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The Grilled Tuna Salad at the Sunset Pub, Lincoln Park Airport is great, but I believe they've closed until the end of the year now that it's too cold to eat outside.

My recollection is that 1,000'-1,300' range is for planes transiting the SFRA, local operations are *under* 1,000'. I could be wrong and always refresh knowledge whenever on the east coast with a chance to fly the Hudson. I keep the plane at Lincoln Park (N07) when in NYC for longer periods of...

+1 Orcas Island. There's a beautiful 1 mile walk due south from the airport to Eastsound village on the bay. If you see Richard Bach at the airport, say hello.

Thanks Murphey, looks like Australian Aerobatic Academy, "Flight Training and Aerobatic Flights" is there at Bankstown, anyone here have occasion to fly with them? https://www.aeroacademy.com.au

My wife is working in Sydney, Australia for many months and has said she misses flying (I take this as a personal victory.) Does anyone know of a trusted single engine tour or ride operation in or around Sydney? My wife is not a pilot, but would enjoy something low and slow, perhaps open-cockpit...

If you're only flying 120kts, retracts aren't needed. As parasitic drag rises with the square of velocity, there's a speed where the trade-off of added complexity begins to make sense, otherwise airliners would have wheel pants.~ If simplicity is more important than efficiency, Cirrus, just...

No wheel pants, easier to check air pressure.

Yeah, G3X in plane or Foreflight tell crosswind for each runway, otherwise rule of thumb is 30 degree crosswind is half wind speed, anything over 60 degrees its 100% of wind speed. Stolen from Bold Method:

Rule of Thumb #6, never make your wife puke in your airplane. Rule of Thumb #6b, if you do make your wife puke in your airplane, never post it in a video on-line. Just joshing a fellow WHP flyer. :) Nice video.

Bring “Flight of Passage” to read in the hotel when you’re waiting for weather to clear. I assume everyone on POA has read, but if not, it’s about 15 and 17 yr old brothers flying across the country in a piper cub without oxygen, iPads, or FIS-B weather.

Haven't you taken this trip yet? :) Take the route that looks best for winds and weather, and be ready to adjust as necessary, it's usually pretty obvious. The most important thing is determining the food stops along the way, I recommend Stephenville Clark Regional (KSEP,) in Texas. Hard Eight...

Congrats. I did checkrides #4 and #5 this year. Commercial in the beforetimes, flew one paid job in February. CFI gave me a goal since my regular work ground to a halt. How did SES compare with other certificates/ratings as far as time and difficulty?

What does that service cost? I thought Mike Busch only covered Cirrus.

Why are you buying a plane? If like me it's to have adventures, absolutely have the adventure of flying your plane home. I flew my first plane home solo at ~60TT, just a sequence of shorter VFR hops. I've also flown with a pilot in his new plane and his fresh PPL from Los Angeles to...

Apologies if this article from Plane & Pilot was already referenced (emphasis mine) : "The regs never used the term “biennial,” or BFR, to describe the flight review requirement. Therefore, it was clearly evident that the rule could potentially be changed to require it on an annual basis, or...

No, but you can get updated winds/weather info on the SZP website: https://www.santapaulaairport.com/

Hmmm, I can personally attest to the fact that a Rotax 912is won't windmill when the engine quits (a test for an aircraft manufacturer) unless you put the plane in a steep dive and then only briefly. Doesn't your Sky Arrow have a Rotax, Eddie? If you have a ULS it has lower compression, but...

I thought a stopped propeller develops less drag than an idle or windmilling one. Obviously, feathering the prop is best for glide.

I agree, this is an excellent opportunity for learning. The most succinct explanation of obtaining a Pop Up IFR clearance I've heard is on Jason Miller's "The Finer Points" podcast from 6/18/2018, "Filing in Flight." https://podcast.app/filing-in-flight-aviation-podcast-e34765539/ It's only 15...

If they could fit a Rotax 915 in that plane, it might really move. I didn't see their booth at OSH this year.~