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There are no pockets in a your last frock, as they say. Not really. No debt. If I stop flying, cost goes away.

Looking to buy house now, and all of a sudden I'm realizing that although the actual mortgage might not be much more than rent, all the stuff I want to do to house will be a serious cost. That's going to take away from my flying money. So it might be the case I'll fly less over the next few...

It's all perspective. I rent house, drive a 21 year old car so I can afford a turboprop. And to be honest, I can barely afford that even. I spend about 50-60% of my income on my plane. But to me having an aircraft is important, and I forsake stuff to be able to afford it. Social pressure is...

So, let's say I do a checkride for COMM MULTI, but I'm not instrument current. Does the check ride renew currency like it does for a BFR?

The checkride.

Yeah, $10K for a single and $20K for a twin for basic quality. High end paint job, will be 1.5x times as much, roughly.

Are you Turkish? Very rare to hear an Özdemir Erdogan song playing in background in the west. :) Here's the original. Groovy tune. Turkish funk! Here's another excellent song from Erdogan from same era. OK, enough random weird music!

There are ways. Klaus Savier flies from SoCal to Panama City on just 26gals. You couldn't even buy the cheapest airline ticket for less. http://www.wired.com/2009/11/45mpg-at-207mph/

"First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew. Then they...

Most likely you can control your BP by just losing a little weight and exercising. BP medicine does have side effects (erection problems, dizziness, constipation, rashes) and some studies suggest they actually increase the risk for stroke and heart trouble. So if you can avoid the big pharma...

There is no difference in principle between giving the government the future backdoor key to all our info vs. mandatory DNA sampling all children at birth, sampling all citizens, visitors, tourists, jews, arabs, blacks, caucasians and storing it in a database and then just matching it to crime...

Paul Bertorelli is the very reason I subscribe. His dead pan and humorous editorials on AvWeb are great. I think Flying should give him his own column. This is a few years old now, but every point he makes on AOPA I agree with...

Certainly doable. But me personally to that kind of environment and with my family aboard? A pressurized twin, for sure. I sold my Aerostar for $127K. It was de-iced, pressurized and turbo normalized and could do the job easily. Perfect for a small family with loads of capability. There are...

In LA it's $75-100/hr. So don't let anyone tell you you can't make money as a CFI… :D;)

Re: Trying to get 3rd class medical with class C misdemeanour(not traffic) conviction I'm with James. I'm from Europe. 38 years ago everyone there was up in arms by the Dutch legalization of drugs. "It's gonna create heroin addicts, it's a gateway drug, it's the end of the world" etc. Today...

I'm self employed. I travel for work constantly. Most of it on airlines, but the goal is to eliminate national airline travel 100% over the next years with the new plane. International travel will have to wait until I can afford an even more capable and long range plane.

I posted in another forum about renewing my Airworthiness Certificate. It seems like different FSDO's seem to interpret the rule books differently. Case in hand: I have a very worn, yellowed and tattered Airworthiness Certificate. I called FSDO and asked if I could come in and exchange it...

Checklist on the ground, memory items in the air.

Problem is as a new owner about to do an engine overhaul, is that one thinks the quoted price, plus labor to get engine in and out, is what it will cost. It won't. Unless you're planning on re-using your: old hoses old ignition harness old spark plugs old oil filter old oil old turbos...

Couldn't attach images previously for some reason, but now it works. In any case - wish I could have been there to clean some of that old insulation glue up, but it'll have to wait until I do interior. Looks like a mess. When you start thinking of all the things that needs to move that...