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Common broken parts by trainer model with causes: Cessna 172 loose panel trim. Caused by people using it as a hand-hold as they adjust their seat position. Cessna 150 broken door hold-open latches. Caused by people banging the door into the latch during egress. Cessna 152 broken cabin-side...

The second one states "The National Transportation Safety Board said its initial investigation indicated the crash was 'an intentional act.' As a result, the FBI took over the investigation and has not released any information since."

In addition to the G500, G650, and G750, is there anything else in the cockpit such as an iPad that you are also configuring? If so, what purpose does that "thing" serve? Also, are there CDIs for the G650 and G750? If so, where are they? The trifecta of panel-mounted GPS units seems like...

Pilot pro tip: Instead of complaining about fees, ask what you can do to waive or reduce some fees. When I worked at an FBO, even as a lowly CSR, I had authority to negotiate fuel prices and waive ramp fees. The people behind the desk can usually do a lot more for you than you think. But if you...

This issue stretches back to 2009. Search the ASRS database for occurrences at ATL where the reporter was a controller, and you'll find a ton of these reports. The main issue was that the way these were designed requires controllers to converge two streams of arrivals doing 280 knots within 40...

The first thing I do when I get into an owner's new airplane is develop a custom checklist. The generic ones are absolute garbage. For example, in an Archer I am flying, there is no check for "towbar - removed." And yet the Archer is an aircraft that is perhaps more susceptible to towbar...

The idea that this specific story is something the FAA has an interest in investigating is absolutely hilarious to me. All they can (and should) do is encourage the private sector to develop systems that prevent drones from flying in controlled airspace. That said, I do recognize the hazard...

The way it has been (unintentionally) presented in this thread implies you don't need carb heat at all in the Archer, which isn't true. What is true is you generally don't operate the carb heat during landing in Piper aircraft -- at least the ones in the Cherokee family, anyway -- because the...

I have to disagree with Scott here. "Cleared direct DOWDY" does not amend your clearance limit. The phraseology for an amendment to a clearance limit is "Cleared to." The phraseology "Cleared to" is used when holding instructions are issued because the intention is to specifically change your...

Yea, the reason I ask is I'm 100% sure Aspen is single-site secondary surveillance radar (SSR) only and is not a candidate for WAM. The antenna is on one of the mountain tops north and slightly west of the airport. I just wasn't sure if they started to refer to SSR as WAM.

What's the difference between wide area multilateration and secondary surveillance radar?

Avemco says 14% of all of their claims have to do with parking and securing, which is the official title of the last section in the ACS. This one, however, is hard to fail in the context of taking a checkride in a flight school airplane. Most of these places have a designated ramp, where parking...

Haha I wish I could! Boss man at the location where it is doesn't like that idea because "what happens if the scanner catches on fire?"

I would definitely be interested in what you accomplish. I run two LiveATC feeds. I can't say which ones publicly because they sound terrible. People at the receivers' locations, for some reason or another, think it's ok to adjust the squelch, volume, and memory at will, destroying the quality...

Yes.

Ok, cool. Were the old form of TRSAs also classified under "other" like they are today?

Out of curiosity, do you have a source for that? Everyone I've talked to, including air traffic controllers who were around then, say it was a "control zone." I'm very interested to learn the old terms because I teach a lot of rusty pilots who still remember the old classification system.

AIM Figure 4-3-3, Traffic Pattern Operations Parallel Runways

There is a lot that goes into buying a used airplane that many pilots consider daunting. Unless they have a mentor who can show them the ropes of used aircraft acquisition, a new airplane may be more attractive because of the perception of certainty. New Cirruses, for example, come with factory...