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Ditto, Foreflight/Aerovie for pre-flight planning and Foreflight in flight with the Stratus 2s

I fly a Cirrus and here's my thought process. When CAPS is deployed within it's performance envelope there has never been a fatality in the airplane or on the ground. That's a 100% survival rate. With off airport landing attempts and attempts to make a runway the statistics are much worse not...

You're right, it's not really something to joke about and obviously I was exaggerating a bit. On a serious note I do "OK" when it comes to judging power off landings, but I'm not very confident in my abilities. Simulated engine out within gliding distance I'd say I'm probably 80% successful to...

You should see my record of trying to dead stick into runways with my instructor. My minimum may be 10,000' lol

It was an SR-22 with a Turbo

I can't speak to the 172 speeds, but in general when you're at the round out you're mostly going to be looking out the window anyway so I tend to think of the number on the dial as irrelevant at that point. I had the exact same problem and it was a combination of not rounding out enough and not...

I didn't think about it at all during the ride, but I am pretty sure his distraction kung fu was rendered ineffective. He kept talking at various points throughout the flight including the initial takeoff where he was calling out all the different aircraft types on the ground. I just ignored...

I had my check ride this morning and... ... I passed. ;)

Easy fix. Just start finding a random cute guy at every stop and take a selfie with him and send it to hubby. He'll be joining you in no time.;)

I was just notified that my oral and check ride on Tuesday will be done in accordance with the new Airman Certification Standards. eek

and the stall appears to be heading towards a spin.

I know we've got a few big ones around here so I had to look them up. Looks like they're only around the 1500' AGL range. Guess the flatlands of NE doesn't need the extra height. lol

I'm flying a 2009 GTS SR20 which is the "loaded" version that's very similar to her 2014. I did a quick W&B on mine with estimated people weights, some cargo, and full fuel to give you an idea of what it looks like in an SR20. It could be off a little here or there based on options in their...

I can agree with that. Goal number one is to never get into one in any plane by mistake. Your odds are a little better if you're in an aerobatic plane for sure.

However it is extremely difficult for a GA plane to get into that true flat spin, not impossible but difficult. With aerobatic planes it requires a significant amount of power and large control surface inputs. Art Scholl was flying an aerobatic plane and if I recall the speculation was that he...

As with any plane you have to keep an eye on your speed while climbing out and turning cross. They don't teach us power on stalls for the fun of it, it's a real thing in all planes. I fly an SR20 very similar to this plane and there are definitely things that can get you slow if you're not...

I'm pretty sure planes don't typically spin "flat" like Goose and Mav in top gun. All the ones I've seen are nose down cork screwing in similar to this unfortunate incident. It takes a tremendous amount of elevator input with heavy throttle and a very far back CG to hold an actual flat spin in...

Fortunately for me I really sucked at doing approaches early on so I got to do a lot of go arounds in my PPL training. hah I've become so used to doing them that if I see a wind or setup that I'm not 100% sure of I'll plan a low approach/go around just for practice before I attempt a landing...

If you're really stressed, you can just talk to them. As long as you communicate to them it's all that matters. "Tower, I'm getting stressed and need to leave the pattern to cool off. Thanks" On one of my early solos I had a bad landing attempt and my heart was racing like crazy and the...

Just draw a squiggly line on a napkin and tell the examiner that's the best you could come up with. o_O