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The biggest problem with this is that they took most of our IFR planes out of commission. We use the 430’s for GPS nav, navcomm, and com radios because of their availability and familiarity. We already have some equipment down due to mechanical failures and not being at our home mx hangar so...

Hey guys and gals. Last night my flight school had a bunch of avionics equipment stolen from our planes. We normally operate out of KSET but have been at 1H0 due to flooding. There is another flight school there and other planes stored on their ramp but only our planes were targeted. Please see...

Subscribed just to spite you and put you one step closer to having to commercialize.

I think that Delta is looking to phase out the 717’s too.

I know that many don't share my opinion, but I love the MD80, and so it makes me sad that American has announced the end of MD80 revenue service. September 4th will be the last flight - Flight 80 - From DFW to ORD. The MD80 was the first airplane I ever flew on and I still think that they...

Oh I just meant that you can't get two people within the weight!

That’s beautiful! I notice you have two people in it - I thought that a clipped cub was almost always a one person airplane.

I am finishing some of my cross country requirements for my IR, with about 7 hours to go. I've been trying to fly with friends and do some fun VFR stuff since I have all of my hood time I need - then I'll do my three hours of prep time with my instructor before my checkride. One of my pilot...

You also need to be 21 to have an interstate CDL. That means that you're not getting high schoolers becoming over the road truckers after graduation. They aren't sitting around and waiting for that career. They are going to trade school or the work force if they aren't going to college and...

Found a neat video of a guy flying his S7 in Colorado. He claims he is seeing 500 fpm at 12,000 foot DA. I think that's pretty impressive for that plane.

I was making a case for deregulation. Deregulation did not make things more dangerous, as many said. It was probably the best thing to ever happen to the flying public as now your typical middle class family could afford to take a flying vacation. It was also harmful to GA because it made...

I did that on a Southwest flight. I got the bright idea to take my water bottle through security empty and then fill it up at the water fountains in the terminal. It didn't occur to me that if the bottle sealed tight enough to be spill proof when I held it upside down that it wouldn't equalize...

A lot of my research and some of my teaching is in the area of transportation safety. A few points. 1) People will buy safety, or rather they will not buy things perceived to be unsafe. That's one of the reasons that auto makers tout good crash test ratings. It's one of the reasons that the...

That's cool! When my instructor and I were practicing unusual attitude recoveries a few months ago he whipped the plane around a bit and I heard that sound right before he said "recover." I immediately jumped on the yoke and pushed the nose over and he was like "were you cheating??" I said no...

Is that the kind of wailing sound you hear when you're slowing down? When I first started taking lessons I thought THAT was the stall horn. Kind of starts as a hoarse whisper and then becomes a moan. I always heard it around 60-65 kts.

That’s what Luscombe-Silvaire is apparently doing, though I can’t get in touch with them or find any in the wild.

This is disheartening. I emailed them a few days ago asking some questions about the new production ones and haven’t heard back. It’s a shame because the picture of the one with the Rotec is just beautiful.

I found out the other day that there is a company making Luscombes again. It's called Luscombe-Silvaire, and they are manufacturing new Luscombe 8's as S-LSA's. I believe that they are patterned after the 8F, judging from what I can find on their website. I know that Pt 23 airplanes that...

It seems that today is World Pilot’s Day. Soooo Happy Pilot’s Day!

First of all, what a wealth of information in this thread. Thank you all so much - I am humbled. The Vans RV4 and RV8 are both on my short list. The only thing is if I ever try to do off airport stuff I worry about the low wing. A Decathlon would not be an off airport star, but if you wanted...