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I had one this week, a failed air mass flow sensor on a 2017 car. That was fixed, then one injector replaced per the OBD, and now the Check Engine light still won’t stay out. More parts will likely need to be thrown at it, almost randomly and at great cost, until the OBD God is satisfied. The...

While accompanied by his paid handling agent, directly to the FBO and with all parties wearing a mandatory reflective vest. So that he could then collect his car from paid parking before the meter payment expires and he is fined. Be careful what you wish for, because some already have it. I...

There are for sure many more differences. One additional one is that pilot ratings expire, so that if you don’t use an IFR rating on a European license, eventually you don’t have it any more. This motivates some European pilots to get ‘stand alone’ FAA pilot certificates - a German friend just...

I don’t find Mooneys visually attractive in comparison with Comanches, but the main issue for me is that they maneuver like a flying school bus, to a greater or lesser degree depending on the particular variant. Regardless of Mooney efficiency and simplicity (the types biggest attributes) they...

I’ve bought refurbished iPad Minis from Amazon with success. Their vendors and QA are apparently controlled to some standard.

Useful load for two person Luscombe checkout is a good point that I hadn’t considered. Mine had 445 lb useful load, subtracting 14 gallons for fuel would leave you 361 lbs for crew. This issue would also apply to any plane with a similar useful load. It seems to me that with a 250 lb pilot...

If the intent is to become a good tailwheel pilot at reasonable cost, a Luscombe makes sense. I learned how to fly in one, and particularly if you’ve never flown any other taildragger learning what your feet are for is very doable. An Aeronca or Citabria is surely bigger inside but if you’re...

It probably depends on the particular circumstance. My own Green Card saga was not so bad, particularly as it was a long time ago when things were simpler. My wife's Green Card application started with our marriage in the US, and her immediate return to Germany to wait. She could have stayed...

Oddly enough I know two people who were successful in this, both from Germany, so it must be a significant number of slots. My wife and I both immigrated to the US, from different countries at different times. She came in after we we married (we met in Europe when I was on vacation), long...

You'll find the prices for low mileage used hydrogen powered Toyota Mirais are really quite low. ;) There might be a reason for that unless you happen to want to drive it only in greater Los Angeles, the only place where there are a measurable number of fueling stations.

I think it’d be easier and better for all concerned if they kept their overdramatized and somewhat effete event at home.

Take a look at BMW’s early 80s experience in this regard. Their first try on motorcycle engines was a complete technical failure, with new hardened valve seats the problem was much worse than for previous engines. The hardened seat material conducted heat away from the valves worse, so the...

AOPA is not “on it” if they fail to distinguish between FBO fees to use optional commercial services and exorbitant fees being charged all landing traffic to use a Federally funded and regulated public-use airport facility.

It would be nice if Formula 1 would disappear off the face of the earth. It outlived its usefulness 40 years ago and has since become a completely decadent circus in which the event is managed as a profit and retail publicity tool, with racing and competition being viewed as unfortunate...

I just looked it up. Partial reciprocity (written test only) is another 11 states, according to the US embassy meaning that 39 of 52 (counting DC and PR) have some level of reciprocity. Unfortunately California (the most populated state) and e.g. New York have neither with Germany...

Twenty seven out of 50 states is not too bad, if you’re in one of them now.

While this is true within the EU treaty area, there is no connection at all between US state and European national driving license records. License status and points on your record in the US will not be available to any country or local government outside of the US. The same is also true in...

The rules to get an EASA PPL on the basis of an FAA certificate have loosened up a little in the last few years, but it's still complicated in most cases. This AOPA Germany Link and this list of specific requirements for license conversion may be useful, but confusion may still reign if you try...

It is different than shutting down the streets for a Indycar race because in that case the streets are being repurposed in the public interest for a period and during that period nobody can commute on them for any price/bribe. Like the Reno Air Races or an air show closing the airport while in...

This is not pricing set by any market, and neither government nor business can operate an unregulated monopoly (in the US). Unfortunately as this case shows, it is not so easy to stop government from doing so. FAA should in this case act to prevent it and protect the taxpayer from abuse by the...