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Pffttt...you want's expensive? I gots yer 'spesive right here.

I just got my SP cert last month and am doing 1 XC per week. I'm doing pilotage/dead reckoning just to learn the skill (and I like maps). I use FF to generate the flight plan, heading, times, and gas (I can do the math...it's just boring so let the computer do that stuff). I also screenshot each...

In order. Yes Yes, everybody. For me the 'firehose' feeling was pretty much constant during training (details below). Everyone learns at a different pace. The rate at which you gain comfort will depend on how you learn. I found a few things that helped me get through the initial maxed out...

I lived a few years in South Jersey. That part of the state, as well as the Delaware River Gap area in NW Jersey, is actually pretty nice. South Jersey also puts you right next to Philly; tons of great places to eat (best pizza I've ever had at some real hole in the wall joints) and some really...

And everyone you've heard is WRONG...TOTALLY, UNCATEGORICALLY, MORALLY, SPIRITUALLY, FACTUALLY WRONG I SAY. <pant, pant, wipes spittle from his lips, mops brow> The guy who invented the format says Jif. I go with the creator on this one. In all seriousness/silliness, at the end of the day, as...

If I had 12 thumbs, they'd all be pointing up!

Couple of thoughts. (proviso, I trained at an untowered airport with moderate traffic) 1. You're the pilot so you call 'end of day' when you're done. Some days you're in the zone and doing great...other days, not so much. I pretty much called the day off when I got to the point I wasn't learning...

Or the real question: 1 or 2 spaces after a period. Or the one that'll start WWIII...GIF...hard or soft 'G'?

I thought it was A Ticket To Fly (with apologies to the Beatles). Every flight I learn something new. Every flight reinforces the fact that no two flights (heck no two laps around the field) are the same. Thanks.

Any idea what the conversion rate is? If it's high enough, mayhaps I'll start farmin'...

Here ya go NICE car!

I was going to do a 'walked into a bar' joke but...

Burnt offerings to Zeus. That's what it took to finally get my check ride day to have weather good enough to fly. After 3 cancellations since Nov 2017, we finally got to do the deed. Apparently, I'm now officially allowed to fly as a Sport Pilot. I can't say enough good things about Lanier...

Up vote for that. I finally flew one windy day and told my CFI it was his ride, I was just a passenger. I asked him to talk through what he was doing and the choices he was making. About 40 minutes in he asked if I wanted control so I took over. It was the windiest day I'd ever flown and...

Come on...all the cool kids use the Whiz Wheel! All kidding aside, I got through 3.5 years of college with a slide rule. They are pretty amazing devices and teach you how to approximate and estimation (is that 0.3 gallons or 30?). The circular slide rule is easy to use once you get a the idea...

They are also in the middle of a series of focus group sessions to discuss updates/new features to make the site better/easier/more useful. As far as I know they don't have a final feature list and roll-out schedule (focus groups are on-going). Stay tuned...

When I started lessons, I put up a blog to post 'what I done today', 'lessons learned', and 'what to do next time'. Early on it really helped me understand what I was doing right and wrong and give me something specific to work on for the next flight. It's good practice and a real value but I...

This is a bit off topic but you may want to add an off-site option also. Hard drives go bad (rarely but it happens) and houses flood/burn down/get robbed. By pushing the data somewhere else, you add another layer of protection. You can go free (Google Docs, Apple or Microsofts' online storage)...

Favorite feature (so far) is uploading Track Logs to CloudAhoy so I can debrief after training flights. CloudAhoy is able to detect pretty much anything you do and separate it out so you can look at heading, altitude, speed, turn rate, and probably a couple of other variables. It helped me...

Noob + not my plane makes me pretty conservative. IMSAFE, anything on that list fails me. Wind or gusts at the airport approaching 20 knots if I've been flying 2x per week...I'm done. If it's been more than a week in the plane, anything much over 12 and I'm done. Crosswinds over 5...I'm...