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And you just aren't getting the point. No one argues that spin training, learning commercial maneuvers or aerobatic training is a bad thing. The military takes two years for someone to earn a pilot rating. That's two years of intense, full time, flying, simming, and academics. What's that...

If you're flush with money, far be it from me to tell you not to spend it. Heck, might as well tell your instructor you want to learn chandelles, lazy eights, and every other commercial maneuver. They'll make you a better pilot. You'll end up with 150 hours of dual and broke with no Private...

I've been to both Pcola and WrightPat but it's been years since. My thoughts are the Air Force has a more extensive collection but the Navy presents their collection much better. You learn a lot more about Naval Aviation at their museum because it has context than you learn about USAF aviation...

Just an observation. At my pilot controlled airfield there is a flight school that primarily uses Cirrus aircraft with a couple of C-172s. I'd characterize their standard visual traffic pattern as B-52 size. There's no way they could make the field from anywhere before short final without a...

I'm a lowly retired Major. Thanks.

Here's my take on the OP question. An annual inspection is just an inspection and it is good for one year. The annual is a snapshot in time. An aircraft has to have been inspected within the previous 12 months for it to be legal to fly provided it is airworthy at the time of the flight. The...

If you're just looking to do something fun that improves your flying, how about a glider rating? It's not as expensive as getting an instrument rating and can be fun. It's a social experience since most glider operations are clubs where members have to pitch in.

Second, a Brother laser printer. Got sick of buying colored ink we rarely used and having to constantly clean the printer head before getting a decent result. Bought a Brother laser printer and would highly recommend one. I never was overly impressed with the colors from an inkjet and 99.9%...

After we thoroughly analyze ever transistor and circuit onboard that balloon, I don't have any issue with putting all the pieces into a cardboard box and sending it back to China. They did the same thing with our EP3E. Unfortunately, their intelligence windfall from the EP3E was much greater...

I've flown dozens of 172s and not a one was equipped with a BRS chute. I blame that instructor for not ensuring his student was absolutely and thoroughly aware and checked out with the fact that this aircraft had a rocket propelled parachute installed. Kind of like having a loaded pistol on...

You don't think that just maybe we had sensors looking at the balloon and analyzing any transmissions to or from that array? Do you really think that if anyone in the DoD suspected that important sensitive data was being collected and transmitted back to China that that balloon would have...

Most instructors charge their standard rate for providing instruction to give the endorcement check. DPEs do have a lot of overhead that their checkride fee has to cover, at least that's the partial reason they charge so much. DPEs have to keep their FSDO overlords happy as their DPE ticket...

"Student pilots", once they become certificated, lose the "Student" in front of pilot. To act as PIC for a flight, you either are a student pilot who has been endorced for solo, or a pilot with a current flight review and endorcement for soloing the glider. Since a private pilot can no longer...

For a ppl power to add sport pilot glider privileges rather than go the ppl glider route, you save the cost and hassle of getting a checkride from an FAA DPE/glider. Since DPEs have raised the cost of their checkrides so much, you can save a chunk of change by just getting the sport pilot...

If you do go to a FSDO to get your citizenship straightened out, don't call it a license or licence since it's a pilot certificate. I made the mistake of going to the FSDO to get my ground instructor certificate and made the mistake of calling it a license after which I received a 5 minute...

Former Santa Monica mayor dies in small plane crash on beach - ABC News (go.com) Sounded like he stayed calm and tried to do his best. RIP

Legalities aside, an accurate compass deviation card is absolutely essential to successfully flying vfr across the Atlantic by dead reckoning if you expect to reach Europe.

Don't intend to argue semantics but if someone inadvertently enters a very low overcast and ends up 15 degrees low screaming into the earth, how can you argue that spatial d was not a factor. DG keeps repeating these were two experienced pilots who simply had encountered inadvertent IMC and...

Were they operating with an IFR clearance? If not, they might have intended to stay below the overcast, inadvertently went into it, and succumbed to spatial d trying to get out of it. How much ground lighting was in that area? Night vmc below an overcast with few lights on the ground are...

They're called wing gloves and they pop up to allow the wings to sweep forward exactly as you said.