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Just after ATC had extended our downwind to clear a twin for takeoff with a pilot under instruction in the front seat of my tandem gyroplane flying the engine coughed once and stopped. I was just about a half mile from the threshold at 550 feet above the ground with a three to one glide ratio...

Thank you Ron Wanttaja! I love the way you manage and present statistics. I came to similar conclusion when I imagined the hazard from all the NORDO cubs at a large West Coast Fly In and checked the accident statistics finding few accidents and none from NORDO. I still prefer flying around...

There is no pass or fail with a flight review. A sport pilot add on needs a second CFI to give the proficiency check ride. It is my observation that few CFIs do a check ride to the scope and detail that a DPE does and they do not have the same level of oversite. I have a DPE mentor I call to...

I stand corrected; thank you. I should know better because I gave a check ride for a gyroplane CFI add on the day after I gave his check ride for Sport Pilot Gyroplane. They were two very different check rides and it was hard to remember which hat I was wearing. Unrelated to the thread; I...

It appears to me that a DPE is required for any flight instructor practical test including a Sport Pilot CFI.

I am a commercial pilot, rotorcraft-gyroplane and a rotorcraft-gyroplane Certificated Flight Instructor. I may teach to any level of rotorcraft-gyroplane certificate or Sport Pilot Gyroplane. If I was a Sport Pilot Gyroplane instructor I would be limited to teach on a Sport Pilot Gyroplane...

As a flight instructor teaching about good and bad radio calls at a busy non towered airport I have the learner listen to the radio calls, try to point out the aircraft making the radio calls and explain what they are going to do next. I feel making, listening to and understanding good radio...

Speaking only for myself I feel that in order for a passenger or learner to make a risk assessment of the flight I need to reveal that I am blind in one eye and have had a traumatic brain injury from a motorcycle mishap at Bonneville. I used to fly with a Statement of Demonstrated Ability and...

For a slight bend I heat up the pipe cherry red with a rosebud tip on my welding torch and then cool what will be the inside of the bend with a wet rag. For more bend I pack it with sand, heat it up cherry red and bend it over my leg with something to insulate my leg from the heat. I have a...

Question 1: In my opinion distance from clouds in class D airspace is clear in § 91.155 Basic VFR weather minimums. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section and § 91.157, no person may operate an aircraft under VFR when the flight visibility is less, or at a distance from clouds...

The answer to your question about oil consumption may be in your engine log book.

In my opinion based on my experience with our local Flight Standards District Office; only Experimental Exhibition aircraft require a program letter. It appears to me my experimental Amateur Built aircraft does not require a program letter.

Where is "there"?

A slow aircraft like most rotorcraft just has a smaller circle of fun than a fast fixed wing aircraft. I have flown the 21 nautical mile flight from Santa Maria, CA (SMX) to San Luis Obispo, CA (SBP) many times in my Experimental Gyroplane (rotorcraft). I never fly direct and typically make it...

I love your statistics Ron Wanttaja! Thank you!

I recently flew a gyroplane into Charleston, WV; just 35 miles north east of the Logan County airport. I shared with my client that there were very few places for an emergency landing where we could reuse the aircraft. The terrain was steep and covered with trees. The wires were sometimes...

Congratulations on a wonderful milestone on your aviation adventure!

An experimental may not be used for flight training until phase one is completed.

I feel it is best to give a Boeing P-8 Poseidon with an empty weight of 138,300 pounds, a maximum takeoff weight of 189,200 and a hundred twenty three foot six inch wing span a lot of room for wake turbulence for both approach and climb out.

I feel it may be best to go to a tax professional for tax advice.