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That is an area of personal minimums that does not get addressed well enough. I talk about this exact thing with my instrument students.

As a CFI, I am not going to endorse you for a checkride unless your night XC contains a night takeoff and night landing with no daytime in between.

In just about every case I know of, this requirement is done with a day XC, dinner, and then a night XC return to the origin.

Make a trip out of it. I did mine from Reno, NV to Ft. Worth, TX with two stops. Probably the most memorable solo flight I’ve done.

my JPI830 and 750 fill this page but will not display the wind in one of the four corners of the map page. I need the G5 temperature probe for that.

Yes, I would not sign the 8710 or make any logbook endorsements indicating he was prepared for the checkride.

Do a different flight and do it alone… nobody else in the plane. As a CFI, I would not sign off on that flight or a flight with any passengers as it does not meet the criteria in 61.129.

Just make one entry with the right numbers. It won’t sort out complex, tail wheel, etc. if you do it this way of course.

I lived overseas for 12 years and the health care I received in the Czech Republic was as good as any I have received here in the US, and it cost a tiny fraction (about 4%) of the US price. My wife was in an ER in Yemen and received great treatment too. (6 hours in the ER of a modern hospital in...

I had my Advanced and Instrument ground certificates before my CFI and CFII. If you use Shepard Air’s study program I would think you could pass your FOI, AGI and IGI in less than 10-15 days if you really dive in to it. As to IR, CPL and CFI in 270 days, that seems aggressive, but doable if the...

Is still a big void on my ForeFlight. “Here Be Dragons”.

Come to Reno.

Henceforth all NOTAMs will be broadcast in Morse Code on 121.55 as part of our modernization program.

I feel safer now that I know about that tower light being out again, 8 miles form the airport at 15' AGL.

Several years ago flying became cheaper than skiing.

Obviously for transitions the FAA and NavCanada (and Mexico, etc) should be working together to have an area of overlap where they both benefit. Surely somewhere in the trillions wasted they can find two people to do this.

I had an emergency landing in El Paso in 2018. It was very useful to have a bit of Mexico on my FAA chart to fully evaluate my options with a loss of engine power.

As far as I know not all countries publish VFR Charts (Bahamas for example). The US provided nice VFR coverage of the Bahamas until a few days go. I would think it would be in the interest of both countries to have the FAA do this... even if Bahamas paid for it.

I think the safety of flight is more that this was not announced and the US has provided this data for years if not decades. It will also encourage people to avoid Canada overflight and add to more traffic along the south side of the lakes.

Sure, but why would the FAA want Americans to give money to Canada, Mexico or Cuba (for over flights)? Can you even buy VFR charts for Cuba with the embargo? Sporty's still lists the Caribbean VFR chart, but the FAA sectional for Detroit has removed all detail from Canada. ForeFlight says that...