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It’s good to define one’s ‘mission’ before taking the next step in any aspect of sport aviation, but in the beginning the mission is to train and achieve the first levels of certification. Perhaps the more important question at this stage is, “what is basis of interest in flying”? Or “what...

We do, though Covid has slowed things down a bit. We definitely prefer it over car travel. Only take the airlines on long trips and most trips to NYC. Wx concerns shape our travel but only rarely results in delays. Instruments are required for serious travel. I’d add to the definition of...

I take comfort in thinking, “given all the hours I have in cars, how many times have I had a smooth running car simply quit cold on the highway”? The answer for me is once but it was a non-maintained VW bus. It’s more comfortable at night in your own plane with a well maintained engine that...

Having just hit my 2nd deer during a night landing I would add that even airport landingsat at night has its risks. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

Yeah, no way on any flight, flight review, or frankly any situation that I can avoid 2nd hand smoke. Not because I think a bit of casual exposure will hurt me in the long run, heck I’ve breathed so much 2nd hand smoke from my parents that it’s too late for that kind of damage. But I avoid it...

Don’t worry about the CBP stickers. As soon as you purchase it, CBP has it on file and your receipt will do as proof. Remember they expire 12/31 (or some other fixed date). Remember to update your eAPIS profile with the new sticker number. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

One lesson this non-smoker got from smoking is just how well a O2 concentrator works for supplemental Oxygen in my plane. (Keeps 2 above 90% up to 15k) Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

But often it was the cool kids! If the boss smoked the best way to brown nose was to smoke with them. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

The smoking/non-smoking sections in airliners was dynamic - it just depended on how many of each type of tickets were sold. God forbid you get a seat in the last rows of non-smoking. Used to smoke cigars during sales meetings and 1:1 performance reviews. I flew with a number of glider pilots...

That’s a bit hyperbolic. The big discovery some time back was that the downbursts associated with thunderstorms could be particularly dangerous for even the most powerful jet airliners. It wasn’t that the vertical velocity of the downbursts could dash them into the ground but rather the...

Well said. In terms of selecting an aircraft, you are going to pick a plane that lies somewhere on the continuum of simplicity and complexity, cost and capability, availability, serviceability, etc. Then you need to plan and fly accordingly. There’s something to be said for starting at the...

I think my ol’ taildraggin’ Maule hasn’t appreciated quite like the Skywagons and such. Sold it 9 years ago for a pittance. I do miss being the mis-identified plane on the ramp. Even the docents at Oshkosh sent my 1995 model to the antique camping area two years running! As they got rarer...

I’m thinking there’s little incentive for the Feds to have people prosecuted; no fines to collect, no property to take, no political gain, victims of prosecution are generally tax paying middle class people, safety is maintained by simple removing violators from the aircraft. Why procescute...

Rather than an essential bus, I have a dual bus, dual alt, dual battery setup. I cross-feed them for TO & Landing but run them separately in flight so any failures become evident. I’m running 3 GRT EFISs, all capable of all functions. They are all powered through multiple connections to a...

Thanks. I’m very aware of that reasoning but using each unit’s power switch accomplishes the same. Yes, the current stuff has, by TSO, greater tolerance. One argument against an avionics master is the creation of a single point of failure. With that said, the one set of units that have no...

With that in mind, one can just use the individual switches on each unit. I decided on that approach for my RV10 and use fuses for wire protection. Individually turning each unit on at startup and doing the reverse during shut down is part of my flow. There are arguments for doing or not...

Main gear nacelle. We were still a foot or 2 off the ground. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

Not only didn’t it hit the prop, I think the little guy survived and ran off later. After landing I went back in the dark to see if a coup de grace was required but found the carcass whole and without any cuts or obvious damage. I dragged it off the grass runway. I’ve been waiting for the...

Glad to hear you and yours survived Covid. My wife caught it early on and it was no joke. My new knee works and it’s kept me fishing, flying and golfing. My RV-10 was fine until my night time return from the Bahamas yesterday when I killed my 2nd deer. I’ve now chalked up a goose and 2...

Returned without incident. The responsibility has been placed on the airlines and charter companies. No process for owner/operators to do or get checked. I feel so entitled! Please get fully vaxxed and otherwise stem the spread. Thanks! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro