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Thanks. It's a beautiful area. I was damn lucky to loose power where I did. One mile north and I'd have landed in Franklin...or had to dump into ugly woods.

Yes yes 1000 time yes. The damn thing screams at you for a dozen other things why not let you know the carb is getting cold; it's just freaking software!

When I was training, we never really spent a lot of time going over the weather prior to a flight and never discussed things like temp/dew point spread and what it might mean. We looked at ceiling, visibility, and wind on the ground. In retrospect, a more complete discussion about all the...

Did not know that. The flight school is likely to recommend carb heat any time you pull the throttle back. I think that would go double if you can't see the temp.

The flight school is going to start having students pull carb heat any time they drop throttle as a preventive measure. If nothing else, watch your carb temp like a hawk any time you pull throttle; that would probably kept me out of trouble.

Sorry about the delay responding; I didn't get updates on people responding. I'll be playing catch up tonight! The +/- altitude changes were due to two factors; 1. I climbed to about 4700 and drifted east to avoid an area that might have had aerobatics going on (none happening). The valley...

That was #2 on the list! I think #3 would be free climbing El Capitan.

I have decided to take up something less dangerous...chainsaw juggling.

Yes, it does. I am not obsessive about monitoring the gauges (maybe that's another lesson). I had checked it several times during the flight and it was fine. I think the training at my flight center is probably going to err on the side of pulling carb heat any time you drop the throttle, even a...

The engine was able to start when they got it back to the flight center so mechanical issues are ruled out. I had 20 gallons of fuel and the Skycatcher doen't have a fuel selector so fuel starvation is ruled out. I didn't stop the engine so that rules out 'total stupidity'. The temp/dew point...

I get that. This was something I took up late in life as a challenge. I've proved that I can get certified, take off, land, crash, and walk away...bucket list is complete!

Bowie did it better... Lesson 1: Carb ice can be insidious. Based on my training, I expected the engine would run rough, I'd pull carb heat, life would be grand. None of that happened. I really don't understand carb ice. Lesson 2: Being lucky is a good thing. Lesson 3: Landing in a pasture is...

My dad was stationed at Kadena AB between '64 and '68. Our house was less than a mile from the end of the runway and, even as a small kid, knew pretty much every plane that flew out of there. When the Tet offensive went crazy, I was outside one day, I heard a jet taking off and looked over just...

Several years back when I fancied that I'd make a bit of coin building custom golf clubs, I went to a graphic artist and had her design a logo for me. A good artist can take your ideas and convert them into art that works in print, on fabric, and as embroidery. The cost wasn't all that much and...

Things don't necessarily calm down and you many have just two or three minutes from <emergency> to <plane down>. Know the stuff that'll save your butt so well you don't think about them and can just run them from muscle memory. Practice them every week.

Disclaimer: I fly only VFR, daytime, good weather, with my longest leg of a flight being just under 2 hours. Fuel is never an issue since I go with full tanks which gives me 5 hours flight time. I have recently been doing 'follow the river' flying with a map. I use Foreflight to do the whiz...

Cost was a consideration when I elected SP. Turned out cost was probably higher. We have one DPE who is booked solid. I cancelled my first check ride (freaked out...not ready) but was ready for the next (weather) and the next (weather) and the next (weather). The DPE had an 8 week lead time so...

If it was loss of power on departure, there are not a lot of options off any of the runways at KGVL and night would just make it more difficult. The treeline off 23 and 29 is pretty tall so I can see how it would be easy to clip them if you were low. RIP.

If you can get your hands on a set of Kore's, check out the ear cover material. It's a bit softer than your material and wraps around the glasses. When I switched the Kore ear pieces along with fabric covers for yours, the sound deadening was improved a bit. FWIW, the fabric covers are generic...

Rhino = Super Bug = Super Hornet = F/A 18 E/F. I updated my initial post so let's go with option 3 of my update.