" and what the pilot should do. It is very enlightening.

When you call in to get VFR flight following, and you let them know you have an IFR flight plan but intend to fly VFR, they can access the flight plan during your trip. That is what they used to do with the Washington ADIZ before it became the SFRA. The original instructions requested filing...

I generally do not file VFR flight plans but I have recently filed IFR flight plans even though I fly VFR. It was suggested to me by a flight briefer. Apparently if you file a VFR flight plan it is not available to ATC to look at and reference during your flight. But if you file IFR, and tell...

Hello everyone. I know this is an old thread but I am glad I participated when I did because today this discussion saved my life and the life of another pilot. I want to add here that I never thought I would ever find myself in this situation, but here I was right in the middle of it! I have...

I agree with Ed on this. I will only add that if you have an electric sender and gauge I would want to replace both at the same time if possible and check the sender wire to be sure it is not intermittently open or grounded. If you have a mechanical wet gauge and feed line, I would consider...

The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk. I was 7 or 8 years old and it was a difficult book for me to read at that time. But I eventually got into it and loved It...

I am starting to get really busy at work these days and I'll have to reduce my efforts on this project for now. I am an amateur and I have to earn money elsewhere and pay the bills... I am leaving you with a copy of my 7-Day Yes/No chart, and my route. See attached thumbnails. My criteria is...

I owned a Cherokee 140 for 14 years and it is a great little bird. I added a lift indicator in mine and practiced low speed maneuvers and high aoa takeoffs in cool weather. It has plenty of power on cool days but it is noticeably weaker on hot days. It is an honest 100 knot XC airplane and...

I have WINDY Premium and it has taken me awhile to get used to it. I think it is more difficult to use but after reading your last post I decided to look deeper. It does have a route planning tool, but you can't just enter the NAS designators, you have to click on each waypoint in succession...

I understand what you are saying. But I do prefer the overhead view that shows your entire route and how the weather moves around it, as opposed to the side view that doesn't show how the weather is moving across the ground with time. (See attached thumbnails) I think that capability is an...

I have looked at the site, I am not yet sold on it but to be fair I didn't spend a lot of time with it. For now I am continuing my research and data gathering of the tools I have been using for years.

I agree, but wouldn't being able to see the forecasted weather along and around your route for the next few or more days help with that? If you know the next 2 days are definite no-days and the next day or 2 after that are very likely yes-days, wouldn't that help with your planning and further...

I am a little slow sometimes, but did you just say a VFR pilot shouldn't plan a flying vacation? Or shouldn't try a flying visit with friends and family that takes more than 1 day? Unless he is willing to get an IFR rating? That seems a little restrictive to me.

Respectfully, I do not agree that this is a waste of taxpayer dollars. I also disagree that the idea of 7-Day VFR weather planning is of no value, especially if you take into account that the weather predicted usually does arrive, but not always on time. Take a look at my analysis table as of...

I have already reached out to AOPA I still need to reach out to EAA but finding the right person to talk to is difficult.

I guess you'll have to call me the Quixote Airman!

You are correct that the article only discusses the NOAA Graphical forecast in item 4, but that item is over half of the article. The Article as presented does not have enough graphics and does not show the reader how to fully use them in detail, only that they can be used. Now that I look at...