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I double-checked at current airport (TKI) yesterday. I also checked Addison and Rockwall again. Aero-Country is all shared, which I'm not interested in. Everywhere else is just as far a drive for me, so not much point. Wife seems to have her heart set on the Plano area for our next house, so...

I checked with the FBOs at McKinney, and they didn't have any space. I am on the waiting list there, but it's long. I also called Addison, and there was no space. (That was in November, so perhaps I should call Addison again.) I could put it in covered park on the cheap at Rockwall, but that's...

Well, Arlington offered me the hangar, and I'm going to take it for now. $330/mo for a 41ft T-hangar w/electricity seems pretty reasonable to me, and I'm only going to be flying every other week or so for most of this year anyway, so the drive won't kill me. I'll just plan all my flights to be...

To be honest, neither my wife nor I are committed to any particular location within the DFW metroplex. Her only stipulation is being close to Trader Joes, and most of the major department stores. Mine are being close to an ice rink, a golf course, and an airport, all three of which are pretty...

I moved from central CA. We had 110 degree days in the summer. Even with the reflective window shades, it was brutal if the plane was outside more than an hour.

I feel a little guilty, to be honest. My wife has been complaining about the driving time to some of her favorite stores, and I keep telling her "If you want to live in a big metroplex, longer drive times are part of that." I guess I should practice what I preach.

Yeah, I was planning on making the drive as a test. As to the approaches issue, I suppose I could depart from a field without instrument approaches, but if nearby fields are IFR, it's likely that Aero Country would be as well. Not crazy about taking off IFR from a field I couldn't turn around...

I probably should start actively checking around. I thought about Aero Country, but they don't have any instrument approaches. That's the other thing about moving to a hangar far away...I truly love going out and shooting approaches in low ceilings. Being far away would make that more...

The possibility of fitting the next plane in there is just icing on the cake, and not really a deal breaker. Right now, there's only a 50/50 chance I'd change planes sometime in the next few years. The idea that my plane would be protected really appeals to me. I was spoiled by my hangar in CA...

That is the question. Moved to McKinney TX area a few months ago. My 98 Archer III is currently tied-down at KTKI. Prior to moving, the plane had spent the last 3 years hangared in CA. I'm not crazy about being on tie-downs here, especially coming into storm season when hail is a greater...

Before we moved, I had a pattern worked out that kept me in an area out of the way of most other aircraft, over terrain that would be easy to do an emergency landing on, and even had a practice strip nearby. In the course of 3 hours, I could practice every single VFR and IFR skill there was, one...

I used a briefer by requirement during my initial PP training 5 years ago. I haven’t used them since. I have access to the same data they do, and if I am unsure, I don’t go. Then again, I’m a crazy risk-taker with a terminal case of all 5 of the ‘bad attitudes’ pilots are supposed to avoid.

When I depart from an uncontrolled field and plan on getting FF, I make my last call on CTAF, note my distance and direction from the airport, and call ATC with "THEM Archer 12345, request." When they reply, I tell them "Archer 12345, N miles (direction) of (name of airport) at (altitude)...

Becoming good at anything, be it flying, playing the guitar, writing, cooking, painting...you name it, requires practice. The more often and more regular you practice, the more quickly your skills improve. Also, the more structured your approach to your practice, the more quickly you improve...

Was 15-20 minutes in CA. Now its about 12 via backroads in TX. That's from home, which is also my work.

After my PPL, when I started spending a bit more time with my GPS, I noticed this as well. I did some experiments similar to what the OP described, and found that most of the medium-sized airports I flew in and out of averaged 0.4-0.6 miles from the end of the runway to the point that the GPS...

I found it considerably more difficult than my PPL. A lot of that was because I had never bothered to work on my ability to hold a course and altitude well, and had relied too much on my autopilot during all my cross country flights prior to beginning instrument training. I also wish I had...

Thanks Ron. I'll do the course.

I have friends that live just northwest of Tipton (FME) which is outside the FRZ but inside the permanent TFR. So, I'm assuming that I don't have to do all that advance stuff, and that I can just file an IFR flight plan and go. I'd like to visit them in June, but I'd be flying from Texas and...

I was in one of Atlantic's hangars for the first year of ownership. They were very careful, and always had two people walking alongside the wingtips when moving my plane. Other than the few times that I was delayed because they hadn't pulled it out yet, I rather enjoyed the treatment and the...