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I often don’t understand the thought process of the FAA. My only certificates are Commercial Pilot, Rotorcraft-Gyroplane and Flight Instructor, Rotorcraft-Gyroplane . In order to teach someone to be a Private Pilot, Rotorcraft Gyroplane or higher I need to have a Commercial Pilot...

The fist LODA they sent me in 2016 did not allow me to give primary instruction. After extensive negations with my FSDO; I received a new LODA that allowed me to give primary instruction in my EAB aircraft although “discovery flights” were prohibited. I have some friends who have a LODA for...

Your operating limitations for your experimental amateur built (EAB) aircraft likely prohibit you from generating revenue with it. They are not all the same so there may be some value in reading them as you are supposed to limit your aircraft operations with them as your reference. A letter of...

I like what EAA does. I love Air Venture. I multiply the fun when I volunteer. I can’t think of a good reason to whine about executive compensation.

Welcome to Pilots of America Radek Wyrzykowski!

Add to the short runway some peculiar winds, kites flown along the beach a half mile from the runway and fog that can drop the ceiling in minutes. I don’t want to forget the parachute landing zone across the approach end of runway two niner. On the other hand are camping, loaner bikes and good...

They have bicycles to loan at the Oceano airport and Jocko’s is about ten miles away. For those who don’t know Jocko’s sells Barbeque that is delightful. It is not an elegant restaurant; just good food and usually a wait for a table.

I fly and instruct out of the Santa Maria Public Airport (KSMX) and in my opinion it is a great place to fly. It has a cooperative control tower, a 150 foot wide by 8,004 foot long main runway (12/30) and a 75 foot wide by 5,199 foot long cross wind runway (2/20) and typically has less than a...

I am in California, had a traumatic brain injury and am blind in one eye. I had to take a driving test to keep my license when it was time to renew because I could not read or even see the chart with my left eye. That was 28 years ago, I still have my California driver’s license and I have not...

I just went to Kathryn’s Report and found a post that read; “This Aviation Blog is Permanently Open”

It will be easier the second time. § 61.49 Retesting after failure. (a) An applicant for a knowledge or practical test who fails that test may reapply for the test only after the applicant has received: (1) The necessary training from an authorized instructor who has determined that the...

I fly and teach in an experimental amateur built gyroplane that is kept in a hangar and has hundred hour inspections. From the time I get to the airport to wheels up I plan 45 minutes solo and close to an hour with a passenger. I make an effort to think about each thing I am doing and expand...

My father was a well-known test pilot but we didn’t get along and I did not want to stand in his shadow so I went off in another direction. I road raced motorcycles for twenty three years and then decided to chase the land speed record for motorcycles at Bonneville and after two traumatic brain...

Become a flight instructor.

I like to have my learners pass the written before I solo them because they lean about airspace, airport procedures and radio communication. It allows me to be less restrictive in the solo limitations.

It is called Mad Sunday; they shut down the roads to two way traffic and people ride on the course often from pub to pub. I would be afraid to ride on Mad Sunday. The TT is is authentic and the whole Island is from a bygone error. I was qualifying on a local friends bike (Honda CB900F)because...

It is not a race as we know it because the course is so long and it is timed (the riders don’t all start at the same time). You sit on a hill and listen to the Manx radio. They will tell you who is leading on the road and who is where in the race or you would never know. There are over a...

Despite my lack of success in the race; I found racing at the Isle of Man TT to be one of the most memorable events of my 24 years of road racing. Getting two racers, two motorcycles and a friend to the Island required great effort and resulted in a colorful adventure where I made lots of...

Digging up bones. I recently came across this picture of my XRTT at the Isle of Man in 1982 at Quarter Bridge. It was a great adventure and a team effort. I finished 38th in the classic. The Isle of Mann is a British Protectorate in the Irish Sea and every year since 1907 they shut down the...

As a one eyed flight instructor I find things work out well if I consciously shift my focus from my aiming point to all the way down the runway at about 20 feet above the ground. I advocate for the same procedure for learners with both eyes. I find the runway sort of wraps itself around me as...