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Enjoy your new bike, young man. I’m 4 years older than you and still remember my first and only motorcycle. It was Honda’s smallest model, no longer made. I bought it after Army basic training and it terrified my mother. I sold it after just a few years. Even back in the 1970s, traffic in L.A...

True, but still unfortunate. Don’t those guys eat wire insulation? I never had one of those things in my hangar. But I did have several birds and their offspring take up residence on the support beams above my plane, and they were NOT potty trained. What a mess they created. The hangar was older...

It’s not kosher.

“I think this is a great idea! If the FAA says something stupid like "You can't do that, because ..." tell them you got it approved and signed off on by the PoA members.” We can do that?

How about that! I learn something new every day. Thanks. You're right. The planes I've flown have been metal (C172, Sling TSi) or have built-in lightening systems that I didn't even know were there (SR20). And the DA20 isn't metal.

Hmm. I once memorized the equipment necessary for flight in IMC, and I don't remember anything about lightning protection. In fact, the planes I've flown that are legal in IMC didn't have anything related to lightening except static wicks. Is it possible that the POH for DA20s prohibits flight...

Why isn’t the DA20 legal for IMC flight? It’s a Part 23 plane, isn’t it? It’s not an LSA.

Wow. Have you no superstitions at all?

Why would you put this in writing, or even say this sort of thing aloud? Have you no superstitions at all?! [;-)

Sounds like really good advice to me.

They no longer use the LAX 315 Radial for single engine prop planes. (Don't know about twins or jets.) I'm not sure why they switched to RH -> 1000. Two possibilities occurred to me. First, the LAX VOR was out of service for quite a while. And second, it could be that departing pilots weren't...

Fly runway heading to 1000’ Then right turn to heading 250 Then radar vectors . . . Request TEC Route SMOP38

Excellent—both the trip and the write up. There’s a book here for the writing. Say that you’ll work on it, and I’ll pre-order a copy.

I do live near Aircraft Spruce. It exercises my self-control muscle, much of the time.

Santa Monica Flyers at KSMO

. . . when flight instructors are barely older than your grandchildren.

I remember those! Used them, in fact. Class of ‘66.

I’d buy a Cirrus Vision Jet for $3 million and put the remaining $2 million in a dedicated “airplane account” for hangar rent, maintenance, fuel, etc. That’s what I’d do. I’ve thought this through carefully, because I buy lottery tickets every so often and treat myself to daydreaming about how...

Site worked for me too, just now (Sunday, May 15, 2022).

Yes, I've done this. But Google Earth chooses its own point of view. So, when there's a new heading in the plan, Google Earth shows the path from the side instead of straight ahead. I've tried all sorts of techniques trying to get the view to be straight ahead for the entire path, but haven't...