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Yes, the taxi, run-up and pattern times can vary a lot. Leaving or returning home typically involves zero traffic and zero delays. I brief and file an IFR plan in my recliner then it’s just load, push, start and go in one continuous motion. At the end of most trips I’m in my recliner <15...

Just soaking up some lead to enhance his tastiness. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

Those that do live with their planes on an air park have a distinctly different experience with small plane travel. I’m coming up on 25 years on 8NC8 in NC and have owned a 180HP TW Maule and am currently flying an RV10. The Maule would fly 117NM/hr at about 11gph, dropping to 113NM/hr after...

…and I fly IFR to keep things simple. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

As a former NYer and current Carolinian, the main thing to be prepared for is fast talking NY approach controllers and even faster talking (and harder to understand) Boston controllers. They are all really sharp, you be too. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

If you are flying below 10k’, I’d suggest KRIC or something with the understanding that you will probably be routed over JFK at 7k’. One never knows but I find that NY ATC likes to keep transiting pistons along the coast and over NYC rather than around. Probably has to do with all the...

Bless your father in law. I kind of know the type. I wonder if he would be a good aircraft homebuilder? Perhaps producing show plane material after a 10 year build, perhaps never able to finish a project, who knows? I was thinking about the pilot I was referencing and that particular flight...

I too used to think it was one of the most challenging things to do in low IMC, definitely seemed more challenging than a low approach. I did a couple of IFR flights with a very experienced Navajo owner and was surprised by how slowly and methodically he handled departures. Map and charts were...

Be careful and current with rental car arrangements. We’ve found that the rental companies have significantly reduced their fleets and their services, especially the services that GA fliers often depend on. What was a mixup and fix 2-3 years ago getting a car to a GA FBO user has turned into a...

Funny thing - when I got my TW training at Maule, there was zero discussion or instruction concerning ground handling. The CFI just said, “taxi to the runway” and I did it. Weird but it worked out. I had lots of glider time so my feet did know how to work but there’s little taxiing involved...

Congrats! My experience is that the endorsement is a license to learn. Great if will be flying a tw plane a good bit after getting the endorsement. But not quite enough to lock it in if you aren’t. After 25-50 hours it’s sort of like riding a bike - you’ll always know how. That’s my take...

Yes, Nova Scotia by definition is pretty rural. I was doing 155knots plus/minus 10. I thought cell phone coverage and use in the US was purposefully limited by canceling out calls hitting too many towers at the same time (I swear I heard about that here) but the tilt thing makes some sense...

Flying back from a trip to Nova Scotia I was surprised to receive a phone call while cruising at 8,000’. We’ve occasionally received a notification or text message while cruising at altitude over the US but never received a phone call (long and clear). I regret not trying an outgoing call but...

There’s nothing tightly sealed in light aircraft cockpits. I thing there is zero chance of Nitrogen and CO2 buildups. The hassle and liability of refilling O2 bottles is the crux of the problem for light aircraft pilots in the east wanting to use O2 on a more frequent basis. It’s what makes...

I believe there are a lot of them floating around the marketplace because the technology/performance was improving rapidly during my Mother’s use of them. Smaller and lighter was desirable for personal transport. Battery life was critical to using them on the airlines because the airlines were...

It’s an Inogen G5 (their latest as far as I can tell). Runs off 12volt (or AC) and or battery. It cost $2000 minimally configured with smallest battery. I power with a 12volt cig lighter fixture (ugh). Only accessories required are nasal cannulas (get the standard ones versus soft...

We’ve been using an O2 concentrator (InogenOne) for about a year to provide supplemental O2 in our RV10 flying around east of the Mississippi. It works great at altitudes up to 13k supporting 2 people. We haven’t tested beyond that but we really don’t need it beyond that. This is not the...

Yes and no. I was under the mistaken (?) impression that the area under the Class C shelf was Class E to the surface. Is that not the case? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

Yes. I operate out of a grass strip (8NC8) that is right on the edge of a Class C whose edge is also the boundary of surface Class E. I’ll pickup my clearance in the air if I can maintain VFR while getting it. If not, I get a void time clearance on the ground. The clearance will include a...

I kind of went the other way and moved to 100% iApple with an iPad and iPhone both running ForeFlight. The buggy release thing was a concern for this old IT guy but fact is, FF isn’t putting out buggy releases. In the 10+ years I’ve been running for 1300 hours of flying, I can’t recall any...