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I have had that exact same thing happen on a Warrior, at about 400 feet AGL after takeoff. I was giving a passenger her first ride in a small airplane, and all she said was, "Ummm, was it supposed to do that?" I just flew around the pattern and landed, but I wondered the whole time what I'd do...

My daughter is living/working in Nashville for the summer. I've never been there, and she has been after me to come visit for weeks now. If the weather and airplane maintenance gods cooperate, I plan to take the Mooney down next week. I'll be VFR. Normally, the airport choice would be a...

I have about 10 hours in a C-150. I'm pretty sure the tractors on the roads below were going faster...:D

I have used Flight Watch a few times, on long cross countries. They've always been very helpful and gave me exactly what I needed.

Very nice looking airplane, and love the pic of the VAB! I have made several long cross countries VFR in a 182; it's a great traveling machine, even if "fast" will never be used to describe it! Congrats, and enjoy...

Nice article! I flew from OSH to Des Moines. I would've taken her along...

Yeah, if you have not done maneuvers at gross previously, I would not recommend doing it for the first time with passengers in the back...because the airplane WILL handle differently, and you may be unpleasantly surprised. If you have, and they're onboard with the plan, then have at it...

Sounds like you are the type of instructor that all of us, as students, wished we had! If you enjoy teaching, as is apparent from your post, it doesn't matter if you don't always have all the answers. While I learned the mechanics of flying just fine from my instructors, I always wished they...

Yeah, I have been in this camp in my three years of flying (well, except for the IFR part, as I am not yet instrument rated). But I do wonder sometimes how much difference it really makes. Coming back from Iowa/Oshkosh a couple weeks ago, other than the airspace south of Chicago, where there...

I've been buying and selling with eBay and PayPal since they've been in existence...everything from $20 pre-owned shoes to automobiles. As in life, the vast majority of buyers and sellers are decent and honest. But there are a few scumbags out there. Curse them, forget them, re-list the item...

Huh. That seems kind of silly, considering the number of people on the grounds after 5.

OP here. Thought I should post a followup. I did indeed go up for one day (Monday). While it was one LONG day, I thought it was definitely worth the effort. I didn't make Ripon by 7, but I was there by 8:15. I'd pretty much memorized the arrival procedures, and watched the videos posted by...

I spent the day there today as well, and never having been, I have nothing to compare it to. My feet are so sore I can hardly walk, I have sunburn despite using a hat and sunscreen, and my wallets is empty. But it was just freaking awesome!

Well, I bought a stratus 2 at OSH today. Hoped to use it on the 2 hour return flight, but couldn't get it to pick up radar more than 50 miles out. Guess I'll have to read the manual. My iPad had a strong signal over wifi for the whole trip though, despite the fact that I just took it out of the...

Really? Can you expand on this a bit? If I arrive by 10 or so, and depart after the evening air show, seems like plenty of time to look around. Obviously, I wouldn't see the entire event, but you don't think it would be worth the effort? As for staying overnight, even if I'm able to arrange...

Yeah, I know, I know...too much to do, too little time. But it'll be one day more than I've ever spent there...:D

Hope to be in the midwest with the 182 during AirVenture this year, if the weather gods cooperate, so I was thinking of going up to OSH for a day. Never having been there, and wanting to maximize my time at the show, would I be better off flying directly to OSH, or parking at FLD and taking the...

Agreed. Enough of this nonsense. It's due to the jet stream being so far south. I have a VFR trip from NY to FL planned for next week. From the looks of things, it's a good thing I have a backup reservation in the human mailing tube...

That is awesome! It's great the plans didn't get scuttled by that &$%# marine layer, as was the case when I was out there and Kim graciously volunteered to give me the tour.

One club with which I am affiliated uses goairplane.com. It has recently been upgraded, and we are quite satisfied with it. You can schedule as many resources (planes and instructors) as you want, and have unlimited members. As far as I know, it's still free. It does not offer any billing...