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So I had a flight recently wherein I was out shooting some approaches in actual IMC. Just a quick out-and-back from A to B and went missed back to A. (A) is a towered field and tracon. I picked up my IFR clearance on the ground before taxiing out. Launched into the cloud deck and went on my...

Yep, you can fly with the windows open in a skyhawk. That said, I reached over and carefully opened it myself so she wouldn’t accidentally let it slam open and rip itself off. Truth! I filed IFR to get through NY bravo a few months ago! Exactly! Lets you sidestep most of the annoying...

DO IT! Maintaining currency takes a conscious effort, but it's really rather simple. In order to be current to fly IFR as PIC, you need to log 6 approaches in the previous 6 months, to include intercepting and tracking courses using electronic navigation equipment(the very basis of IFR), as...

Wow, glad this was so well-received! Thanks everyone. I’m happy my excitable blabbering encourages at least a few people haha

Hey all, just wanted to ramble on a bit about how worthwhile the instrument rating is IMHO. Both to hear myself type, and also maybe encourage some students slogging through the IR gauntlet. For all the endless hours of training in the summer heat, in a flying greenhouse, under foggles, with...

I'm sure the CFI added power for go-around, but adding power would've aggravated it for sure. Would have made it much easier to pitch up, and harder to push the nose down, with nowhere near enough horsepower to maintain the resultant climb. I'm guessing it went along the lines of student...

I can definitely see it. The plane still has a considerable amount of kinetic energy in it just prior to touchdown. Imagine how far a car at 70mph can coast up a hill. Normally this energy is bled off via the brakes and/or aerodynamic braking as the speed safely reduces to zero on the runway...

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The input is much appreciated. Definitely toying with the idea with getting my feet wet with both tailwheel training and/or acro, if I can fit it in my budget. I'll make a few calls to find the rental rates. Thanks!

Hey all, So my job sent me out to California for a couple weeks, and seeing how many planes I'm seeing buzzing around, I'd be terribly remiss if I didn't at least try to fly while I'm here. Can anyone point me somewhere nearby to rent a decent, (relatively) cheap VFR machine for a flight or...

I second this, speaking from experience. The only 141 school I'm able to attend currently is about 2.5 hours away. Really makes it a PITA to keep 'in the zone' for a lesson, stage check, or even rolling with the weather's punches with such a bear of a commute to deal with. Then another long...

Not afraid to use the phone by any means. But when FF, AirNav, etc were all advertising similar prices(within $0.20) that make sense for a small nontowered field in these times, I didn’t feel the need to touch the bench with the “wet paint” sign on it. A 50¢ jump wouldn’t have surprised me too...

Gas prices are definitely slowing down GA. I hopped down to NJ to see some family last weekend. Mostly empty skies, only one other plane sharing the Hudson route with me. Landed at Lincoln Park because FF advertised $6.50 or thereabouts; ended up melting my debit card at the pump at $8.60/gal...

I…think so? I mean as long as you’re under 1300 (in the exclusion) you’re below bravo airspace anyway, shelf is at 15-1800 west of the river near TEB. Just gotta call TEB tower to enter the class D. If you’re above 1300, you’re in the bravo and talking to ATC anyway. I don’t see why they...

Thanks again for all the info, everyone. It ended up being dark by the time we got there, which I actually prefer. Easier to see other aircraft, and just as easy to see landmarks. Got vectored into the skyline route at 1500 then 2000 for traffic. Not as low as I wanted but still beautiful...

Ah, just realized this thread had more replies! Thank you all for your input, super stoked to fly it this weekend!

I don't comprehend how/why someone would willingly take a perfectly good cucumber, let it rot in vinegar and brine for an eternity, then take it out and ruin my damn burgers with it. Once eagerly took a huge bite of potato salad at a great BBQ place, and legitimately almost hurled all over...

Thanks @Albany Tom. Yeah, I'm all read up on the FAA material and am plenty comfortable working with ATC. Just wanted a feel for how long of a leash they'd give me through the bravo. Ideally I'd love to cut through somewhere between TEB and EWR, for the simple sake of overflying my old...

Hey all, Super excited to finally cross the Hudson SFRA off my bucket list next week. Anyone with experience have any pointers on the best way to go about it? I'll be coming from the north, so think I'll take the VFR corridor south, turn around the statue of liberty, head back northbound and...