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I was working on my Private in summer 2022 at a small-ish Part 61 operation, and it was a mix of paper and modern tech. The CFI had me use a paper sectional to plan our cross country flights and I calculated paper nav logs, but I arrived at wind correction angle, speeds etc. with an electronic...

The cross-country requirements had been met regardless of the way those eight laps had been logged , so it was irrelevant to the checkride eligibility.

The three hours of required night training must include a cross country and ten takeoffs and landings, but there's no minimum time duration for the cross-country portion, only a stipulation that it must cover 100nm or more in total distance. I wasn't double-dipping and trying to cover the other...

I only log cross country if I've made a landing greater than 50nm from my origin, but that isn't germane to the nit I'm about to pick: During the logbook review portion of my Private checkride, the DPE noted that I had logged 3.0 hours of night flight, all of which was logged as cross-country...

I'd say about half the aircraft I hear flying over my property are negative ADSB. (As is customary, I have the ADSBexchange link on my phone's home screen and an acutely tuned ear prompting its usage.) There are a huge number of such aircraft in the middle of the country... below 10,000 MSL...

After finishing my tailwheel endorsement in a Cub early this summer, I got distracted from training when I purchased a small experimental aircraft (Fisher Celebrity) and subsequently dumped a bunch of my aviation budget into repairing it and modifying it to my liking. It's ready to go now, but...

Here's his airport, 20GA "Earl L. Small Jr. Field/Stockmar." Class E starting at 700 AGL seems a little unusual for a private airport, and probably a good hint that it has an approach. Maybe he's saying there are fewer than 35 private airports with instrument approaches, but that still seems...

Nope. To get the rating, just complete the FOI and whatever ground instructor written exams correspond to the rating(s) you seek, fill out your end of the IACRA application, then have the FSDO guy complete it on his end after verifying your credentials. No endorsements necessary. As I...

I, too, padded my entry in the Airman Registry with that certificate without ever having flown a drone. It was even easier than Ground Instructor, and cost a lot less. :lol:

"You think that C-130 is big? Well, I fly a C152."

You'll be fine with those kinds of practice test scores. If you get stumped, take a moment and page through the test supplement book. You'd be surprised how many test answers are printed in it. EDIT: I just realized it's Tuesday. How did it go?

Flying out of central Minnesota, grass strip operations were certainly part of our Private curriculum.

I've had them address me by type after the initial call, but it seems uncommon. As a pilot calling ATC, I suspect "november" is kind of an auditory trigger meaning "listen up, the next thing out of my mouth is going to be a tail number." If you fly some real uncommon type of aircraft and don't...

One year ago today, I took my discovery flight. Began training in July, passed my private checkride in November. I'm right at 165 hours now and running out of excuses to delay Instrument - I've got the written done (thanks Sheppard,) got all the cross country time, make a point of picking up...

I just did some (tailwheel) training at Riggin Flight Service in Madison, South Dakota. The owner is a DPE and he maintains a fleet of Piper Apaches, specializes in accelerated training, and offers an affordable boarding house for long-term students. Friendly, small town 'part 61 cowboy'...

Quick hop KSTC>KSTP to get brunch with my girl at Holman's Table this morning. I just transitioned from a 172R to the 182RG. Starting to get a hang of this unit, definitely more difficult to grease landings. I flew the Skyhawk a few days ago for the first time after logging ~20 hours in the...

Right. Pull to upshift is the convention in motorcycles, and in race cars with sequential gearboxes. Crazy to think that any manufacturer would get that backwards. My point about my earbuds was: I don't care who's been doing it longer, in my day to day existence I have to utilize the...

Every day, I use a fitted pair of in-ear audio monitors as earbuds. For that type of thing, they generally mold the right one in red plastic and the left in blue or some other color. You correlate Red with Right at a glance and then stick the thing in the correct ear. I just remind myself...

Me too. :lol:

Same here. Just starting to get familiarized with the IR ground school knowledge before I jump back into training. Been building cross country hours with every flight since my Private checkride. The rental 182RG has been in the avionics bay for a radio wiring problem for several weeks...