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A pilot can "exercise the privileges" of a lower class pilot. Typically that means a PP or higher exercising SP privileges (flying a LSA without a medical), but it seems a SP could similarly exercise student pilot privileges when soloing (with CFI endorsement) a non-LSA if he has a medical...

Even without an impulse coupling an engine should start; the impulse coupling just makes it easier by delaying the spark and making it a bit stronger, and reduces the chance of kickback.

:yeahthat: The best training approach is (or should be) very different for a guy who wants to fly to far places with the instruments humming and the guy who wants to drop into grass fields and maybe do a bit of acro.

Has anybody ever been hassled by the FAA due to an improper maintenance log entry? Experimentals don't get "annuals" or 100 hour inspections; the operating limitations spell out the wording "I certify this aircraft has been inspected in accordance with the scope and detail of Part 43, Appendix...

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Some NAPA auto parts stores will do custom colors in a rattle can, too. That's what I used to repaint the N-struts on my Parrakeet. Only problem is they spray a pretty wide pattern, not so good for small areas... I used a small airbrush for that.

I did 16 turns in a C-150 once, some years later did 21 in my T-Craft. When I was still a student pilot I asked my CFI to teach me spins, he obliged, and soon had me doing 3 turn spins in both directions, recovering on the same heading. Advanced stuff for a student, perhaps, but he was an...

Because people building E-ABs mostly want fun airplanes, not antiquated Cherokee derivatives. Cubs and C-180s may be antiquated too, but they're used to do fun things.

The precise details vary depending on the vintage of the operating limitations. Older ones often say, "any major change invalidates the airworthiness certificate.". Later ones don't invalidate the AWC, but require the FSDO be notified, and in some cases their approval of a new test area...

Why?

What Cessna model (and are you sure it's a Cessna)? If it's an older model without an electrical system, it would be exempt from the ADSB requirement if not actually in the Bravo. Over Kensington, if it's under 1500' it would be under, not in, the Bravo.

Aerobatic planes often have a safety cable between the engine and the airframe in case the engine mount fails

Another thing, they were just kids, around twenty years old. At that age you learn fast, have good reflexes, and no fear.

You've never seen a 184# woman???

I don't know that it was legal. I just wasn't going to argue about it; I was busy explaining that no, it wasn't OK to cut the wings off with a chainsaw to remove it from the field. No, it was the cops, while I was about 500 feet away talking to other cops.

My understanding is that when a type certificated aircraft is converted to E/E for something like a V-8 engine swap, the modified components (the engine in this case) can be worked on by anybody, but the unmodified rest of the aircraft still needs an A&P to work on it. That doesn't apply when...

Pretty typical for all occupants of a vehicle to be charged when drugs are found. If one of the people charged really didn't know about it, that will hopefully come out in court, if it gets that far.

The feds cover the flight of aircraft, but states and municipalities can set rules on aircraft when they're not in flight, like where they can land, how they're stored, and... what kind of fuel may be sold. Of course, "interstate commerce" has been stretched all out of shape, often including...

From what I've seen, the prices charged by A&Ps are not that much different from car mechanics. The FAA has the authority to issue waivers for any regulations. In practice, they're usually very difficult to get. The FAA has to be convinced that the waiver is in the public interest... not just...