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This. I have multiple feeders set up for Flightaware/Flightradar24 but they're only listening on 1090. Seeing your post, I'll think about adding the 978MHz radio to my feeders. I set them up a long time ago, well before I was flying.

I generally can't stand any of Apple's IOS products, mainly because I find them extremely difficult to use. Never mind the inflated prices, lack of features, crippled interfaces, non-expandable memory, lack of repairability, and proprietary connections. That said, I did bite the bullet and...

Student pilot here, so not a huge exposure yet, but I remember on my first day my CFI heard the voice on Ground and mumbled that "Mr. Grumpy" was working that day. To this day I've never had an issue with Mr. Grumpy. In fact, I called up the tower on a slower night to as a few student-type...

At this stage of the game, your landings aren't supposed to be great. With where you're at in training, as long as you don't break the plane it's a good landing and what you should be expecting of yourself right now. Refinement will come with practice. And remember, even the 10,000+ hour...

I'd encourage you TO fly different aircraft during your PPL training. I flew a DA40 (glass/constant speed prop), C172 (steam), and a Citabria taildragger all before I soloed. It forced me to learn the fundamentals of flying vs. just following checklists. The taildragger time was immensely...

Paul Santopietro near Daytona, Florida. (http://learntailwheel.com/) He has two Citabrias. I spent two days with him right before I soloed back at my home field / home airspace on the other side of the state. We did real, full-on spin training, plenty of touch-and-goes, slow flight, etc. VERY...

@WDD : Think of all the positive benefits of that... Imagine your wife coming to YOU and saying, "Honey, I think we should get a bigger/nicer/faster airplane." Not exactly a bad situation to be in.

The worst part is that many people who buy into the Disney thing really can't afford it and don't even realize it. They're snowballed by Disney's pixie dust and instant gratification. There are threads on some of the Disney forums about selling blood plasma to pay for their trips! Take a look...

@Sam Gordon : One more thought -- talk with your CFI and see if you can ride shotgun with some other students. Due to a scheduling foul-up, my CFI was double-booked on the day of my solo. I had plenty of time, so I told him to take the other student first. He had me hop in the back and...

So... when's she starting her PPL training?

Why do people keep insisting flying is expensive? Like anything in life, it *can* be, but doesn't have to be. Anker sells a single iPad charging cable over on Amazon for $100, and for some reason some people actually buy them. I'm perfectly happy with the $3 ones myself. Compared to many...

Sam, I just joined this forum to write you this. I was in your shoes just a few months ago. Now I try to fly every chance I get. There's still a healthy sense of fear, but it's more of respect than true fear. It's that sense which makes me double & triple-check things, especially when...