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No. Redline is Vmc- minimum controllable airspeed with operating engine at full power and one engine failed, not feathered. Below this you will roll over unless you quickly pull the good engine back. Blue line is Vyse- speed for best climb (or slowest descent) with one engine inop, feathered...

Let’s take that to its logical extreme. What if a pilot's parents performed an at home drug test when he was in high school/college and was positive for THC. They get angry, he stops getting high, gets it together and 4 years later wants to apply for a medical as he wants to be a pilot. By your...

Done all the time in emergency medicine, if not elsewhere as well. No time for proper work up and too much liability to street someone with undiagnosed condition. So everyone gets pan-lab, pan-imaged.

Curious- (theoretically) if he was brought in by ambulance after MVA with questionable head injury from airbag, standard of care would be pan drug screen. He’s watched overnight and discharged the next day. Drug screen happens to be positive for THC, but since most docs don’t really care about...

curious- just about every ER visit at our hospital gets a drug test. Obviously lots of positives for THC, opiates, etc. I don't see this the equivalent of "failing" a drug test as it wasn't required as a condition of employment, licensing etc. So if this was >2y ago I think you could honestly...

I flew approaches in my fixed gear six at 120kt IAS. No flaps. Keeps up with big boy traffic and airplane is much more stable than at 100kt (tends to wallow at low speeds). You can pull power to idle at minimums, throw in full flaps once it slows and still make the numbers. The six glides like a...

I used the Super Hood and mounted to a more comfortable visor that I adjusted the size to fit over my headset so no fumbling taking it off, glasses, headset etc.

My policy states that I have to be in compliance with FAR 61.23.

This is exactly what I did. Basics with CFII for about 20h over 3months. But inconsistency scheduling was hampering my progression. Accelerated course over 10d was the perfect solution. But I do think you need some time and learning the specifics of your airplane prior to jumping into an...

I think you are trying to find a quick mnemonic to brief approaches rapid fire back to back in a training environment. While this makes efficient use of time, it isn’t the best way to train correct briefing. In a real environment you’ll have plenty of time to get setup. And if you’re thrown a...

We ended up keeping the vacuum ai and moving it to the copilot side so everything would still work. I read of another similar plane that eventually had to put a vacuum instrument in 6e line and leave it behind the panel to keep everything working correctly.

We've been discussing this on the FB PA32 group. Speculation is either failure to lean for max power for that DA prior to takeoff (although report suggests he tried that in flight- maybe too little too late?) or tailwind takeoff as cause. I wondered if there could have been some tailwind...

Seneca does 170-180 (depending on altitude) at 26gph 65%, or 155 at 20gph 55%. Overhaul lately looks to be around $80k per engine (although haven't had one myself, just basing this on some quotes from people online recently having to go through it). Most are FIKI. Turbo so DA less important...

I am a physician but not an AME so I don't know of specific cases. I "hope" the FAA is not randomly combing databases to identify mismatched codes. However imagine you are in an accident and get admitted to the hospital for a few days while they work up all your pains injuries etc. Maybe you...

I'll give an example of the ICD10 code debacle. A few years ago our hospital system switched EMR providers. There was a database merge with every diagnosis from a previous visit for that person (acute or chronic alike) and every diagnosis code was brought into their record. For some patients...

The FAA likely won't. But a future event or disclosure would trigger a records review by AME/OK and if older records show up with those codes there and you failed to report, then you're screwed.

their only concern is "protecting" the public from a random pilot having an arrest/stroke/syncopal episode at the wheel and crashing into an elementary school. (yes I know that would be rare but that is the FAA listening to the politicians). The FAA cares 0% about the actual health and well...

Lastly- for those looking to keep your medical above a basic med level but still keep your health in check. Look for a physician (holistic, MD, DO) in your area that is willing to work for cash, no insurance, and on the periphery of modern medicine. I don’t mean neglect important things. But...

Substitute “lawyer” with “politician “ or “insurance executive” and that would be more accurate

Don’t get me wrong. I love what I do(surgical oncology). And working for a hospital system where I get paid for my efforts regardless means I get to practice without regard for reimbursement. But I still get caught up in the pseudodiagnosis ICD10 code to justify the test or procedure I think is...