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I haven't posted in a while so I figure I better let you know where I'm at. I'm just shy of 36 hours now and have one more XC flight scheduled later this week with my CFI. If all goes well I should get my solo XC endorsement and will just need to get my 5 hours of solo XC in and I'll be ready...

Do you mind if I ask why Mechanical Engineering if you're planning to make a career in flying? I would take the money you're spending on that and enroll at a University that specializes in flight training. You would still have a potential military route to pay for things as well, but I'm not...

I own a technology company and we have several customers scattered across the midwest. I also attend several conferences around the country each year. That's my justification anyways. ;)

I was a little surprised that my CFI didn't give me any wind restrictions. I asked him specifically and he said I could use my judgement and work my way up as I was comfortable. I have been doing just that with keeping my days to under 5 kt crosswinds on my first few solo flights and had a 10...

I'm close to the same place you are in hours (33) and signed off for solo. I would echo the others with using caution on setting timelines and getting impatient because it can lead to a safety issue now or further down the road. I've been slow rolling along at 2 hours per week since january and...

Well if he was terroristing then I'm going to say he wasn't very good at it. lol

Thanks for the info, I hadn't heard this before. I'm almost at 30 hours, so I figured I'd be taking it in the next month or two anyways, but I will talk to my CFI about getting it on the schedule sooner rather than later. :)

Are they changing it in June, or is that just a goal date?

Did my first self grounding today. I was planning to go up solo this afternoon and realized I've been having a very stressful week at work and haven't gotten much sleep the past few days. The little voice in the back of my head kept repeating the PAVE and IMSAFE acronyms over and over until I...

I tried to concentrate on my inverted flat spins first time out. (Hehe) Seriously though I try to have a plan and cover most of the check ride maneuvers when out solo. I absolutely love doing power on stalls but typically only do one after recovering from slow flight. Oddly I'm less...

With my extensive and very long flying career dating back to January of this year I can happily say that the C172S I took a discovery flight in and the Cirrus SR20 that I'm currently training in are still flying. I must caution though, that I have not yet completed my PPL, so there's a high...

Did the bird file a flight plan? I hope he wasn't VFR that high up because it will cost him his license. My condolences to his feathery family if he did not survive. :(

Sounds like you answered your own question. For me I searched out the school who had the most modern and well kept planes. I'd switch in a heartbeat.

Somebody posted this on Facebook. Made me think of this thread. ;)

Aerovie is incredible. It combines many aviation products in an intuitive way.

I'm still a couple months off from mine, but I'm already paranoid I'm going to do something dumb like that on my check ride. I keep forgetting to do my climb and cruise checklists during my training flights, so that's what I've been trying to concentrate on remembering.

Shifting my eyes from the numbers to the end of the runway helped me with my flare. When I keep my eyes down I'm all over the place.

I vote crazy. Flower shorts? Only a crazy person would wear those. ;)

I swear, every training day just gets more and more fun. Got another 2.2 in today (23.6 total now) and we worked primarily on short field takeoffs and landings as well as soft field takeoffs and landings. I'm not sure what happened, but everything just started clicking today and I absolutely...

Does a parachute deployment count as a straight in approach? I need to make sure i log it correctly.