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The finish on my landing light switch has chipped off and I'd like to buy a new one. Does anyone know the brand of this switch and where I could order it? Thanks in advance!

If a plane is inside a hangar and on level ground, what’s the point of chocking the wheels? How could it possibly start moving on its own unless there was an earthquake?

Specifically, what’s the advantage of pushrod controls during crosswind landings? I heard someone say that with cable and pulley driven controls, crosswind landings feel much more unstable as opposed to in an airplane with pushrod controls. That doesn’t make sense to me. Can anyone confirm and...

Okay, then how much would be needed?

But how? (And why?) But more importantly, HOW? Did they somehow pack 200 gallons of fuel into that 172? And it has the takeoff capacity to carry the pilot, equipment, plus 1,200 lbs of fuel?

That was KMEI in Meridian, MS! Those T-45s are apparently there all the time... regularly flying in and out!

The Sheriff's office also charged him with flying 128.3 feet away from a cloud. Ha!

I asked the question a while back and finally found the data. Thought I'd share for those interested. There are roughly 467k pilots in the USA (private, commercial, ATP, helicopter, glider, sport, recreational). The prevailing number is about 600k, but that includes all the student pilots, who...

Transcon! :)

That’s Afton, WY! But if you land KAFO in the summer, beware the grasshoppers. My Skycatcher and I got ATTACKED by THOUSANDS of grasshoppers on the taxiway. Haha!! I normally taxi with the door open, but I had to close it after I noticed what appeared to be the whole taxiway MOVING. I had to...

I had trouble with Enterprise at KVBT. The car was supposed to dropped at the FBO. It wasn't. The FBO guys gave me a ride to Enterprise down the road. I got there and picked up the car. I dropped it off at the FBO, told Enterprise they'll need to come and collect it, and took off.

This is cool! Thank you! Would it be possible to host it on a URL that's easy to remember? Maybe www.pilot-food.com -- GoDaddy says that is available for 1 penny.

That makes more sense. It's funny, the first time I opened this thread, I duplicated that accurately. But then the second time I opened it to come write a reply, I thought he was talking about the airplane's time. Haha!

Just do it! Life is short. That's a great price for a 500TT C400. What year is it?

Started near Miami, FL and ended my trip in Seattle, WA in a Cessna 162 Skycatcher with no autopilot. Left on Friday and landed in Seattle the following Friday. Certainly could have done it faster, but I didn't want to rush. I feel it was the perfect speed. 2,923 miles flown (2,542nm). 30.6...

Yes, Salty, you are correct! Sometimes I get carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide mixed up.

Two highly experienced pilots in a perfectly functioning airplane (according to the NSTB) in perfect weather fall out of the sky and die. How? I'm surprised more people aren't asking questions. Glen went to space with William Shatner and less than a month later died in this Cessna 172 accident...

What exactly does “participating VFR” mean when the FAR talks about ATC providing separation as in when you’re IFR you receive separation from other IFR traffic and participating VFR traffic? Does that mean active flight following or does it mean ADS-B or does it just mean those with at minimum...

That's interesting. How come -- it's a Delta? What happens if you call Tower first? Do they snap at you and tell you to call Approach?

Unless I'm missing something, it seems safer to follow I-80 to the 30 then go north through the Georgetown pass to Pocatello. The Georgetown pass is in a valley that offers quite a bit lower altitude than following the I-80 into SLC. And the valley is over 3nm wide at its narrowest point.