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^ Definitely this. I was married before I got my PPL. I had looked getting my PPL in college, but made a smart financial decision as a poor college student not to do that. Then I forgot about it, working on my masters, work, marriage, kids; so many distractions. I think my wife has been on...

It's just a little over two weeks until 2022. Hopefully it's even better than 2021. What goals does everyone have for 2022? Aviation goals, and more. Flying Lots more flying. Traveling, Angel Flights, Young Eagles. The first half of the year may be mostly short trips and volunteer flights. We...

I did pretty well, got the second highest number of hours in a year I've flown, but didn't top the 2020 hours. Part of that was not flying the trip to Albuquerque private and flying there commercial, and then canceling an Angel Flight mission due to mx issues. We flew to Mobile and met-up with...

You got Mooney twin? o_O ;) :p

Ouch! Even if they are flying regularly? Or only if they take a break? If it's even for those flying regularly that is a huge PIA.

The key will be getting your wife to fully buy in. Lots of good advice above. It really depends upon your situation. Do you plan your trips? Or do you decide Friday afternoon to "drive to the lake/beach/mountain" and now would rather fly? If you plan, renting or in a club or partnership...

Depends. We did a lot of traveling while renting. First place, where I got my PPL & IR had a 3 hour / day minimum and rented the planes wet. So, you really didn't want to make a short flight and stay a week. The next place had a 2 hour / day minimum and rented the planes dry. That made it...

Gary's been there more recently than I have; last there in 2019. It's a nice airport. They have expanded the parking since we first went there in 2006. It's just outside the Charleston Class C, so have the Departure frequency set-up so you can get them once you are out of the pattern on the...

It's so you can play Cliff Claven and tell all the other pilots at the airport who ask about it what all the benefits are. That it's like a turbo, boosting your air intake, without all the extra maintenance costs. That with that propeller your plane can go faster than a Mooney, but then...

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If the visibility is decent that’s not a bad loop. I stopped at ANB on my second solo XC; RYY - AUO - ANB- RYY. There was a FSS there at the time and they invited me in to look around and see what they do. We did RYY - HSV on a day trip as the GPS wasn’t picking up the signal. Pretty easy...

That looks nice. Right on the airport.

Looking at potential get-together sites for 2022. Yeah, the weather is not great right now; the 2nd date for a Pre-Christmas Burger is getting rained out. :( Just tossing some ideas out to see if any of them "stick to the wall". Dates and weather will obviously play a factor, so you may be...

I can't make it either. The plane is still in BHM. It is fixed now, but a 700' ceiling is not good weather to depart in after electrical work has be done on a plane with all the instruments being electrical. Then I would be getting home after sunset as well. Not a good plan. Current plan...

Aha! Now the cancellations make sense. ;) :p :D

Not looking very good for tomorrow, at least not for VFR flying. KATL 171401Z 1714/1818 14003KT 1SM BR VV002 TEMPO 1714/1716 3SM BR OVC005 FM171600 19003KT 4SM BR OVC007 FM171800 20006KT P6SM BKN014 FM180400 15004KT 6SM BR VCSH OVC007 FM180800 16003KT 3SM BR VCSH OVC004 PROB30...

We've had a few very sad cases at our office. I'm in IT, so not hard manual labor, but rather sitting in chairs, discussing, thinking, typing. So, not hard on the body. Several years ago we had someone retire. I didn't know him well, more knew of him. He worked from home 3 or more days a...

Yep, gotta have a good balance, as there are no guaranties. At one end there are those that spend everything they make and then some; going into debt for lifestyle. At the other end are those that live frugally and saving everything. Problem is when the first one lives long, and they have...

Sounds similar in many ways to my parents; retiring early and they'll be 80 next year. My parents travel quite a bit, that seems to be their hobby. My father was stilling doing Power Systems standards and they would travel to meetings. COVID brought a grinding halt to that. Even with all...