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I put my drink on the floor between the seats. My version of the PA46 took out the cupholder between the seats for the USB and 110V ports. Newer ones got it back, but, oh well. I have hundreds…. probably more hours with a drink sitting on the floor and never spilled. I am sometimes surprised at...

Probably depends on conditions, and challenges of the real world. Power to stay on glideslope could probably work in smooth air, VMC with low stakes for getting discombobulated, and impress an instructor next to you, if you pull it off. But in hard IMC with real potential obstructions and...

I would say that if you want to be really good at landings, land the same way every time. Same angle, same approach speed, same aim point. DO you have to? No. Will your landings be better? Yes. Safer? Probably. Added: And if you aim for the numbers and your engine goes out at 200/300 ft...

Wow. You guys are being a little kind to the CFI here. Maybe he was having a bad day, but to take a C172 in 2 mi behind a 737 is questionable judgment. To get in wake turbulence, and then calmly keep flying it into a landing is very very questionable. That was a full power go-around moment...

The beauty of a turboprop. Here we are 12.5 degrees nose down, 2250 fpm and slowing. I think we were 3 nm away from the field at 8000 ft MSL, or 3500 ft. AGL, and greased the landing at Vref. Just remember to put power back in on level off, or the plane will quickly stop flying.This was a...

Going to be a tough trip commuting especially in the fall spring and winter without IFR. Unless loads of flexibility. Going to be a tough trip IFR in the fall spring and winter without known ice certification. So if you want to do that trip 52X2 104 times a year??? I am thinking a FIKI Cirrus is...

I got my high altitude training ground/sim and flight in a Malibu (Mirage). I don’t believe you have to actually fly above FL250 to be endorsed. Was part of the factory initial training.

That seems a little unfortunate. Textron has not really innovated much in the small GA segment. Killed one of the best piston aircraft, the TTx. Took perhaps the best single pilot jet out there, the Mustang, and let it run its course with essentially no upgrades and shut it down. Hasn’t been...

Some insurance companies are pushy with these apps and want to make them mandatory. I think they are bad. We have given up so much freedom and anonymity with ADSB. That is bad enough. But to be tracked everywhere you go in a car, and not being allowed to opt out. This tech will be used for less...

Happened to me a month or so ago. Airport was open, but taxiways were nil braking and closed. Which was not on the ATIS btw. Called ground for my clearance, and they said they can’t clear me because the taxiways are closed. The airport manager heard that, and said I could taxi at my own risk...

Thought about this thread. This was today on the way to Boise. 17.3 nm from Hailey (Sun Valley) ID, 16,000 feet. Everyone got the airport in sight? About the middle right of the Pic.

I was always taught the answer is 200, then check the ASI.

There have been quite a few, but like almost all planes, occurred when the design limits of the aircraft were exceeded. Here is one. One thing to note is how low the Va is on these aircraft. Doesn't take much to get them out of the envelope if you lose control. Note to self. Don't lose...

One practical matter, flying in the mountains, even on a clear day IFR, once you report the "airport in sight", you are cleared for the visual. Until you see the airport, you are going to be kept at the MEA which could be 12,000. 13,000 feet. Calculate that descent rate once you see it from 10...

Yeah, you can feel it, especially once used to it, just significantly less than your typical trainers, so was specific to the original topic. Sure you know it, but beware of ailerons close to stall. Adverse yaw and all.

One other thing you don’t learn well in a Cirrus. The flight controls in most planes talk to you. Getting close to a stall, there is very little resistance to movements in yoke and aileron. You will feel the stall coming before you stall. The spring cartridges in the Cirrus make the plane feel...

Now if you would have financed the plane, and invested the cash... Where would you be today? I am guessing flying for free the last 6 years ;-) Borrowing money at 4% and investing at 10% makes more sense to me. Let the bank own a typically depreciating asset. Use your money for something that...

There are reasons to train in a Cirrus, there are reasons to not train in a Cirrus, and they have mostly been touched on here. If it is any help, the one thing that I would say that is unequivocal. The Cirrus as a trainer IS NOT safer from a statistical fatality standpoint than the...

If you want to buy and fly a Cirrus might make a case to learn it. BUT. The safety record of traditional trainers like C172/DA40/PA28 is better, even without CAPS. They are more forgiving of stupid mistakes…. Which all student pilots and some non-student pilots make. The Cirrus is less of a...

I don't have much time in the T182T, but did fly a new one a couple of times. I was very impressed with the performance hot and high. Took off in Ogden UT and cleared the 9000 ft. mountains 5 miles to the east without circling. Not many planes will make that climb gradient, especially in the...