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Totally.

Fly with another experienced pilot if you have to. Seriously, though. You know how to do it. Go do it. Since we're all buzzing about risk, let's talk about the hazards. CFIT- Wont happen on an airway or on a published approach nor at/above min vectoring alt. Spatial D- Trust your...

Passed my ME check ride last week. Everybody was right. It's the easiest practical I've ever taken. I almost needed the DPE to ask me more questions so I didn't feel like I wasted all my study time. On to the MEI add-on. Anybody wanna split time building in a Seminole? 13.7 more hours of...

Challenge accepted BTW...Continuous turn off the 180 until rolling out in the groove. I teach the rectangle to my civ studs, but I dislike it.

It's been said already, but I think nail is hit on the head with just going with flight following. You'll get the switch from them at the appropriate time. The only thing that was out of the ordinary the first time I went to a TRSA airport was that they'll give you a squawk when you call...

After planning your cross countries with a protractor and circular slide rule for the 100th time, you'll be more than happy to do your planning using software. As far as glass, when you're as close to the ground as you usually are in GA aircraft, just use pilotage. Back it up with the GPS to...

Tacair training is an inherently high risk activity. Human error is the obvious causal factor in this one. Coulda been a crap admin join by a 25 hour wingman with 2 hours in the last 30 days or coulda been a training rule violation during 4x4 BFM with 8 2000 hour dudes. We just don't know...

I am a newly minted CFI/CFII (with MEI forthcoming) and am looking at working at the local flight school (about a dozen planes give or take). This isn't super duper bread winning for me, but I really enjoy teaching and somebody else is paying so that's a win. My questions are regarding the...

That's a yaw vane. Indicates relative sideslip. As you're decelerating below a speed at which the vertical stab is effective, but still have considerable forward velocity, building up sideslip can cause an out of control roll in the direction of the yaw. It's the exact same principles at work...

Yeah, you're totally right. Sometimes the tactical penguins throw the systems penguins off the iceberg that is my brain. 500 pounds and 90 seconds are the penguins that are allowed to stay.

Water is injected into the combustion chamber in order to increase thrust. With water, the motor runs about 20 degrees cooler for a given amount of thrust. Therefore, you can run the motor at a higher RPM without reaching the temp limit. Or in the real world (where most of our operations are...

According to the FAA: Powered-lift means a heavier-than-air aircraft capable of vertical takeoff, vertical landing, and low speed flight that depends principally on engine-driven lift devices or engine thrust for lift during these flight regimes and on nonrotating airfoil(s) for lift during...

So a friend has his Commercial ticket with ASEL, AMEL, and Powered Lift. Instrument rated. He also has his CFI with Powered Lift and Instrument Rating. He would like to add ASEL and AMEL, but the Additional Rating Task Table on page 21 of the CFI PTS doesn't have a column for Powered Lift...

Sorry necro-post, but gotta make sure the aviation nerd wannabes that get ahold of this thread are getting the right info... 1) It's 90 seconds of water injection. Not usually necessary but when you're bringing weapons back to the ship and its 40C out, it's quite necessary. 2) 5 types of...

I've been in the jet configured for takeoff and filed using Foreflight. As soon as the strip printed out they let me go.

Yeah, head on is the tough one. Fortunately, any maneuver to break the trend gets you safe. Also fortunately, people aren't usually moving that fast in the 5k' and below crowd. I'm surprised that with all the very latest avionics and things people are putting in their GA aircraft that TCAS...

Call Howard's Pub on the unicom before you land. They will come get you as long as you eat there. Beats walking to town. If you're not in a hurry to get there I also vote going the long, scenic way around EWN then MRH/Cape Lookout and up under the Core MOA. Fly on the western side of NKT as...

You are right. It IS good enough to know that there is a huge metal wire strung across the runway without knowing exactly what model it is. A young person who is exploring the bounds of their new certificate by flying over to Savannah or Tucson or Atlantic City (none of which are obviously...

This is the biggest takeaway in this thread for GA types. The difference between E-28, BAK-12, and BAK-14. E-28 and BAK-12 do not recess into the runway, and the cross deck pendant needs to be stripped. BAK-14 recesses into the surface. I ALWAYS land past the arresting gear until I can...

Riding the brakes causes the energy in the brakes to build up without giving it a chance to dissipate. A method that is often used is to allow the aircraft to speed up to 15-20 knots (based on your comfort and abilities) and then check the speed all the way back down to almost stopped. This...