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Isn't that what I said? :-) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'm in the camp that you should probably buy your forever plane now. No need to spend time renting someone else's plane when you can start learning to fly your own plane right away. You may need a waiver for a high-performance aircraft, but that's been done before. The problem is that your...

Riddle me this: what do you use to make your espresso at FL180? :D From the FAA glossary: Any instrument, mechanism, equipment, part, apparatus, appurtenance, or accessory, including communications equipment, that is used or intended to be used in operating or controlling an aircraft in...

Why on earth would they do that? You have to pay for it anyway, why not go fly it? Not only that, but as it was explained to me when I was a pup and looking at all the aviation career options: They want you to be a law enforcement officer first and foremost. The aircraft is just another tool...

Can you clarify this statement? It seems that you said that you already have your complex endorsement, but need another 8 hours? Did you get an instructor to endorse you after only 2 hours? Most places have an insurance requirement of 10 hours of complex dual before you can be signed off...

If you hit a strong thermal with one wing, you'd get the same sensation.

The decision was made because of the lack of availability of complex aircraft. Many schools only have 1 (or none), and they're mostly old Arrows and 172RGs. Applicants were waiting for months to take their checkride because that 1 old airplane would go down for major maintenance. It's also an...

Propwash, wake, and vortices all do different things, but a couple hundred feet behind a light single it just mixes up the air into a turbulent mess. A standard glider practice maneuver is to descend through the tow plane's wake, and it just gets bumpy. No particular rolling motion.

That budget will get you a decent older A36 Bonanza, Lance, Cherokee 6, 206, or 182. All of them will have a significant increase in useful load. In the EA-B category, maybe a Murphy or CompAir?

The first 100 hours are so are tough to get past if you don't have the budget to just pay for it outright. I was young when I got my ratings, so I know that situation well. Sheriff/Police/etc. won't let you fly as a volunteer. You need to first get fully qualified as law enforcement and...

If the instructor is aware of the different communication, interaction, and learning styles, they can probably figure out a student quickly, but it almost certainly takes more than one or two lessons. Keep in mind that the test doesn't put people into one category, but diagnoses a mix. You'll...

Brandon, welcome to POA and the flying community? I'm down your way regularly as one of my best friends lives in Kingston. Coincidentally, the father of one of his good friends helped build the Old Orchard airport and is still part of the club. I live in Albany and am part of a club based at...

What does the POH say about raising the tail on takeoff for the Decathlon? The instructor who checked me out in the Champ taught me that the best/shortest takeoff technique is to start with the stick about 1" forward of neutral. The tail will come up on its own that way and the plane will fly...

The military has already said they won't be compliant in time, so I imagine that the FAA will just apply whatever plan they have to deal with the military after the deadline.

Lance/Saratoga/Cherokee 6 B58 (maybe on the cramped side in the back if all the seats are full) But I think you're really looking at a cabin-class twin (Cessna 340/4xx/Piper Navajo/Piper Cheyenne)

My kid is about that same size. I used an old Telex ANR headset at it's smallest setting and find it works just fine for him. I saw a picture once of a young kid wearing an adult sized headset (David Clarks, I think) with a small stuffed animal under the headband to use as a spacer. Seemed...

The only way to get past this will be to figure out what's causing her anxiety and address it. With her level of fear, nerves, whatever... it's going to be tough to make progress by just trying again and again. Reactions like this are not usually rational, so a direct & rational approach will...

I don’t think there are enough sales of new GA planes in the US to fund the r&d of a small Diesel engines, much less multiple competitors in the same market. The cost to replace an existing engine in an older would be astronomical, so owners aren’t going to do that until avgas is totally...