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i was just looking into this. I am going to start working on my CFI as a semi retirement activity. I think SAFE offers a policy for instructors. https://www.safepilots.org/programs/cfi-liability-insurance/

What are you doing for a throttle quadrant until the new unit comes out? That is the only thing stopping me from buying the yoke now. The CH yoke has them built in. I didn’t want to go buy another throttle quadrant then replace it in 6 months.

You may want to look at that Honeycomb yoke. From the review Austin posted, he said not quite as good as the Yoko - but it is only $250 at Sportys. I have had a CH yoke for a long time and always thought I should have just stuck with a joystick. I am going to get the Honeycomb yoke - but...

Thanks guys. That’s making more sense.

the yokes are shipping now. I saw a couple of YouTube reviews that were pretty good. The only issue for me is the throttle quadrant is not shipping until sometime in 2020 and there is no throttle control on the yoke. I also wasn’t all that excited about paying $250 for a throttle quadrant. I...

Thanks Muse. I guess I’m being dense here. I get that someone coming through the internet can only see the VPN address. I’m not understanding how someone else on the hotel WiFi can’t see the actual IP address the hotels dhcp server handed me.

Thanks to Nate @denverpilot and the others for sharing their expertise. My I.T. Understanding is 25 years out of date. I still wonder about the initial connect to the hotel wireless. I understand all your traffic is going through the VPN once logged on, but isn’t your machines IP address...

yes - very nice plane. You may want to consider the Lynx transponder for ADSB. You will replace a very old transponder with a new ADSB in/out unit that has a separate display for traffic and weather. I really like ours. It keeps the clutter down on the small gps screens. On a separate note-...

I used a combination of things for the commercial written including the ASA app. It is self contained on your device and you don’t need an internet connection. It came in handy.

I’m already a subscriber. One of the videos must already hit my YouTube feed. Good luck with the channel.

Wow - that’s news. Are John and Martha retiring? The have been a mainstay in GA since I’ve been flying.

I was just listening to a podcast and one of the hosts was bringing in an old warbird. I said the paperwork was much less complicated if the Canadian owner brings the plane to the US and the transaction takes place in the US. Apparently he flew up to Canada and rode back with the owner and did...

A few people mentioned inadvertently holding in the rudder correction when the nose wheel touches down. I found myself doing that again recently. If the crosswind is strong enough, you have a lot of rudder correction in at touchdown and it is the same direction as the crosswind. If you have a...

+1. I’m getting close to taking my commercial ride. It has been 15 years since the last check ride. It was nice to see how the DPE’s are doing check rides with the ACS.

There is lots of good advice here. We had a guy leave the tow bar on our plane and had a prop strike on startup. He pulled the plane out of the hanger, got distracted and realized he left something in the hangar and went back for it. He walked back out and got right in the plane and forgot...

I used to have to visit a subcontractor about twice a month that was right next to ORD. This went on for a year or so. I never got in and out of Chicago without brutal traffic. 2:00 in the afternoon and there would be grid lock. Good luck. Maybe some of the locals can give you advice. I...

I will likely be out that way this weekend and will check it out. I flew Monday evening and was out over the fairgrounds and saw the fair was going on.

I live in Ohio and am also not on drugs! I do agree people are trying to kill you - but I see that everywhere I go. I travel for work most of the time to nearby states and any large metro city is bad. It is hard to rank by state. Michigan has the Detroit metro area that is terrible - but...

Like the others mentioned - it is a big plus having the traffic and weather on the panel. We have a small group that flys our plane but a few don’t use iPads. I fly with an iPad yoke mounted and I still prefer traffic and weather on the panel. There are no extra wires, no batteries to go...

It seems to be a problem everywhere. I am trying to get a commercial ride scheduled in northeast Ohio and the DPE is booked through October.