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Looking at the old 1930's charts, each airfield along an airway is numbered (see here for example on the Cleveland-Chicago route). I believe the fields/arrows were numbered west to east and south to north. Can anyone confirm if the red number on the chart by each field or beacon corresponds to...

The IR is challenging, but I'm confident with the effort, application and time, you can do it. I'd argue the question you need to wrestle with is not "if I can do it," rather, "why do I want to do it." It will: make you a better pilot, give you travel flexibility, put you on a path to higher...

I have used Gleim for my IR and Commercial written. Exam endorsement is generated by the tool. There is some memorization, and there is some academics. I combine it with the Jeppesen Instrument Commercial textbook, FAR/AIM and other books. What I like about the online quizzes, is that once you...

Please review AIM 7-1-29.

I gave up reading the whole thread because it seems like the OP is trying to find a way to make it work by possibly raising the risk level. Going into IMC single engine single pilot IFR is no small thing. And with minimal navaids? Yikes. What will you do if lost comms? What will you do if you...

This seems like a good time to recall the saying about bold pilots and old pilots ... :rolleyes: Seriously though, you might consider finding an AATD simulator in your area to stay current in winter. As of November 2018, you can now log AATD sim time toward your IR currency - and in any...

Exactly. Also potentially less time in IMC picking up ice. If you’re taking on weight and losing lift, you don’t want to be already close to stall speed.

Flip on the smoke, left chandelle to the downwind, roll inverted to check the windsock, then another left chandelle to final where I slip it down. But first pass out the puke bags. Ok seriously, I would stay 500’ over TPA, turn left 90 for 1/2 mi while descending, right 180 then join the...

There once was a guy named Wilbur... Maybe we’re still repeating the learnings of the past 115 years.

Yes, and in fact the following scene has some poor pilot-controller phraseology... Guess I was just hoping some small detail wouldn’t take away from an otherwise superb film.

the movie, I mean. In the beginning scene, the missing flight 19 of TBM Avengers is located. A crewman proceeds to start the engine of one TBM. After the engine fires, the crewman is shown advancing the *mixture*. I’m fairly certain all big radials are started full rich. Is there any...

Well, I guess I have to be a dissenter... I was disappointed with it. I love Coen films, but this anthology didn’t work for me, especially chapter 1. The 5th story was the best IMO. Their work on True Grit was a much better effort. Enjoying Narcos:Mexico on Netflix. And it even has airplanes...

I get this occasionally, usually in a backhanded fashion, like, “oh you fly? That’s great, but I worry about your safety.” I’m not usually bothered by it - people form opinions by their interpretation of what they read/hear/see. If the only time they hear about “little planes” is a crash on the...

No yel-- Auuuuuuuugh!

Could this be a case of absolute altitude (bridge height above water) versus height above obstacle (flying over trees). Driving over a bridge, you’re roughly 200 feet over the water. Flying over tall trees at 200 AGL, you could be only 100 feet above the trees. Airport I fly at often has a...

The Jeppesen Instrument/Commercial book was vastly more useful than many others, highly recommended to begin with. Easy to read, comprehensive, self tests, great diagrams. Be sure to get the softcover version. Agree with others completely on tight VFR tolerances and getting FF. I used x-plane...

I don't want to be pedantic, but I think about this a lot at work and online. You never know what's going on in someone's head, their life, what they've been through and how they're dealing with it. I wish we could all think about this before we post that harsh reply, skewer that colleague, give...

I once flew an RV12 on a ~400mi round trip flight. Roughly equivalent to a 150, less fuel. It was fun, great experience, but I can't imagine committing to doing this on a regular basis, and this was a highly equipped low-time glass panel machine. If the weather is perfect, it's a joy, find an...

> This may be a dumb question. I think I know the answer, but I want to hear from others. Not a dumb question this is a very common situation. >which one do you think should deviate if they are converging? See and avoid, communicate, as others have said >For your IFR guys, do you see your...

One more: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/06/pilot-forced-make-emergency-landing-packed-devon-beach/amp/ Someone help me. How is a WWI era plane also a 1930’s plane? History books have all been lying to me?