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I paid $200 a day plus expenses for my ferry pilot a few years ago flying from just south of Chicago to the TriCities in Washington. He was a CFII and a First Officer at a regional airline so I didn’t incur costs for airline tickets. For me, it was the best money I think I’ve ever spent on...

That’s why everyone should read, understand and know their policies of insurance. I think it fair to say exclusions and limitations on coverage are growing in every type of policy issued as insurers seek to limit their risks. An watch in particular when your insurance company issues a change o...

Congratulations and thank you for your willingness to serve. Not an easy job in these divisive times.

I may have. I bought a 91 AG5B Tiger. Fixed pitch prop, a sliding canopy, welded down landing gear, the epitome of a simple plane. 90% of my time is solo. The other 10% is with my spouse. Backseats have never been sat in until recently when I took my 2 granddaughters for a taxi ride around the...

That should be a real confidence boost for you, and you clearly demonstrated sound ADM! As you get more experience, it will become easier. Fly XC - to go someplace is why I got my PPL.

Nice!! Hope you will spend the $$ and get some quality transition training.

Two thumbs up for sound ADM

Great trip, although you must know, Boise is not Idaho. Anything south of McCall is just Northern Utah Or so those of us that live in the Real Idaho say.

My answer is you might want to rethink installing a GN530W if you don’t already have ADSB out and fly in an area where it’s required. For a little more money, you maybe able to get ADSB out and in plus a GPS in a far more modern box such as the Garmin GNX 375. I have a GNS530W and while I like...

Find someone to fly with that has a PPL. Shouldn’t be too hard to find.

Looks very nice. Congratulations!

I did with a CFI in the right seat since I hadn’t flown a Tiger before. Good thing too. Discovered an issue with the mechanical fuel pump and problem with the rigging, both of which were addressed before closing. It also gave me the opportunity to check out the autopilot, etc. all, of the flight...

When I worked for a Fortune 50 company in the 1990’s, I was selected for a leadership development program. Personality inventory tests were required including the long form of the Meyers-Briggs (which I think was something like 300 questions) and then several sessions with a psychologist to...

You have the usual routes, e.g, the BBB, state Attorney General Office of Consumer Protection (if your state has one), small claims court and for the alleged offending A&P, the FAA through a complaint with the FSDO or some other place. Or you could use Fecesbook, Twitter, Instagram and whatever...

If you had 6PC’s advance avionics, all you would need to do is shake it. Easy-peasy.

Pretty impressive!

IFR equipped and current? If not, hope you are planning lots of time. While October 2 is a few weeks away, the way the forest fires are going on out here in the West, you are likely to see IFR conditions because of the smoke. Today, nearly every airport in Washington, Oregon, Northern California...

My uncle had a Muskrat and absolutely loved it. Retired from the Air Force, he and my Aunt flew it all over the USA and several times from Oregon to Osh and of course back. I remember taking several flights in it and while slow, the landing gear was hell for stout. Good airplane.

Besides, you need a series of oil analyses to make any sense of the trend inside the engine. A one shot sample won’t really tell you much. I really wonder how many owners take an oil sample each time they change the oil and get it analyzed. My suspicion is that it’s a pretty low number. When I...

Or call the airport manager. Sometimes, transient parking is owned by the local airport authority, or a municipality (City or County) and parking may be anywhere from free for 1-2 nights or they may charge for every night. For example, I fly into an airport that is owned by a municipality...