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You cannot hurt anything by leaning aggressively on the ground/while taxiing, and your plugs will love it. Do not overthink this. If you over-lean the engine will quit. Big deal. Restart and don't be THAT aggressive. Do a web search for "Key Reprints from The Lycoming Flyer" for leaning tips...

For those with memories of Okinawa, I was there 1963-1964 and was responsible for the 625’ tower at the USCG loran station at the north end of the island, 60 miles north of Camp Schwab (the end of the paved road back then). I still remember the Koza steam baths.

Without knowing where you will be deployed it is hard to give advice. When I was on Okinawa I joined the Kadena Flying Club (but I had a pocketful of certificates/ratings at the time). IF you are deployed to a place with a military flying club it might work out. Get your PPL first and hope for...

Figure 12-3 in the Airplane Flying Handbook indicates that a windmilling prop offers maximum drag. Bob Gardner

To answer your question, expect the new CFI to briefly go back to square one to evaluate what you have assimilated....that will give him or her a basis on which to move forward. For me, the first session with you would be more of an airplane ride than a teaching opportunity...it would give me...

The late comedian Danny Kaye was one. Bob

The great unwashed see the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds as what they are....part of the military...and the general public has a positive attitude toward the military. Those same folks think that "little airplanes" are a hazard, apt to fall out of the sky at any time and kill a schoolyard full of...

Almost everything about cross country flight planning is based on estimates, forecasts, or data of questionable accuracy, and the examiner knows that. Winds aloft forecasts are notoriously unreliable, climb angles vary depending on the wind encountered, and the variation on the sectional...

"Timing of flaps" puzzles me. You should be learning procedures and techniques: procedures are dictated by the flight manual, while technique varies from one instructor to the next...no two instructors will have you make a flap change at exactly the same place every time. So don't let that worry...

Touche' Bob

Definitely not. The Mark I eyeball provides the best collision avoidance...a radio is a crutch, Bob Gardner

Good landings are slow landings. Get comfortable down at the low end of the airspeed indicator and stop obsessing about stalls....it is angle of attack, not airspeed, that is the key factor in stalls. Keep in mind that when you maintain the recommended 1.3 Vso (calibrated, not indicated) you...

Kenny is right. They never go away. Each time you fill out an application you will be asked if you have ever had an application denied. Ever is a long time. Bob Gardner

"When in doubt, don't." Words to live by. Bob Gardner

Were you dehydrated? Bob

Don't worry about brevity or taking up air time. The AIM (4-2-1b) says "Use whatever words are necessary to get your message across." Plain English works just fine. Bob Gardner

Check out the cost of oxygen masks and a bottle capable of feeding your crew for "a couple of times a year" and compare it to the cost of a turboed engine with its maintenance costs. You are only required to make oxygen available to passengers for that time spent above 15000. I have flown into...

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FAA publications hide nuggets of valuable information in a thicket of not-very-relevant information. As a newbie, you are not in a position to distinguish between what is important for the test and what is not. The handbooks are full of useful information, and I would not want to dissuade you...

Another reason that is not immediately obvious is that there is an obstacle in the missed approach path. We tend to look at the approach path and airport vicinity for clues without realizing that the something several miles away is giving the approach designer fits. When you see more than one...