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I was trying to take my dad to BQ1 and decided not to push it with marginal VFR potential ice in the clouds ruling out IFR. The weather into GMU ended up being so nice we headed that way instead. We got there just before 2:00. Sounds like I may have just missed you @BrianNC.

Uhhhh. Yeah, I was off a just a little. :) I just noticed one game installed on my PC is 85gb. My X-Plane install is 45gb without too much custom scenery. And P3D is around 30gb by itself. I don't want to know what all the addons I have acquired over the years comes up to.

Thanks everyone for all the great suggestions. I'm nearly done time building and hit a few of these spots. One of the nicest flights was across the Smokies to DKX. Crisp, absolutely calm wind day that took me right over Asheville. That and several trips to the coast from CRE to ILM, and of...

Awesome! I've taught my kids that if they every get a live caller they are to use the best broken accent they can muster and say "I so sorry, I no speak moron." ....yep, you're looking at father of the year here.

Ha, yeah. I get it. What is crazy is that some of those games that your son plays on his X Box are 1.5 GB or more installed. The new Microsoft Flight Simulator version that is in development is made sourcing over 2 Petabytes (2,000,000 GB) of Bing Map data....and will need to be streamed online...

With your PC specs, you may be able to run X-Plane with very low graphics setting....which is fine especially if you are just focused on instrument procedure training. You could download the X-Plane trial free and see if it will run at all. edit: Actually with only 500MB of disc space you may...

I still hold that if you concentrate on learning the material well, you will pass FAA knowledge tests comfortably. Having recently taken the commercial test, though, I have to wonder if the people writing the questions have studied the FOIs. Most of the questions were fine, but there were still...

I built one last summer. It worked great for traffic and weather. I installed the AHRS module, but could never get it to calibrate and behave consistently, which is not that big a deal. Since I use ForeFlight, I decided to grab a Sentry for the CO detector and convenience of the built-in...

Don't let it overshadow the fact that you made a flight to another airport and back on your own...for the first time, and got back down safely! Congrats on that. As for the confusion at the end of the flight, just look at it as a good learning experience and make the most out of it. Don't let it...

Mike, I'm not too far behind that guy and I'm all in on going for it as well. Financially it can certainly work out if you are smart about it. It can work out really well if you are smart AND lucky. But the truth is at this stage in life, it is really more about knowing that you took the shot in...

Oh no! That airport played a major role in me becoming I'm a pilot...although I've never flown into or out of it. Back in the mid 90's after moving to Charlotte I was out on a drive one perfect, crisp fall morning. I was driving on Albemarle Rd and surprised by a small plane cross right in front...

I was on the fence...but then, I mean...did you see that key fob!?! That does it. I just gots to have one!

I have had a CH Yoke for many, many moons...I think I got it back in the late 90s. Although I don't sim as much as I used to, I still enjoy it especially to help keep the sharp on IFR procedures. I went ahead and picked up a Honeycomb Yoke a couple of months ago. I agree that the pitch axis is a...

@FormerHangie anybody ever tell you “That wasn’t flying! That was falling....with style.”

Congrats! I know what you mean about that weird feeling transitioning back to a VFR flight after spending so much time inside the cockpit. As for what’s next, there is no downside to starting work on commercial experience requirements and knowledge, especially if you have instructor...

Basically the same sentiment as most others here...ending with the advice that “you can always go around” :)

I was just listening to the latest Airline Pilot Guy podcast and they had some feedback about Mr. Wagner’s...approach. Episode 403 around the 2:19:00 mark if anyone is interested.

Look up “The Ken Coleman Show.” All episodes are also available via podcast. Ken’s wisest saying is that a resumé without a relationship is useless. It really is largely who you know... and you know more people than to think.

There are so many proven use cases where flight sims can help you stay sharp when you can't fly IF you understand the limitations of the sim. As stated already, a home flight sim will not effectively let you practice stick and rudder skills...don't even try. However, they can be a fantastic...

Ouch. The approach lighting question is on the first page of chapter 2 of the AIM. Maybe the DPE was just throwing that out there to see if the pilot knew where to find the info. I would have definitely had to look it up if it was asked. The one about FIKI and the FARs for YOUR airplane is...