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Thanks for the input! The club instructor did tell me to give the door a whack with my hand on the Piper before takeoff to make sure the latches were engaged. I had just assumed that with the way it opened and with the two latches it would be difficult to open once the plane was moving. I did...

Yeah I've wondered about that too, because I know that is what is taught in the forced landing procedure for high wing Cessnas.

Most forums need the member who asks random, off the wall questions, and I like to think I fill that need here. So here goes: Earlier this year I joined a flying club that has a couple of PA-28 designs and a couple of 172's. This was my introduction to flying Cherokee-types, other than a few...

Hey y’all! I did make it in yesterday but I think I was there before everyone got there. What a neat place! I heard a bunch of y’all heading down while I was on my way back to STL.

Hahaha! That would be super helpful. I'm planning on doing my long xc for my commercial Friday (2nd attempt) and thought it would be fun to make Gaston's a stop since some of you all will be there. I just only have the airplane for one day.

Will it be possible to get out of Gaston's that afternoon with all of the arrivals? I've never landed there but the videos look like it is a one way in / one way out strip.

I’m just going to waltz back in here after a year away like nothing happened, but would I be welcome to drop by on Friday afternoon? I hoping to get my commercial xc in that day and could make 3M0 one of my stops.

I admit to just "liking" tailwheel planes. I think they look prettier and I'll admit that I like to be able to say I can fly them. I enjoyed the endorsement and my practice the other week. However, the insurance premium difference is enough to make one consider how important looking cool...

Just how bad are the nosewheels on those? I got a comparative insurance quote from an agent who was very helpful, and found out that the nosewheel was cheaper enough to not be a "must have" factor, but enough to be an enticing factor. The kicker was that the transition training requirements on...

As for maintenance, I consider myself a competent home mechanic. I would feel comfortable doing any of the maintenance myself that would be allowed on a certified plane, and anything that I wasn't 100% comfortable doing I would try to find someone from the EAA who was able to do that (I'm a...

I just watched the flight. Awesome stuff! What ratings would those pilots need?

I've thought about the whole "being in a bubble" issue and have been thinking I ought to wait and see where prices go before deciding. I also saw a nicely equipped Velocity for sale for the same ballpark money as an RV6. I kind of like the metal construction over composite but I must say that...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't their interpretation yesterday say that the student during training constitutes a passenger hiring the instructor to fly the aircraft, and so both the student and the instructor both need LODA's for the transition training?

I ran a quote yesterday just using a 6 I found for numbers. Me with ~190 hrs, IFR, about 15 or so in complex, and 6 in tailwheel, and it was $1600 per year for full hull coverage. They would require transition training in an RV6/A, oddly enough. BUUUUUT apparently the FAA heard about my...

That's what I keep coming back to. A two seater is fine for my purposes. Heck, I could get away with a 1 seater if I could fit a duffel bag somewhere in a baggage compartment! They have good cruise speeds and look like they are reasonably economical. Around where I am, though, I don't know a...

I've looked at the Lightning and I admit they are a tempting option! Aren't they limited to 120 knots with the LSA certification? I sent a request to join. Is that one red and white? I think I may have seen it on Barnstormers. As far as IFR, some of it is the fact that I don't consider...

Definitely buying. One of the nuggets of wisdom I've picked up on here is "if you want to build then build, but if you want to fly then buy." I've considered similar designs like T18's and Mustang II's, but one of the considerations for me is sale-ability. So if, next year, I decided I...

Feel free to drag me on this, because I'm making this a totally open response type of deal. Questions are posted in boldface for the TL/DR types among us (I know you're out there!) As I posted in Hangar Talk, I'm going to be out in Oklahoma for a year. That's about a 7.5 hour drive home...

Yeah. It was a great offer and the program that I'll be working in is a good fit that I think will offer me some good experience and opportunities. I don't really know anybody there - I visited once for a couple days in 2014 and liked what I saw but I spent most of my time in Norman when I...

Anybody here in Oklahoma City? It looks like I'll be taking a 1 year contract there.