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I can't comment on the situation with your former employer, but I think the cleaner way to do this would have been to have the mechanic foreclose his mechanic's lien and then buy it from him free and clear of any potential claims from people that may claim they own the plane.

It's possible, but he was a commercial student, so not new to the maneuvers. And the student (Glen de Vries) had recently gone into outer space with William Shatner, so he likely wasn't scared by the maneuvers.

I'm late to this post and haven't had a chance to read all the prior posts, so some of what I say my be duplicative. You sound like you're in your early to mid 20s, which is very young. You have so much life ahead of you. And if your girlfriend is the same age, then she also has a lot of life...

It’s just crazy to me that a CFI with 30+ years of experience and an excellent reputation (he was based at my field), couldn’t recover from a spiral or spin from 6000’ AGL. Makes you wonder how lesser CFIs and students survive.

I haven't heard anything about this crash since it happened. I looked up the NTSB report and see that they indicate the probable cause as "The flight instructor’s failure to recover from a steep spiral turn during an instructional flight." The docket linked in the attached report includes a...

I've seen that first one before, but not the second one. Thanks for posting this. There's also this one: http://www.mypilotstore.com/MyPilotStore/sep/9353?gclid=CLDd8_mTkdUCFZWCswod8SUEcA These are the types of products I'm looking for a PIREP on. I've done a lot of Google'ing and have...

So I'm leaning toward getting a turbo Mooney for my cross country flying needs and the only reason I'm hesitant is because I often fly with my dog Stella, a 2 year old black lab. The long trips I would make in the Mooney would be with my dog and would be at high altitude to take advantage of...

OP here, so it seems like the issues come down to: * Is the inability to talk to ATC due to frequency congestion a lost comm situation? * Did the instruction to proceed direct DOWDY, which was not part of the original clearance, constitute a clearance amendment resetting the clearance limit to...

Lol, maybe it was 15. I don't remember. Cessna 172

No, the expect LOC 22 transmission was about 20 minutes earlier from a different controller right after we passed ESJAY.

The controller said "direct DOWDY". Keep in mind DOWDY was not part of my original clearance. So if this did not amend my clearance, I don't know what the next step in my clearance was. Many on here would say the the airport (KCDW), but there's no logical reason to think that other than it...

That's not what I said. My original question was what should I have done if I reached DOWDY with no further clearance. People here have different opinions. There does not seem to be a consensus on what the text book answer is. Some people said they would do what the controller was expecting...

Yes, it was obvious that we would be doing the LOC 22. But as Velocity173 points out in #70, there could be someone else on the approach (there was), and I don't want to go on assumptions when I'm in the clouds and close to other traffic and obstructions. This is really a what if question...

GPS. Also had the localizer and TEB R-343 tuned in.

We were told to expect the LOC 22 after being given a heading vector and by a previous controller. Then 20 minutes later we were given a new vector (to DOWDY) from a new controller without being told what to expect. The ATC handbook says to give a vector and then to tell what to expect /...

This time. :) I've been vectored before to KHPN to intercept the localizer and the controller got too busy and forgot me (by his own admission + it was busy) and I just kept flying on the assigned heading through the localizer and then had to be vectored back around to intercept. It's one...

Yes, I got the approach clearance right before hitting DOWDY.

Thanks for all the replies guys. It's interesting to see that we can't find a clear cut answer. I was looking at JO 7110.65W 5-6-2(b) and it seems that the controller should have told me what to expect after reaching DOWDY. If I knew what to expect then I would at least know what he doesn't...

No this was Monday evening, around 10:45pm. I find this happens often in this area. I've had it happen several times before where I'm told to change frequencies and for several minutes there is literally zero downtime on the frequency. The controller transmits, the other planes responds, and...

He says it's a blurry area and he would just join the localizer and try to pick up the clearance. We haven't had a chance to discuss the textbook answer yet. I'm not sure whether there is a definitive textbook answer.