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I have to admit, I was the same way during IFR training. With a math/physics background, figuring out the charts and angles and procedures was very quick (and even without that background, I'm sure most pilots who decide to train figure it out pretty quick). I knew I wanted to do IFR for the...

The form is called a Consular Report of Birth Abroad, and is prepared by the State Department for US citizens-by-birth born abroad. If his father was American on a US military base in Germany in 1950, this was probably already done at the time of his birth. I'm in the same situation, and that...

For what it's worth, the final plan was to head out to KFFA, spend the afternoon at the beach, and then at sunset make the quick hop over to KMQI for an ice cream and dinner. Worked really well! Charleston is definitely next on my list, when I have a bit longer of an afternoon for it.

So, I'm based out of RDU, and Ocracoke is probably my favorite local destination. But it, like most of the OBX strips, is closed 30 min after sunset. I want to fly to the beach Friday afternoon, and plan to depart a little later than that. (I imagine this will become a more common issue as...

A few people have alluded to this, but just for the record, the A/FD entry says: To me, this makes it pretty clear that there is a separate terminal use fee and landing fee. Calling the airport or a bit of googling will get you the rest of the way. It could be easier to find the amount, but...

That I did semi-manually. There's a guy who programmatically made watercolor-looking maps from Open Street Map data. I wrote a little Python script to grab an area of those in bulk, and then another one to take GPS data from my ForeFlight track, overlay the airplane in the proper place, and...

Hi all, I took a few friends on the Hudson River flight (plus Central Park transition to head out to Block Island) a couple of months ago. It was my second time flying the corridor. Unfortunately, the GoPros were packed away, so not a lot of video, but my friends took some pictures, and I put...

Ocracoke is a fantastic flight. Have been there three times now, no trouble with winds. Walk to the beach (about 300 feet), or walk into town (about a mile), or Howard's Pub will pick you up in a limo golf cart and take you into town.

I'm no lawyer, but I'm pretty sure if it's not in the definitions section, the plain-English meaning applies. (Unless it's a legal term of art.)

Yeah, my understanding is that you only run into trouble if you hit all three of (1) a holding out, (2) to carry people or property, (3) for compensation or hire. The problem is that for this purpose, "compensation or hire" includes taking a pro rata share. So, for most of the "fly around with...

This was my logic initially -- I learned to fly up in the middle of nowhere, and had a CFI who was pretty 50/50 on flight following (probably because we were in the middle of nowhere) though he did recommend it for XCs. I would use it for most XCs, but occasionally didn't want be listening for...

I can give one possibility from personal experience: As a new private pilot many years ago, I was returning from a 200 nm trip (maybe my second "destination" flight, a weekend outing). Was departing a class C, and landing at an untowered field. After clearing the departure airspace and...

I concur re East Coast -- Hudson exclusion, land at College Park and visit DC, get down to the NC outer banks. With only 10 days, I would recommend not going all the way to Key West and back, just so that you can stop and enjoy the sights a bit more. Maybe fly inland on the way back, see some...

Hi all, Anyone have experience flying into Pittsburgh Monroeville? I'm flying in to Pittsburgh later today; Monroeville is closest to my destination, but let's just say the ForeFlight comments don't inspire confidence in the runway condition. I'm used to flying into grass fields, so a bit of...

Do check your open pilot clause. For a basic plane like you're talking about, it may only require a private ASEL certificate, or some number of ASEL hours without any time in type. Just like named pilot, this just means that you (the owner, and your loan if any) are covered for the loss, not...

Modified as above, that's pretty accurate for most of the cases we encounter. A few provisions for ATP and students notwithstanding.

Talk to a lawyer, because I am not one, but from my very limited understanding, the theft claim is incorrect. Theft/larceny/"stealing" varies by jurisdiction, but traditional common law definitions require (1) trespassory taking and (2) carrying away of (3) the tangible personal property (4) of...

The rule isn't "only one of them can log the time," it's "only the sole manipulator can log the time" assuming the setup posed in the OP. So it's not "if Pilot A logs it, Pilot B can't." It's "if Pilot B is flying, Pilot A can't log it, even if she's acting PIC." A lot of people seem to have...

If you're in a state that will assess sales tax on fair market value, I'd check with a lawyer before lowballing that in any way. With my 0 legal training, that seems like a recipe for an insurance company later to discover that "fair value" you declared and total the plane. But maybe it...

Not hard, but last I was aware, you had to do it in person at the Baltimore FSDO and KDCA fingerprinting. Looks like the fingerprinting can now be done elsewhere, but the whole process will still take up half a day, and then you won't get the PIN for a couple of weeks. If you'll make repeated...