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I wish we didn't run off so many knowledgeable people.

Any more opinions on the Amazon Echo? They must be improved, as they're up to $179 now. I'm considering it for music, radio, and audio books, but I'm not sure if it's worth it for just that. Any found any interesting uses for it? Any aviation uses? I'd like having it in the corner of my office...

People are so melodramatic. Because many users like that feature, and it's very convenient. Generally yes, no reason to think you can't. You don't like an app to have permissions that could have privacy implications, but you do think that the app should have the desire and ability to scan...

I will use a social media account to log in (makes it really simple) as long as they don't ask for any crazy permissions. If the app just wants to know my e-mail address (of my social media account), I'm ok with that. If the app wants to use my social media account to get access to my contacts...

I find lengthy airplane descriptions in lieu of standard phraseology to be annoying. I don't care what color your plane is, I look for a white and blue plane the exact same way that I look for a white and red plane. The idea is to have a brief and unique callsign so two different aircraft...

Based on the username, I consider this credible information.

Congrats! How'd you like majoring in Economics?

I thought that might be the case. Would a standard "Commercial Air Tour" LOA cover that, or do you think it'd be a separate LOA particular to that operation? Did you take the time to read it before this reply? Specifically 119.1(e)(2) Gotcha. I wish the regs said that, as they surely...

Sure! http://www.cloud9living.com/indianapolis/aerobatic-thrill-ride http://www.bruceair.com/acrorides/aerobatic_rides.htm ... also refers to Nonstop Commercial Air Tours

That section refers to "Commercial Air Tour". As mentioned in the first post, 136.1(d) defines a Commercial Air Tour as "a flight conducted for compensation or hire in an airplane or helicopter where a purpose of the flight is sightseeing". It then goes on to list potentially relevant...

When pilots sell "rides"—specifically something that isn't a sight-seeing "Commercial Air Tour" as described in 136.1(d)—what rules are they operating under? I'm talking about things like antique/unique airplane rides, aerobatic thrill rides, and things of that nature.

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Your way, and the right way. :)

Long before you hit the IAP, brief it top to bottom, left to right. Setting the aircraft up (frequencies and such) as you go along. Brief everything on the plate that pertains to you (which is pretty much everything besides the minimums for other categories). If you get interrupted, stop, and...

Understood, headings not courses on the outbound portions of the hold/hold entry. I'm just speaking in general; it's good practice, I believe, to monitor the DTK and keep your OBS set to it. One thing I'm not quite sure of is why DTK will often differ from the published course on an IAP by a...

I'm a big fan of the 5 T's as well. It's a checklist, like GUMPS or anything else. It's there to make sure you don't miss anything. It's not that hard, even for someone with experience, to miss one of the many things you have to remember to do when flying instruments.

The DTK (desired track) field on your GPS (if you're using Garmin) tells you what track your course guidance is based on. Set your OBS to this. This is pretty helpful if you're flying an HSI, so you don't get an effect similar to reverse sensing.

I thought they're called the '99s' because it's average age?

You probably shouldn't. That's pretty much it. Because the helicopter is designed with a clutch in the driveline to allow the rotors to autorotate when the engine quits, the turning rotors don't turn the engine over like they do on a piston airplane. So, if you overlean it and kill the...

Just takes a little practice! It's surprising how natural it becomes.