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Especially after draining and building on top of the mangroves and wet lands that provided some protection.

Good to know, thanks. If my house floods badly. I'm fixing it up and selling or renting it. Ain't nobody got time for this.

That was the plan, shut down the electrical. Well, probably needed a new unit anyways. Thanks for the tip. Lived in Florida and tropical islands my whole life. This will be only the second storm I evacuate. The last one was Hurricane Andrew when I lived in Homestead.

I'm the evac zone in Gibsonton close enough to the water that I am quite sure it's going to flood the house. Moved anything precious to family house inland. And as much other valuables as I can upstairs. I hope that minimizes the pain. Never dealt with storm surge or major flood damage. How do...

I took the AGI because I had no idea when I would finish the CFI and figured I could start giving ground lessons. I didn't teach before I got the CFI because I am too busy, but I know a couple of people who did. Those that did benefit greatly by having a relationship established that got them...

It was daunting to teach until I spent all day for a couple weeks leading up to my checkride working remotely in the main study room of the flight school. Every private, instrument, commercial, multi, other CFIs and CFI applicants came into the study room I would tell them that any question or...

Car seat facing forward, baby headphone ear protection and toys, books, water, bottle and snacks. Consumer bluetooth noise cancelling headphones to a spare ipad. Fresh diaper when loading up. Mama in the back longer legs. Put the headphones on when they are asleep. I keep the ears in the car and...

We stay prepped too, only worry is the flooding because I usually don't buy flood insurance. I have it now so about 5% less worried. Our plane is hangared in Zephyrhills far enough inland that I rarely think about relocating unless I want to make it a family trip.

I live right near US41 in Gibsonton (road along the eastern Tampa bay), that exact scenario is my biggest concern.

This is a great exercise. Most people cut and paste stuff. I think you'll have a more solid understanding and retention doing it this way by hand.

A former flight safety instructor told me that technically the minimum requirement is ground instructor certificate to teach in the sims. But good luck getting hired without any relevant flight experience.

If you can fly twice a week for 2-3 weeks, flying maneuvers and landings, you will feel at least 90% as good as you are flying from the left seat. I felt safe after a couple flights, not super confident. And maybe approaching equal proficiency at about 20 hours. I'm making numbers up. But the...

I just became a CFI earlier this month and plan to be a lifelong CFI. I've been coaching, training and mentoring people in boxing for almost 20 years and find it to be very fulfilling. The problem I have is that I haven't yet found a school that'll let me teach in their planes. I hope to be that...

I'm also working on CFI now. I have had some bad luck finding a CFI that can train me or work around my schedule. Advice given to me by an older instructor, is to teach the FOI using examples in other parts of your life. The DPE is likely tired of the same stuff different day. He was a scuba...

Got my spin endorsement from St. Pete Air in their J-3 Cub at KSPG and I made a mental note that the instructor said he gives rides in a Stearman also based there. I could be wrong but might be worth looking into.

If I suspect someone under paid, then I try to tip with cash. Tipping on the machine might only barely trickle down to that particular employee. Otherwise in general if you walk up to the counter, place order, and walk back to pick it up etc. no tip should be expected.

I will try that next time, thanks for the tip!

My advice about the upgrade is to follow the mission. If the Arrow has more range, useful load and better avionics that you will regularly use in your flights then it makes more sense. Will it allow to fly more missions that would have been canceled in the Cherokee? But if not, you could make...

I rent an Arrow II with 200 HP and get 130-135 KTAS just under 10gph. What are the power setting you guy use to get 140+ KTAS? 2400RPM and FT?

I did my commercial multi in the Twin Tecnam P2006T. I would not choose this plane for your mission. There is enough useful load to fill the tanks, two adults up front and a small human or bags in the back. With half tanks, you can do three adults without bags.