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Wow -- it looks like he didn't even run out of fuel; he ran the outboard tanks dry and just never thought to switch to the (still full) inboard tanks...

Discussions in other threads lead me to wonder... what are the real, extended penalties for blowing off the rules in various ways? Say I lose my medical and can't fly legally, for example. But I have a plane and I know how to be professional with ATC and otherwise not draw attention, so I keep...

I had that same thought....

I figure it's best to just avoid the cowboys -- you're not going to change their minds. Quite some while ago I was doing a little pattern work at an (uncontrolled) airport near here, using runway 30 which had maybe an 8 or 10 kt crosswind at the time, and some guy announces his approach for...

I've heard it closer to 100 hours a year, which is a bit more, but yes. Yep, and not at times of your own planning, if you still need to fly regularly. I just finished having the annual done on my airplane, and there were only a couple of minor squawks. Yay, I thought, it'll be a cheap one...

Only at the equator... less everywhere else. :)

What Ryan said. Beyond that... "if you love it then go for it" "its better than the 9 to 5"... well, that's the cliche, but I don't think it's as simple as that. A lot of people who are doing what they feel passionate about didn't get there by jumping at "follow your passion!" from the...

I'm still not sure what F=MA has to do with his claims in the first place... Martin, you should probably also take into account some relativistic concerns in your flight planning. Remember that because you are moving relative to the ground, there will be a slight time dilation effect causing...

If you're going fast enough then once is enough. Otherwise, count points as someone else said, and I'm sure it will vary by state.

I'm sorry, but this is entirely wrong. There is no wind as far as the plane is concerned. Any changes in ground speed as you turn are already baked in, since any motion of the air mass you're in the middle of has already been transferred to you as well. It's already carrying you along (and doing...

Well, to quibble slightly, it does appear that it's not the toy that is crash-prone, but rather the rich person...

Let's put it another way, if it's easier to conceptualize for anyone having trouble with it. Again, steady wind, not gusty. When you're in the air, and without any reference to the ground, there is no wind. No headwind, no tailwind, no wind at all, as far as your airplane is concerned. Because...

Try it. Pick a day with a steady (not gusty) wind, and go fly in a circle, constant power and rate of turn. Does your indicated airspeed change anywhere through the circle? Don't look at the ground. Better, bring someone with you and do it under a hood so you really don't look at the ground...

For the non-cool kids, what does "MT" mean in "MT electrically controlled CS prop"?

Well, that isn't quite fair. Pure water jet cutters work with soft materials like rubber, but for cutting harder things they mix abrasive cutting particles like garnet with the water. :)

What others said -- just be careful about where the rain is coming from and what's the bigger picture. Around here, rain is usually associated with weather you don't want anything to do with.

Rent an hour in a 172 and see how it feels. My guess is that it won't be enough of an improvement to be worth it, but you might fit differently. I'm 6'3" and I fit decently in my Cherokee-235 ('73, with the 5-inch fuselage stretch). But, just barely, with the seat all the way back. I agree...

I'm not really sure that's true. But -- that's just a gut feeling; I'm not a boater, and I haven't researched a bunch of statistics so I don't really know. Still, the ocean seems pretty darn unforgiving to me.

Looks like some cool photography, which is really all I expect from this. I'm sure I'll see it, though odds are I'll wait for it to get to Netflix.

No way to know, of course. Maybe she did clean them up for the go around. Or maybe she forgot to lower them on approach -- she had enough hours and was close enough to her check ride that it seems a bit unlikely, but if true it would have eaten up even more runway...