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Is it legal to drive 5mph over the speed limit? Does it happen every day? Do people get tickets for it? Do people not get tickets for it because cops don't know it's happening? Is it hurting anyone? Okay, let's do the last one first: yes, I guess you're stealing a very small job from a ferry...

Busted a Charlie shortly after I started flying trips on my own. Had plotted my route above it, went lower due to clouds, was tired and didn't think about it being in my way. This was before foreflight / gps. ATC tracked my 1200 blip to the (uncontrolled) point of landing and had the airport...

I'm sure other posts you've found the general pattern of things, but just in case, I would think about this from a few different directions: First, the medications themselves. The FAA asks "Do you currently use any medication?" and then requires you to list them. In my understanding (though...

Yeah, I feel like TRSAs are often given short shrift in PPL training because they're not all over the place and don't come up on tests much. I've heard of instructors saying "don't worry about it; a TRSA basically acts like a class C if you opt in to it, or you can ignore it." Which is almost...

Being in North Carolina, I'm a little biased, but KFFA is definitely up there in terms of "places to have in your logbook." If you're looking for a random half-way food stop, you could do worse than BQ1, although with the length of your trip I'm sure there are lots of good options to choose...

Speaking as a physician, but not an AME, lawyer, or FAA person: If I were in your shoes, ie had been told "a doctor once said you might have asthma when you were three years old" or something, but then you spent your entire teenage / adult life never using an albuterol inhaler, never waking up...

I'm not an expert on this stuff, but switching to BasicMed through expiration doesn't look any different to the FAA / AME's than letting a medical expire in general does. The effect of either path (path 1: renew class 3 now, maintain or upgrade to class 2 thru commercial/CFI, or path 2: go...

I'm also not a lawyer, but this seems to be the right answer. In addition to the usual good advice of "ask a lawyer if an LLC in general and the LLC structure you're envisioning in particular is a good idea," the difference between most private pilot plane ownership LLCs and the "flight...

Looks like you're doing the right thing by "running the numbers" and looking at details. Most people say it takes about 100 hours/year flying to break even on owning your own plane, and a club is somewhere between buying your own and renting from an FBO, so 70/year sounds like it might be the...

I once landed opposite direction to someone; long runway and we didn't see each other until both touching down, and thankfully we were both in slow planes that each only "needed" about 1/4 of the runway. In that case, he was landing on the "wrong" end wind-wise because it was a shorter...

Slight change of topic, but this was one of my big problems with the movie Air Force One. You'd think, if you were touching down on a runway, with hijackers banging at the cockpit door, you'd go ahead and pull the fire handles. Engines done, movie ends in 10 minutes.

I agree with all of the others in saying that it's never too early to fly, and it won't get in the way of studies (and if anything will add context to the whole book-learning side of things). If your parents need someone to talk to, I'm in Durham NC and have the somewhat-over-the-top...

Iceland... If you need more, they're at https://www.oxfordechoes.com/home-via-iceland/

I don't think we're going to tell you anything you don't already know. Unless you have the time, money, and inclination to buy a seaplane to park at your summer lake house, you'll probably never use it again. That being said, it's a super fun if more-expensive-than-a-flight-review way to learn...

Can anybody comment on how well the newer GoPros address "Jello" (rolling shutter) in the frame? I don't mind stabilization / vibration, as I can fix most of that in post. But jello is so annoying, and much harder to fix. (Not gonna lie, I've thought about rolling my own software to try to...

When pigs fly, are they high-wings or low-wings?

Just as a point of order, negligence specifically doesn't involve intent. When there's extreme indifference or reckless disregard, it's gross negligence; that's the difference. Decent summary here.

I've only really been in a partnership and rented from FBOs, but my semi-informed view is that compared to a partnership, a flying club probably has: 1. Almost certainly more people 2. Possibly more airplanes 3. Almost certainly a bank account that holds the reserve for expected maintenance etc...

If you can (timing and finances wise) get your PPL before deploying, there's no downside to it. If you can fly while deployed, all the better. If not, you can either brush up on your stick and rudder skills when you get back and start working on your instrument rating.

Sure, but why do a cursory search when you can just throw everything on there and hope for the best? Also, if you think your other owners are judgement-proof anyway, or their total assets are going to come in under your hoped-for judgement, why not throw in the extra half million that the...