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No experience in the Lake aircraft, but quite a bit of floatplane time in Alaska. My brother and I were partners on two planes for many years, a C185 and a Scout on floats. I saw a few Buccaneers around, but they aren't used much in AK. Seemed like they took a lot of water to get in air. My...

Nope. But lots of intentional spins in Citabrias over the years. And the only unintentional stalls I have experienced are the ones where I began a flare(incorrectly...) and the airplane quit flying, maybe a few feet too high.

The Val 429 mentioned here seems like a good approach. I was recently quoted $3000 installed for one of those. The OP would then have dual VOR's, marker beacon, and precision approach (ILS) capability with indicator. If he was able to save on the install, he might spend even less. I think...

I can't claim to know how it works in the military, but "zero out the account by the end of the FY" is exactly how it works in many/most government agencies. I worked for a state university for many years and had budget authority for most of the time. If my department neared the end of the...

I grew up in Alaska. Learned to fly at 16. Like most everyone else there I did quite a bit of bush flying. Sandbars, beaches, rough, short, strips. Saw a lot of wrecked airplanes over the years. Not many 6120 ?? forms filed... if no one was hurt seriously … why get the bureaucrats out from...

I always loved airplanes and got my first GA ride at 10 yrs old in a Cherokee Six with a family friend. Growing up in small-town Alaska, GA airplanes were everywhere, but I wasn't really thinking of learning to fly. Then my twin brother got his PPL at 16 and convinced me that we needed to be...

Most natural gas lines that are being patrolled are not residential. The oderant you mention (mercaptan) is added near the end user, not it the main and large distribution lines. Leaks do kill vegetation though.

I stand corrected. Showing my ignorance of history. When was Jamestown, again...? :)

Farming since the 1600's? Quite a legacy. :) Just kidding, pretty sure that's a typo. My extended family farming experience is different. My Uncles/Aunts/Cousins on my mom's side have been corn/wheat farmers in Nebraska for a long time. The area is seeing a lot of the co-op/corporate farms...

This seems to be the mindset at many GA FBO's (airports?) in the lower 48. I really think they would prefer you stay away from "their" airport and ramp if you are not ready to drop $500 or more every time the airplane moves. You absolutely don't see this at in Alaska, everyone is just humping...

Not disingenuous, just surprised by the policy. I have spent most of my flying career in Alaska, and have recently moved to the mountain west. One thing that strikes me as odd is the lack of aircraft operations at pretty much every western slope airport I have visited (I imagine metro Denver...

Not to mention the fact that in many (most?) cases, the land the airport sits on was given to the city by the federal government for public use, only as an airport. And, the city receives federal funds to maintain the thing. I don't mind paying ramp fees, but like many here, I would like to...

Nothing much to add. I owned a well-used Tiger ('77 with ~5000tt) for about two years. No canopy leaks whatsoever. Loved the ability to open the canopy in flight for photos, etc. Honest, fairly quick, nice handling, low maintenance aircraft. I switched to an RV to get improved high altitude...

A friend of mine bought a twin comanche for the same reason. Had it for 3 years / 200 or so hours flying time. Said it was "pretty thrifty for a twin", no details... He got the flying gig he was hoping for and sold it. I think he ended up having to sell it for less than bought it for, but he...

Thanks for this thread. Lots of good info here. Piggyback question- I need to visit kbjc for the first time next week. I will be arriving from the southwest/south around Walsenburg. Any tips from the locals on a route from there up to Jeffco, VFR? I have flown past Denver and Co Springs many...

My twin brother and I both got our PPLs at age 17 and have flown Mom and Dad quite a bit over the years. Even occasionally now, but they are not as interested these days. That would be fun, teaching your Dad. I got my CFI at 21 and my Dad, whose was in his late 40's then, expressed an...

I had a situation similar to this when I was an instructor. A fairly well-to-do couple, in their 50's, came to the Alaska FBO where I was working. They had purchased a nice Super Cub but had zero flight experience. I started training them. They each had 8 - 10 hours of dual with me and had...

That is a nice 152. Big tires, 125hp, Aspen, GTN650, engine monitor, etc. But, it is still a 152.

This exact scenario happened to a friend of mine about 20 years ago. Didn't end well. He was flying commercially, a C206 with some oilfield perforating tools(100 lbs of steel) tied down in back. 30 kt wind out of the north. His IO520 broke a crankshaft and stopped. He was heading south and...

What's expensive depends on the situation. $125/month is about what I pay for hangar rent in my little town. $125 also = about 30 gal. of 100LL, which is = 4 hours at 155 kts in my airplane (and maybe 40-50% of the fuel I use in a month), so a $125 bill, every month, whether the plane is used...