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This varies a bit by state, and you should listen to a real lawyer's explanation over mine, but in general plaintiffs will add every defendant they can think of to the claim. (Same with crashes where they throw on the engine manufacturer, etc.) What they're hoping for is that the jury decides...

Yes, when I called USAA to buy mine (bought it anyway for all the other craziness in the world) and asked the rep what it covered, she said "oh, it covers absolutely everything, you don't even have to worry about it." Knowing that couldn't possibly be true, I said, "I'm a pilot and a doctor...

That's also why savvy criminals don't use TouchID or FaceID on their phones. Using fingerprints and faces to unlock phones doesn't require testimony / can generally be done with less administrative burden, but you can't be forced to give up a password that's only in your head.

Interesting! I thought most places considered that kind of evidence not testimonial and therefore not bearing witness against yourself, kind of like you can't refuse to give fingerprints when you get arrested.

Just as one additional data point: Was flying into RDU (my home base) maybe 6 months ago, probably 20-25 miles out, waiting for an opening on the approach frequency to say hello. They had the usual constant stream of arrivals and departures for time of day. Then, before I keyed up, approach...

Depending on your budget and timing / flexibility, given the current economic issues, you might find an owner who would be interested in a one-month dry lease as a way to get a little money out of an airplane they're not flying much right now. (And you would find a private instructor for the...

This is the fifth post and still nobody has made a downhill treadmill joke?

I have no doubt you could find something at Staples or OfficeMax to make use of the space for approximately $8. If you feel inclined to send me a $271 finders' fee, I wouldn't object.

Agree with all of the above. Soon enough you'll be at a point in life where your parents' advice will be just that -- advice. In the meantime, I concur with the recommendation to get an idea of what their specific concerns are. Maybe there is an arrangement that will be more preferable to...

My understanding is: Not unless it's a full-motion simulator and you actually fly the landing. Yes. No. No. (Well, "total time" is not really a thing, but most people mean "flight time" when they say "total time" so no.)

Have never heard of "training time limitation for private pilot license" so maybe this is some internal UND rule? In any case, I believe regulations require CFI's to log any training time they give, but I'm sure you could find some who would sit in the plane and "let you practice without...

https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/avs/offices/aam/ame/guide/ If you want the whole thing, it’s the second option under “resources”.

True, the AME guide does specifically say that there is no age requirement for a medical, but the required psychiatric part evaluation of a normal AME exam, even though it doesn't require any specific questions or any of the various formal psych tests, does require: It also specifically...

I've often thought about this from another direction -- if you had a child who wasn't a pilot but might be interested in it some day, would you take them to get a class 3 medical at age 16 so they would be Basic Med eligible forever after?

You are correct. 40 hours (simulated or real) IMC, and 50 hours x-country PIC; those two requirements don't overlap. (But any given flight could count for both.)

That's pretty cool! Is that a common pattern? First one I've seen (not that I really get around).

Contact approach is only available to an airport that has a published instrument approach, so that is out. But the rest of the plan (visual approach vs cancel after an approach elsewhere) sounds fine.

I agree with both the "get started right away" and "get good XC experience right away." I think it depends on your time, money, instructor, etc whether you are able to do both at once. Personally, I loved going places and taking new people flying after getting my PPL, and so probably had about...

Will lift anything with great climb performance, but the airframe is still too draggy to get 150kt in cruise. I file for 130kt and hope for 135.

For what it’s worth, modern iPhones (and I assume high end Android phones) have built-in electronic gyroscopes, as well as accelerometers. So while it will never be certified (or a good idea to use it in navigation in any way) there’s no reason an iPhone app couldn’t simulate an artificial...