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The bad part of renting: I had to get in the habit of looking at the "squawk rack" before every flight to see what I have in store for my flight. Things I've found before I made a habit of this is inop PPT buttons, tumbling DG, inop #2 radio, high pitch squeel in the intercom, bad headphone...

FYI, they quit making MAPP gas over a decade ago. Todays formula is something else, has less energy and heat, barely better than propane. They still put it in a yellow tank to fool you but read the lable, its not MAPP anymore, the typical subsitute is propylene.

Try wearing ear plugs. Put them in before going into a public restroom. Focus on nothing gut going pee, let the ear plugs block out everything else so its just you in your head. Sounds silly but it works.

Sounds like you haven't had the pleasure of trying to retract the pistons in a modern cars rear calipers that have integrated the parking brake. Its a PITA and takes special tools.

"Campbell tower, bugsmasher Nxxx just departed Outlaw on a xxx heading, 500" and climbing.

Full rental power baby, I'm paying the wet rate reguardless of how much I burn.

The same drug can give different effects to different people. I too never saw the attraction of say Vicoden after being given it after a few surgeries. It dulled the pain for a few day untill I could switch to Advil and that was it. However the last surgery, they prescribed be a heavier dose...

Listen to these people recommending that you are positive you will pass before stepping into an AME's office. I was a couple of weeks away from my solo, so I needed to get a medical. Healthy 39 year old, zero issues ever, had a physical with blood labs with the family doc 9 months prior and...

Pilot reported an uncommanded roll of 45 degrees. Wake turbulence? Wind gust? Computer malifunction?

Building for someone else, for compensation, not for your own educationor recreation. Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), part 21, section 21.191(g), defines an amateur-built aircraft as an aircraft "the major portion of which has been fabricated and assembled by person(s) who...

If everybody lands without hitting each other, they all are correct. Untill we all are required to fly GPS fenced "highways" in the pattern, it's going to vary. See and avoid is all you can do, you can't rely on radios at places where they are not required.

Here is how L70 wants is done:

What I don't like about the 270 turn to downwind is in a high wing, thats a 270 deg blind turn. Sure your "clearing" your turn as your crossing over the runway but as soon as you drop that wing, your not going to see the Rocket or Cirius screaming in to the downwind.

Check the NOTAMS, but i think Catalina is closed for runway repave.

Thought about bailing out? As a skydiver, I would be wearing a rig, push the life raft out (activate beacon if night time) and follow it out!

That seems like alot of cars and a large group of people watching. I'm guessing it was some sort of demonstration? Perhaps look into the history of the glider tows of WW2 and see if you can find an article referencing such an event.

Exactly. "LA" is pretty vague, it can easily be several hours to drive from one side to the other.

I'm checking out the Landcaster area on Sunday in a 172, can give a pirep after. I have heard the lake Elsinore area is awesome right now.

I have it. Got it when I was doing many trips to Mexico a year as it lets you use the Sentri lanes to reenter the US. 10 minute wait vs 3 hrs!

I was over 100. Getting the roundout/landing attitude was tricky for me. Once it clicked, no problem.