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Far and away the largest part of my FBO's profit comes from pumping jet fuel for transients and five corporate airplanes based here.

It is also true at the airport just a few miles north of us. Our FBO arrangement with the city has been in place since 1992.

A few years ago, after using a self-serve pump at Adams County (63C) in Wisconsin, I found the hose would not rewind. I called the phone number at the pump and informed the airport manager, who said he would come out and fix it immediately. I work at a city-owned airport. The FBO manager is...

If you wish, I can send you a copy of our private pilot syllabus.

Not exactly. There are many non-federal control towers where the controllers are county or city employees.

Now, there's a low bar.

Our airport (KAUW) is owned by the city, but the airport manager and staff are NOT city employees. Well, I should say the airport manager is an unpaid city employee. The city does not operate the airport; the FBO has a contract to provide instruction, airplane rental, and the exclusive right...

I had a Bonanza with the IO-550 engine. The fuel spider on top of the engine absorbed heat, so often there was vapor in the lines to the injectors, which inhibited the start. The book said to run the fuel pump until there was stable fuel flow and then make a normal start. I found that if I...

We do have a no-show fee, but it is seldom collected because the customer often does not return for a long time, and it's forgotten or overlooked.

He had a place on a lake in Ontario, a sort of compound. (Brennan Lake, I think.) I was a guest for a fishing trip one time. He had a Caravan on amphibious floats, and two Beech 18s on floats. Among the passengers was a professional chef, and we dined like kings during the few days we were there.

I am named as additional insured on a Warrior that is owned by the family of a pilot who died of Covid a few years ago. It was his pride and joy, and the family does not want to sell it, but none are pilots. So, I and one other local pilot fly it from time to time. The family pays insurance...

Too fast. They want to build hours.

True story. I actually heard Jeno tell it. He was selling a company, might have been Jeno's Pizza Rolls, to Pillsbury, I think. They went around the room, and when it came to Jeno he said, "Jeno Paulucci, Hibbing High School, class of 1939, and you can take this deal and stick it up your...

I turn 79 next week and have a fresh 2nd class medical certificate. But one of the 80+ local pilots told me he needs a flight review yearly now to keep his insurance. He is on basic med.

ADSB out? I see call signs on my iPad.

That's not always possible. My Bonanza, for example, had bladders that extended out a fair distance. You could have plenty of fuel but not apparent at the filler neck.

Heard that crap today from a Citation jet three times on his approach, while I was flying in the pattern with a student, and she was making standard calls. What more advice does he want? The student called downwind, base and final. Another version we sometimes hear is "Any traffic in the...

Oh, yeah, there is a no-show charge. These are the students who don't return for a few weeks and by then it is usually forgotten. (Yeah, I know - record keeping.) Quit and go somewhere else? Nah, I don't work for or need the money, and there is no other place near enough. My next move will...

OK, not "prohibited." It specifically says, "should not be used under any condition." I believe administrative law judges have ruled that guidance in the AIM, though not regulatory, must be followed.

I spent a couple of years in the right seat where my job was checklists and communications. The USAF was pretty strict about proper radio phraseology, at least in non-combat missions (no "no joy," "tally ho," "angels seven," etc.) so I tend to follow the rules. I don't ask for "flight...