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In one small way, I wish there was some single standard database, from which I could pull a report for "ALL medical visits since a particular date. This is the thing that gives me the most heartburn about ever going in for another FAA medical. I qualify for basic med and it's been quite some...

I'm 57 and had carried a pocket knife of some form or another since I was a teenager. Like the OP' I'd surrendered a few of them at unexpected metal detectors....and also stashed a few in the bushes or someplace for later retrieval. I do think that the premise that it's "weird" is becoming...

I think this is a great question. Something I've wondered about before too, in a theoretical camfire discussion kind of way..... I find a lot of this discussion to be a little ...well pendantic I'd be very curious for a controller or three to chime in with their comments...and from different...

Honestly, as it is, I'm surprised it's still going at all. The program is a sad shell of what it is supposed to be. I was a Cub Scout all the way through to WEBELOS then we moved..so I never did WEBLOS. Later I joined a BS troop for a year or so. This was back in the 1980's...just I didn't...

so about $500 to $900 for a PPL initial ride sidebar question - what's the going rate for PPL add ons or other rides seaplane add on? add on for something like a gyroplane rotorcraft? Instrument rating? multi add on? or upgrade to commercial? etc...

I guess that's kinda the crux of what I was getting at originally... I kinda look at it as three major purchases...really four 1) the kit or raw materials for the airframe 2) the engine 3) the avionics 4) paint and other "stuff" so the avionics it seems by the input here, is that this is...

Honestly, I don't have a philosophical issue with hiring out the inspection anyway.... with almost everything it's good to get another set of eyes on it once in a while.... so and I understand correctly that an EAB non-building owner can also do modifications in addition to maintenance?.... say...

Yeah, I've never thought hard about buying an already flying EAB...or a partially completed project either. I like the idea of the project (to a point), and would probably feel better about not having unknown-quality work buried down deep someplace I can't really see. but I'm starting to think...

My only FIRSTHAND experience with one was 4.7 hours logged in N2502U back in the early 1990's, a C172D, with I a 180HP Franklin. The guy on the field that owned it at the time used to go on an on about how smooth it was. He was nice enough to let me fly it some. He sure did baby that thing...

For the PPE..... if you are putting a sump pump in, then it must be wet I've worked under several different houses in the crawl spaces. Many times. Always dry, no ppe, never a problem....just get dusty Then when I got married, was working on my wife's house getting it ready to sell. It was...

How hard has it been at these places to find a weekend when the cabins aren't already booked?

What are the current ballpark lead times for engines and avionics? I think I've read about some pretty long leads on engines..at least from continental and lycoming. How about Rotax lead times? and how about lead times for avionics? I'm daydreaming hard about retiring in a couple short years...

so if I understand correctly, even if his bladders are fine, the overflow has washed away the tape's mastic...likely leaving his bladders unprotected from abrasion.

@jnmeade ..... since there's not a lot of experimental discussion here at POA, and especially it seems for Ran's I'm wondering if you've come across any other forum/discussion sites that are active for Ran's types and builders? Seems like the factory one is not active, nor is the facebook group...

I'd imagine a real chamber ride like I did years ago is even better in some ways. Looks like they might still have that in the program too.... https://www.faa.gov/pilots/training/airman_education/aerospace_physiology Oh I misread in my quick glances....maybe this is only at OKC. I thought I...

good point....a paradigm shift there....

I should have added my choice.... Astore for the same reasons. My mission is more xcountry

Yeah, I've been out of the system for a while and had no idea..... Was just trying to think of back-up solutions for the system that maybe be cheaper and easier than maintaining a vast network of big ol' outdated VOR/DME stations. I still contend that they should build a network of very...

If I recall, it was a choice between the two types, correct? so which would you choose and why? edit: maybe assume ICON hadn't gone belly up, because that probably sways the choice for most folks.....

I'm reminded of a T-Shirt I saw once.... "I used to be a people person, but then they ruined it." Seriously though, I almost posted in the recent Rough River Thread yesterday.... I seriously would like to join ya'll some day. For me the biggest reason why not, is that I'm not actively flying...