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I like to use “Approach”. I was in Texas once and I got handed off to Gray approach - I was unfamiliar with the area and couldn’t for the life of me get the name right until the controller told - like the color - Approach alone might have made things simpler then. Ptown approach is on the same...

Hey folks, Went to Oshkosh - got Covid - it was worth it I suppose. Did anyone else get Covid at Oshkosh? Be careful out there folks - it seems Covid is everywhere!

Excellent question - what's interesting here is that many of the folks who show up for Basic Med exams at DOT examiners offices - and I suspect this is where a lot of these are being done are in fact receiving DOT physicals. What's different than a FAA medical is the discretion of the examiner...

Incredibly sad - unfortunately lots of lives end similarly - albeit not so spectacularly - everyday. Folks who commit suicide don't have a clue what they are doing - that's why they kill themselves. People who know what they are doing do not kill themselves. Let's cut them all - including this...

Suppose a lot of us might argue that you didn't have to do it, but as to whether you should do it that's something different. Something about being a pilot makes us all a little antiauthority, but in practice - I think we are actually significantly more compliant than the overall population...

Here we go - by the way - I think this is a great idea - anything but an airspace grab - good for GA safety on the lakefront. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/08/23/2021-17929/proposed-amendment-of-class-c-airspace-at-chicago-midway-international-airport-il-public-meeting

Your a Dawg fan - I know who you are - Geaux LSU! How'd you get to Illinois anyhow? I made that unfortunate move myself! I'm sorry, I got ahead of my self - proposed rule making - and it's actually Midway's Class C. I think you'll know the answer to this - are you required to keep the primary...

Yes, but shouldn't it be something like "Bugsmasher 1236 advise you immediately turn right to a heading 270 - you are going to hit Mount Washington" versus "Bugsmasher 1236 turn right to a heading of 270" in the second case he could be trying to help me or he could be trying to keep me from...

Thanks Velocity - lots to be learned from these forums - great group. And that's my experience, but you have to be so careful and never ever get to where you rely upon it or expect it. Years ago I was tooling along south west of Chicago on flight following and talking to Chicago Center and you...

He folks I should add in here I'm talking about Class E airspace in the above

Thanks Lindberg - you seem to know what's going on here so help me. I didn't think they were supposed to be giving you vectors when you were receiving flight following so how if they are not supposed to be giving you vectors are you going to receive an instruction. That's the reason I tell...

Ok folks, Perhaps this has been covered - but let's think about it. Unless you are IFR or VFR in airspace where you have to be talking to someone (i.e., B,C,D) ATC can't tell you to do anything - this is part of the reason I always tell controllers when I am VFR and feel like I'm to close to...

Let's go old school on our speculation. Does anyone remember Northwest 6231 in 1974 - iced pitot tubes - actually I think that was also the Air France issue.

Ok folks, So here's the deal - Warrior with a WAAS430, MX170C, KMA20 and PM3000 stereo intercom. I like to listen to music when flying and love the PM3000 - it's great, no need to ditch it. Problem is the KMA20, no issues yet but I sense it's getting close - the auto com knob is getting stiff...

Actually, Poplar Bluff, MO (KPOF) would have been perfect. KMKO - X60 is 754 miles whereas KMKO - KPOF - X60 is 848 miles. G-d D----d shame - there but for the grace of God go I.

Check the radar out - sure would have been nice had they gone direct to some place like Kennett, MO and then flown down the front of that weather. People forget the world is round - what looks way out of the way often doesn't add that many miles. For instance, I can fly from Peoria to...