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I recently got my complex at infinity at ttn and then my multi at Princeton. tTN is a pilot mill and everyone there Is building hours. Princeton is a family run operation and the chief pilot trained me and was excellent and committed. If Princeton is close that’s where you should train...

I appreciate the responses. The thing is I turned pretty aggressively and still probably entered the class c that starts at the surface. I would have thought the airspace designers would have given more room. Makes me think I was supposed to call on the ground or call clearance delivery before...

Flew into KXLL for first time today which is an Allentown pa, has no tower, and is within ABE (Lehigh valley) class Charlie airspace. Came in ok talking to ABE approach and they transitioned me to 1200 and I landed like any other non-towered airport. Taking off I looked at the sectional and the...

I appreciate all the help but I also get that perfecting landing is 100pct about going out and doing a lot of landings. Not sure why taking a quick peek at my airspeed and descent rate on short final is a bad idea. It’s a quick glance and tells me if I’m gonna be fast and float or if I’m getting...

OP here and reading these thoughtful responses is getting me closer to understanding it a bit more. I am most likely starting my round out too high. I’m probably over the numbers but still too high over the runway. When I start to pitch up - even slightly to flat for the roundout - I increase...

Ok that makes a lot of sense...full idle and I’m adding a lot of drag. What I’m stuck on is why does more drag cause the plane to drop through ground effect even when adding more pitch? I know excess airspeed causes float and I can detect that and deal with it no problem. When I nail a landing I...

I’m usually on final with a little power and I go to idle at the fence and right before I’m over the runway. The other day everything g looked fine and when I started to flare it just dropped and I landed with a hard thud. Once I felt the drop I started to pull back but I seem to drop faster...

Hi All - I am well aware I am overthinking it but I’m quiet obsessed with absolutely understanding what is happening during different landing situations. I’m a PPL working on my commercial and I’ve got a great CFI who comes with me on gusty days to the smallest and most challenging spots to...

I’m planning my night x-country for my commercial and will fly from PA over JFK and into MacArthur (KISP). Wondering if anyone has experience around jfk at night and if it’s been quiet these days? I’ll follow flight following but would like to plan a route that keeps me out of the way of...

Yep that’s the plan...keep training in 172 while Seneca is in shop and get proficient proficient...

So I went out today in a 172 and made sure I was looking down the runway and also making sure I held the back pressure and never pushed forward for any reason. Having those 2 things in my head really helped. Plus the keep it off the runway as long as possible thinking. Most of my landings were...

Immensely helpful...thanks

I just crossed 50 hours after 15 years away...I think I’m just about done with my re-training! Seriously it will take a while between the books, learning the plane again, talking on radio, and flying itself. I would say I underestimated how much it would take to get back in it and be...

I have been working on my landings after a recent prop strike incident with a CFI. For whatever reason I am instinctively hesitating to hold enough elevator in certain situations. For instance after a light bounce or a float more elevator should soften my next touch but I don’t pull back and end...