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I have done that from a Citation using a handheld and woke up repeaters all over the northwest.

Don't believe that it did. SEA was one of the early CBAs and they had a lot to learn. Before you accept this answer, consider that I am almost 92. Bob

There is a fairly large area southeast of BFI where the tower airspace of SEA. BFI, and RTN overlap. It is a practical impossibility to talk to three controllers at the same time. I attended the meetings when the dimensions of the original KSEA Class B airspace were being determined and I do not...

Fine with me! If you buy today (Amazon, Sporty's, B. Dalton, your local pilot supply store, etc), you will get the 13th edition. The 14th edition is at the printers, due on store shelves in September...the 13's have to sell out first. If you can't wait, rattle my cage and will send you the...

Do not hesitate to contact me directly if you have any questions. Bob Gardner

If you are cleared for the option you can do a T&G, low approach, or stop and go without telling the tower which option you have chosen. When it is time for a full stop, though, let them know. Bob Gardner CFI at Harvey 1968-1970

The words "flight academy" scare me. That almost always means Part 141 and extra costs. Lots of good advice in this thread. Bob Gardner

I was 38 and retired from the military when I began instructing (by that time I had my commercial and CFI). It is a very rewarding second career. I never bought liability insurance, but I joined AOPA and NAFI early on and might have had some coverage through them. I re-retired in 1988 and began...

My practice was to hold altitude until the glideslope came down.Never had ATC question it. If the profile showed a stepdown, though, I followed it as charted. You never know why procedures designers do things the way they do, but they must have a reason, and I would rather not find out why the...

How much time did your CFII devote to plain old attitude instrument flying with maybe one approach per lesson? No navigation, no communication, just learning to fly by instrument reference until airplane control is soaked into your subconscious? When aircraft control becomes instinctive, the...

Three point.

“you are now entering 3rd world slums” Capital Hill is far from being a 3rd world slum....quite the opposite. Seattle University is a couple of blocks from the protest location and CH is known for its student and LGBTQ vibe. The Seattle Art Museum, the Cornish College of the Arts and the Burke...

Grab a sectional....they can be found free online. Boeing Field is just south of downtown and within the city limits, Renton is right over Beacon Hill from BFI. Those are the closest. Auburn is in the Kent valley with good roads to Seattle. Paine is 30 miles north and Snohomish (Harvey Field) is...

"in the very center of Seattle" No...two miles east of the center of Seattle and up a significant hill. Were it not for the TV coverage, people traveling through downtown would never be aware of what was happening on Capital Hill. I grew up in Gary (ugh) and would not travel back to Chicagoland...

Go to www.zillow.com and check rental prices for downtown Seattle and compare them to Kent, Auburn, and Renton. You will see individual neighborhoods like Lea Hills and Lake Meridian in addition to the cities themselves. We go into Seattle only for hospital visits and doctor's...

I have lived in various parts of King County since 1960 and I love it. It does not rain a lot, but it has many days with precipitation. I do own a rain jacket that I wear maybe six times a year and own no umbrellas of any kind. Unless your wife is the Wicked Witch of the West and melts when wet...

All pilots should lean for low power operations. What could go wrong? If you lean too much, the engine will quit: BFD...restart. Good article by Mike Busch in the latest AOPA magazine on sticking valves...in the article, he discusses leaning. Bob

Part 135 pilots are required by regulation (135.227) to remove all frost, snow, or ice from the airframe before takeoff. Are the lives of paying passengers more valuable than those of your passengers? I have always considered frost to be a gazillion stall fences, creating drag not only on the...

In an article about sticking valves in this month's AOPA Pilot magazine, Mike Busch disagrees with you. He says that sticking valves are caused by running too cool and recommends CHTs between 380 and 400 and aggressive leaning at low power settings. Bob Gardner

"mountain out of a molehill here" FCC regulations must be adhered to, just like FAA regulations. Pilots do not get to pick and choose which regulations they are subject to. The "fingers" frequencies are assigned for test purposes and other authorized uses. They are not authorized for...