I think my ego, and admittedly vanity got me thinking of flying professionally. I always have to remind my self to just enjoy it as a hobby.
(Thanks for your response.)
I'm 54 years old. I have over 1500 hours, with all of it being single engine time; PPL only.
However, I do have an A&P license, and I'm now looking into what's available in paid flying jobs.
Any advise and or suggestions, please comment. Thanks!
When is it permitted to call Saint Louis Approach or departure ‘Gateway’ Appraoch or Departure?
I have heard of an airliner call Gateway instead of the typical St Louis App/dep...
please let me know.
Thanks.
Another possible path is to get a pilot slot from your local air guard or air force reserve unit.
Its been a good kept secret that most dont realize.
I believe the military are still some what short of pilots.
Best of luck.
Yeah I hear ya...
Mine did get through. I used foreflight and received a confirmation email that's it's been filed.
Good things was the center controller gave me direct to KALN!
I had prefiled an IFR flight plan from KVIH to KALN. My estimated departure time was 10:45 am local.
By the time I got airborne and was 5000 feet, it was 11:26am local.
When I contacted center freq., they said your prefile flight plan had dropped off...”Do you still want to goto KALN?”
In the...
I am looking to move to St Louis.
I have a small single engine two seater.
Any airports in the area that has hangars I can rent for long term, please advise.
Thanks.
Thank you all. I got the answers I was hoping to get.
I've been flying my RV for years and consider this maneuver to be a safe way to quickly bring the plane into landing...my downwind to base to final are rounded corners anyways.
I will continue to do the over head break, but only when it's...
Yes, RV.
The other ‘slang’ that gets me is when tower tells me to “fly to the numbers.”
If Im already on a base entry how do you fly to the numbers?
I dont think I can safely execute a landing.
I was flying back to my home airport, which is uncontrolled.
I announced on CTAF that I was 10 miles out, then continued with subsequent closing distances.
I also let other traffic know that I was going to enter the pattern with an overhead break to the left and joining the left downwind for the...