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I hadn't heard this one before, but I too like it, a lot. And Tim, how do I join your National Sarcasm Society? It sounds like an organization I'd like to be a member of.

No, I have not. The explanation is a mystery for the ages. Even Stephen Colbert ("The Late Show") needs a haircut. My hair? I bought a $100 hair clipper. (Had trouble finding one for sale, by the way.) My wife cut my hair. It looks just as good as it did when I was in Army Basic Training...

That’s harsh. One of the hardest things about COVID is that it is uncertain when or how we’ll get past it. This response is not a criticism of you. Your airplane looks terrific. Signed, a fellow RV-12 owner.

100%. I have nothing more to add, because that is absolutely what would happen. So, let’s secure our planes out there. It’s for our own good as well as protecting the public. (Oh my gosh. It looks like I just proved you can’t ask a lawyer a question and get a short answer, even when the answer...

Mark/midlifeflyer, Thank you very much. Now the reason for "Topic" classifications 1, 2 and 3 makes perfect sense to me, and now I see why courses or seminars from three different Topic numbers are necessary. I looked, but didn't find, the explanation or even the requirement, for three separate...

Yes. Exactly so. Which is why I (and others too, I'm sure) wondered what possible Flight-Review-related benefit the WINGS program offered. Then, I realized that if a WINGS Phase is completed, the in-air part of a Flight Review can be done in three separate segments, over time, rather than all at...

Thanks. Do you, by any chance, remember where you looked, the last time you did? I ask, because the Flight Review Prep course introduction does not say that. And FAR 61.56(e)(e) says "A person who has, within the period specified in paragraph (c) of this section, satisfactorily accomplished one...

I want to complete the knowledge portion of my next Flight Review.

I agree that the material is informative, and I have been doing what you suggest: taking a lot of those courses. But I've been selecting particular courses based on the type of flying I do, and on how interesting I think the courses will be. I have not been paying attention to the "Topic #"...

I am working on BASIC Phase 3, and I can't tell whether I have completed the three Knowledge requirements yet. In the last year, I have completed three online courses. Two of them were "Basic Knowledge Topic 1" courses, and the third was an "Advanced Knowledge Topic 2" course. I understand that...

I am working on BASIC Phase 3, and I can't tell whether I have completed the three Knowledge requirements yet. In the last year, I have completed three online courses. Two of them were "Basic Knowledge Topic 1" courses, and the third was an "Advanced Knowledge Topic 2" course. I understand that...

Like RussR, I too find the multiple levels and topic numbers confusing. Before I retired, I taught Federal Income Tax in law schools, and even wrote a tax book published by the American Bar Association, so I’m accustomed to working with complicated subjects. But I’m having trouble figuring out...

Catalina/Avalon (KAVX) is closed, though I was able to land there just fine using X-Plane and Pilot2ATC.

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“Meat bombs”? What are they?

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The Burbank Tower usually clears me direct to SMO just before I reach the north side of the airport, or when I'm directly overhead. It depends on whether or not a plane is inbound for landing on Runway 08. I'm north of Griffith Park, at that point. It means that I cross the hill east of the...

Excellent video. You have a film director nestled inside your pilot self. A question: why do you like to do a downwind Van Nuys transition departure to the Special Flight Rules Area? When I depart Whiteman for the SFRA, I do a Four Stacks departure through Burbank airspace, and the KBUR tower...

What is the difference between a portable jump starter and a battery charger? I ask, because my plane is tied down outdoors, without a nearby electric plug, so I’m unable to use my plug-in battery charger. My plane’s 12 volt Odyssey PC680 battery has always been strong enough to start the...

For me, “camping” means staying in a hotel that doesn’t have an ice machine at the end of the hall. I don’t do tents, even though I know many people love them. I haven’t been to Oshkosh yet. Any recommendations of hotels that still have reservations available for 2020 (and ice machines at the...