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Full disclosure: When I was a student I would go out and fly around and put "stall practice" in my log. I had scared the bejesus out of my instructor by shoving the nose way down until we were almost vertical and that made me gun-shy about doing it on my own. Several decades later, with several...

Manufacturing will move from China to the US when workers in the US agree to getting ten cents an hour.

I don't think so, and I have instructed under both 61 and 141... Employers do not care where you were trained, only that you have the required experience and certificates.

Tom Hanks and his wife are in Australia, which is famously hot, and they both have the virus.

When you have the time, go to www.faa.gov and put 7110.65 in the search box. When the Air Traffic Control Order comes up, scroll down to Chapter 7 - Visual and see the phraseology that the controller is required to use. They are required to advise you when you are clear of their airspace. Never...

Nothing to do with time saving or frequency congestion: the FCC regulations require that station identification be a part of each transmission.... 87.107 Station identification. (a) Aircraft station. Identify by one of the following means: (1) Aircraft radio station call sign. (2) The type of...

Why would Cessna go to the trouble of certifying airplanes with 40 degrees of flaps if they did not intend them to be used?? Bob Gardner

No. ASA publishes the syllabus separately.. The Complete Private Pilot Syllabus (ASA-PPT-S6) $12.95

The local FSDO has the final say on approval of a training syllabus. Check with your Principal Operations Inspector. Bob Gardner

It is either something new in the ATC Handbook or a local thing. Your request was proper. Bob

I have flown normally aspirated piston singles from Seattle to Denver, so I guess that constitutes flying in the Rockies. That was a one-time ferry trip. Flying NA singles over the Cascades to Eastern Washington and beyond was routine. What is the question? Bob

Rigging?

When I was active I expected any pilot that I flew with to be able to walk home if we had to make an emergency landing. Bare feet would not be acceptable. I was once giving a flight review to a pilot in his dad's Seneca and he was wearing flip-flops....when we had to push the airplane up a...

"...and keep going in those conditions,..." I do not believe that this is the case. FIKI just buys time to escape the icing conditions. Read up on icing in FAR 23 and FAR 25 (incorporated in Part 23 by reference) to see what "known icing" means in the certification process. These references...

Google "deaf pilot." You will get lots of hits, including a link to the deaf pilots association. Bob Gardner

From Aerodynamics for the Naval Aviator: At smaller blade angles near the flat pitch position, the drag added by the propeller is very large. At these small blade angles, the propeller windmilling at high RPM can create such a tremendous amount of drag that the airplane may be uncontrollable...

It's pretty esoteric, but the "flat plate" presented to the relative wind by the windmilling prop creates turbulence, which heats the air (however minutely). From Chapter 12, Airplane Flying Handbook: "Propellers The propellers of the multiengine airplane may outwardly appear to be...

With no combustion taking place in the cylinders, the prop is being turned by the relative wind. Because the prop is connected to the crankshaft, the pistons are being forced up and down and the valves are opened and closed by the camshaft. Every time a piston rises against a closed exhaust...

Figure 12-3 in the Airplane Flying Handbook is a graphic of prop drag at different blade angles. Goes up dramatically at less than 20 degrees or so and is at maximum when windmilling. The proper name is "flat plate drag," because a windmilling prop is like having a circular flat plate the size...

I overtip for almost any service. None of the housekeepers, tire fixers, porters, waitresses, etc are in it to get rich and retire...many work multiple jobs just to stay alive. I can remember when I was I was flat broke....if I can help, I will. Bob Gardner