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More questions than answers. The “heir at law” affidavit is designed for when there is no executor/administrator/personal representative. Assuming the airplane was owned personally (not through an LLC for example), the executor/administrator/personal representative (the title varies depending...

Sadly, he’s already older than both of them.

I can’t believe there’s some old guy in my bathroom mirror.

Yep. And there are a whole bunch of variations. I am in a club with two DA40s. Both G1000. One is a 2005 with a KAP 140; the other is a 2010 with a GFC 700. A PFD failure kills the attitude-based GFC but not the rate-based KAP. Your comment reminded me - I'm working on a revision of the club...

LOL! Fortunately, they don't have to be completely contrived since all that's currently required is the failure of the primary flight instruments. "Classic" partial panel is mostly for "classic" flight decks.

...in which case, don't discount the advantage of speed. It may skew things like cost and complexity but given your trips you want to include it in your mission calculation. It's not something the 182 nor Dakota are particularly known for.

I agree with @Clip4 on this one. Lack of proficiency (and that includes avionics proficiency) and a tendency to overreact or panic over a small problem can kill us in any conditions.

Before the Mini existed, I flew with the first and third generation iPads (9.7" screen) in multiple singles, including the 182. Yoke mount produced minimal obscuration of instruments lower on the panel in portrait mode, pretty much none in landscape mode. I used a rotating mount so I could...

I think most would agree but the choice is sometimes driven by your autopilot.

There’s a gotcha here. Many if not most 4-seaters do not have the useful load to carry 4 people, especially with baggage. That’s one of the reasons the 182 and Dakota are popular - they can. The others you mentioned, like a basic Cherokee, can’t. Useful load is also a reason for 6-seaters. To...

It’s intended to avoid the cloud clearance and visibility restrictions of VFR. I may or may not agree on whether it is necessary in a particular case, but that’s irrelevant to the pilot’s decision to use it because they feel they need it. I’ve seen those kinds of days when the...

Maybe. SVFR time is pretty short. Some Class E surface areas have longer extensions but we're typically talking about at most a 5 NM radius around the center of the runways. What, about 8 minutes max including flying a circling pattern to a runway opposite their entry point? ATC tends to be...

I've long given up expecting people using "loophole" to mean an ambiguity which allows a rule to be evaded (it's definition) instead of something a rule intends but they disagree with.

Looking out the window? Obviously it depends on what the conditions are, but all the OP mentioned was a ceiling. I actually have a picture of my mind of my years in Denver.

I tend to agree about lack of familiarity with special VFR, but I guess one could also interpret “not required” as “unnecessary.” Since the pilot can fly the pattern at 800 AGL. Is a tower controller ever required to issue special VFR clearances? If the operation can be accomplished VFR?

As mentioned, with extremely few exceptions, payment for flying is reserved for those with commercial certificates and even that is significantly limited by the rules applicable to commercial operations. For most of us, reimbursement for charitable flights is limited to taking the appropriate...

:yeahthat: Since ignorance is not a defense anyway, might as well understand the rules before deciding it’s ok to violate them. You might even find you are not violating anything.

If we’re talking a Class E surface area airport, VFR minimums are at least a 1000’ ceiling and remaining 500’ below the clouds.

1) Sunce you want to change MVFR from a weather condition to a flight rule and prohibit some legal operations, guess it’s a good thing you don’t make the rules :D 2) In Class G to 1200 AGL, you can fly the pattern at normal pattern altitude. In Class G to 700 you can fly the pattern at 699...

Yes, it’s no good only when it starts turning blue.