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There are obvious reasons why language is internationally standardized in aviation. You can't give someone a certificate that allows them to fly all over the place, at night, in class B airspace, foreign countries etc... if the controllers and pilots don't all have basic understanding of a...

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"The commander of the 156 OG considered the MA to be one of the better aircraft in the 156 AW and believed the MA was good to go with a strong crew to get it to the 309 AMARG.400" When one of your better aircraft is going to the boneyard it makes me wonder about the rest of their aircraft.

This is one part of NTSB reports that really bugs me. They sometimes do not publish concentrations, and the county autopsy examiner has likely already made a determination if the presence of ethanol and the other things was due to consumption, or not. I get that the point of a factual report is...

People have therapy peacocks... therapy lizards, therapy ducks.. why not a therapy CFI? Perhaps I should make some business cards I think it is completely normal to have some anxiety after a long break from flying. If this is the only thing you are anxious about then I don't think self help...

Bonanza

I certainly don't blame people for moving here. But the population has exploded in the last 20 years and what used to be a nice place to live is turning into a metropolitan nightmare. At least the local economy is good. Actually I have nothing but nice things to say about the temperament of...

Believe it was in one of Ed's books, pilots all had mustaches as a superstition for good luck, a junior pilot did not want to grow a mustache because it would look patchy , he shaved it off when on R&R and trying to meet some girls.. first mission back he gets shot down (safely ejects) and the...

LOL .. thats because they are all from Chicago, NYC, Pittsburgh, etc...

Missed that... I'd suggest Asheville, NC. Rent a cabin with a view about 15 mins outside of town (check VRBO and others). Downtown should have quite a bit going on, but not crowded. Lots of great restaurants... hiking.. tour Biltmore Estate. Drive over to Mt. Mitchell and hike up to the top...

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Instrument is a bit onerous because of that 40 hour requirement. And that really does not apply if you are teaching someone in a cub..

I think the OP is correct, finding those people is more difficult. A lot of our club's "for fun" instructors went pro... we even lost a low-hour CFI to a pilot farm teaching foreign students, apparently the pay was too good to pass up.

There would have to be a big untapped pool of private pilots who really want to teach primary students at a discount rate, but don't want to bother getting the commercial and having an extra 100 hours. It seems to me that the type who want to become CFI's would rather just get the commercial and...

Grum.Man glad you found someone locally. I think it would have been tough for us to continue given our schedules and the distance. Congrats man! You should find the multi add-on a breeze.

The incumbent's campaign pays the government for travel on government aircraft, and they pay for the incumbent's travel on private aircraft or on airlines. Extra costs for transportation and housing of security personnel for incumbents do fall to the taxpayer. Basically the rules are set so that...

I think a modern stormscope is definitely of greater value to you than a small radar that you could put on a bonanza, for the reasons you mention. Ryan F is correct that a stormscope is not very accurate when it comes to range. That does not matter so much to me. NEXRAD gives plenty of...

I'd be interested to see the amount of money wasted annually by politicians or business people who travel via airlines instead of charter/GA for 'optics' reasons. Airline travel is a gigantic time suck, and its expensive as hell for short notice trips which happen all the time. The time it...

My single cylinder YZ250F had a redline of 13,500 which I hit regularly. I have no idea how many hours I put on that thing but I ran it almost every weekend for 3-4 years with no maintenance except for regular oil/clutch changes and it never showed any signs of internal engine wear.

There used to be a section on POA called the "spin zone" that was largely unmoderated and political discussions were allowed. It was purely opt-in, you had to agree to join. While things got heated down there on occasion there was a lot of good discussion. Frankly I always felt that its presence...