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I didn’t read this thread until now, but as I did, at first I thought nah, no way planes I’ve flown had been damaged. Then I thought about it some more. A 172 was taxied behind a Dash 8 doing post maintenance run up testing and got blown over onto its side, bending a wing. Another 172 got...

Congrats - you found yourself with the kind of decision that a Pilot in Command sometimes has to make. It can really be amazing how quickly your aircraft can be coated in ice with the right conditions. You made the reasonable call. Many, many years ago I had a student who had been the sole...

This is a good idea. If you have a good understanding of aerodynamics and aircraft systems at the beginning, then less time will have to be spent on those subjects with the instructor, and more time can be spent on advancing your skills and other knowledge.

Sounds like the school was actually giving you sound advice. The more frequently the average student flies, the quicker (less total time) the average student makes it to their checkride. Students have different capabilities for learning, and CFIs have different styles of teaching. Best way to...

Just take your boots, and maybe helmets - rent skis at the hill. Best courtesy car experience: I called up an FBO near Mt. Bachelor a few years ago, it was early April. Me: Hi, I’m thinking of flying in on Saturday, wondering if you might have a crew car available, and I’ll be buying fuel...

Sometimes it works out better: short-body Bonanzas. 3-blade props are perfect for aircraft like these that suffer aft loading problems.

It’s nice to have a long gentle high speed cruise at -300 fpm, easy on the pax ears, too. But if the descent is into headwinds or lumpy convective air currents, I’ll just stay high, then slow down and descend. Sometimes when you’re descent cruising at 3 mi/min it can become a challenge to get...

Actually, the Coriolis effect is simply a result of the movement of the earth, relative to an object traveling in a straight line. It doesn’t matter whether the movement is from the equator to the north, or from the North Pole towards the equator. The course will appear to have shifted to the...

Look into this... http://www.wingitmounts.com/

Too much area for a bucket job. But a lot of landscaping retailers and tool rental yards have 1/2 to 1 yard mixers that they fill and you can tow behind a pickup. That would be a better way to do a DIY concrete job of that size.

Back when I got my rating, I bought a set of foggles. They work "ok". But a friend of mine working on the rating at the same time had a cheaper solution. He just took common hardware store safety glasses, and fogged them with scotch tape - the cloudy kind. Worked really good, can customize it...

If you have the chance, do sign up for unusual attitude / emergency maneuvers training; you won't regret it. Rich Stowell has an excellent program. Becoming comfortable recovering from various spins and other attitudes is invaluable. Although I can say that after flying inverted for several...

Interesting discussion, and how it has shifted from the OP's point. My concern about access to America has to do with our ability to maintain our supremacy. In today's world, you have to be able to innovate and stay at the forefront of technology development. If you go to a major university, you...

This. When our club's Arrow got a 430W and new transponder, the avionics tech shared with me a similar story. Several pounds of excess and unnecessary wiring were removed. In some places, six feet of wire had been used to make connections that were only a foot or so apart. But the worst was...

Are you leaning for best power as you climb to cruising altitude, or just leaving it full rich?

Was cruising IFR at 10,000 last summer when I made out an object approaching at my altitude. My first thought was how come I didn't get a call, did a radio fail, etc, while keeping an eye on it and pointing it out to the wife. After 20 seconds or so it passed by on the right: a mylar party balloon.

If you don't think you can meet an MCA, then you better be having a conversation with ATC. They'll help you out, perhaps with a climbing hold at the MCA fix, depending on where you are when you contact them.

About that first option. I don't know what you're motivation for ownership is. For many owners, I think it's control over the aircraft, how it's equipped, how it's flown, how it's cared for. If you leaseback, those last two concerns could give you some leaseback remorse. Our FBO got a nice...