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I watched the video - you did a great job. If something like that every happens to me I hope I can do as good as you did. Your training and skills paid off.

You mean no dollar menu? :dunno: Thanks for the input guys, its what I was thinking. Had a guy offer to help with costs, but like you all said he is helping me out and it feels weird to take his money. Maybe if we both get some hood time it would be ok, but if its just me getting the time I...

Hi All - working on my instrument, still need a fair number of hood hours. When you fly with a safety pilot, what is the normal protocol in your experience? Does your saftey pilot ever chip in $, or since you need them to be there do you usually give them a free ride? Just wonder what is the...

I understand what you mean - and I guess by "joining the pattern" he could have at least made radio calls to let us know he was on a straight in. Then it would have been no big deal for me to extend my downwind and pull in behind him. Never heard from him on the radio till after I made my...

Thats what I thought but they often have those weird little jogs in them. Love flightaware - my Mom watched us the whole time as we were flying. She would text me after we landed each time "You just landed" - as if I didn't notice... :goofy:

Last week I posted about our first long XC as a family - from PTK (Pontiac MI) to VNC (Venice FL). We stayed 5 days and then started home. One of the great things about flying ourselves is that we can stop along the way to see the sights or see family. On the way home we decided to head over...

Like the others said, try on a few and see what you like. I prefer the Bose, my son (11 year old) likes the Lightspeed Sierra and my daughter (9 year old) likes the Lightspeed Zulu.

4 of us in the plane. My 11 year old son up front with me - he is hooked on flying. He is the closest I have to autopilot. He can hold a heading and altitude pretty well while I look at a chart. He also runs the 430 very well and puts in frequencies and transponder codes. My daughter...

What a great adventure! On Saturday May 23 we departed PTK in Michigan headed to FL to see my Mom for the week. I completed my PPL in March and we have been doing local 50 - 150 mile trips, but this was a great first time to really use the plane to get someplace! We arrived at the airport at...

I want to know how the guy that has the 200k airplane in line only has expenses of 2k? Can't even park it that cheap. Maybe its a club plane or a rental?

Once you get 15 hours or so under your belt, don't hesitate to grab your instructor on the higher x-wind days. For me, crosswinds were the hardest thing to lick during training. At about 12 hours I thought about giving up. I would get all crossed up and out of whack and just made a mess of...

I recently completed my PPL with Flight 101 at PTK. Great people. I worked with Matt and Don - both great instructors. They have a good deal for an intro flight, give them a call, talk to Matt and set something up. They had me very ready for my checkride at 53 hours and I passed with no...

Hi All - I have not posted recently - I think the last time was just after my solo. About 2 weeks ago (March 16) I completed my PPL checkride! Total time including the checkride was 53.3 hrs. Did most of my training in a 172, with a bit of time in a SR22 and Citabria. Since my PPL I also...

Hi All - I was considering buying a share of this SR22 - and it was in a very minor accident yesterday. What would something like this do to the value of an airplane? Assuming it is fixed properly, what do you think? http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2015/02/cirrus-sr22-n358cd-incident-occurred.html

Hi Guys - Completed my solo yesterday! What an awesome experience. We had been wanting to do it for awhile, but weather had not been playing nice. Yesterday it was perfect. My instructor signed me off, jumped out of the plane and said 3 laps of the pattern is normal, but if I want to do a...

I have been doing my training in a c172 and a Citabria (for some tail wheel fun). One of my instructors runs a shared ownership Cirrus program. I made the mistake of going for a ride with him a couple times and now I am buying a share of a SR22. Just a joy to fly. Precise, comfortable and...

Nice job! 15 hrs into the journey and what you have done feels like so far away! Very well done!!

I am another struggling low-timer. About 15 hrs in the log book, at 9 hrs after 2 calm day lessons my CFI said I was about ready to solo. Landing were going great, it seemed to be clicking. Then the wheels fell off. Last few lessons it has been windy. Had a 20-25 kt N wind one day, so we...

Interesting thread. I am just getting started working on my PPL. Once I get the PPL completed, if I set aside $1000/mo, is that even a realistic number to do some flying? I have not yet decided if I will buy something on my own, a partnership or rent. I figgure I have quite a bit of time...

Ok, I am a newbie, just getting started. Question, does anyone actually use VOR anymore? GPS is so simple, I guess VOR is a backup in case GPS dies for some reason, but in normal operation, does anyone use it for anything?