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First time I've seen the firetruck beat the airplane to the scene of the crash.

It doesn’t sound as bad to me after reading the article. It all comes down to the implementation.

When you click direct on the plane’s GPS does that use the great circle method too? I’d think not, but my flights aren’t long enough to care.

If you get tinted plastic lenses from your local eyeglass supplier, they probably will be limited in how dark they can go with the tint compared to what you’d expect. I don’t mind but some folks might.

Are the releases of lead to the air from general aviation harmful enough that specific impacts can be scientifically observed? If yes, then ok. If no, then the people complaining (including the EPA) should make it their goal to help general aviation get over to lead-free fuel, not by banning...

Yeah those performance chart questions are frustrating, especially when the testing center doesn't give you a transparency to write on. I only had 2-3 difficult ones on my commercial written (as I recall...), but I just wrote them off. The juice wasn't worth the squeeze without writing in the...

I think they're just saying, knowing the material alone will probably get you at least a passing grade, but to get a high grade (like mid to high 90s) you generally need to prepare for the test itself and its weird intricacies like some poorly worded/structured questions. If the exam has been...

I told the FAA basically this for IR and Commercial and they agreed. They said further improvements are in the works.

Many of those deadly accidents were because the pilot didn't fly a coordinated turn, for one reason or another. Some additional margin to a stall/spin is generally warranted at pattern altitudes, but standard rate in a C150 might be a bit overkill.

My opinion?

If they are straight in they generally have less opportunity to adjust based on the traffic in the pattern. If they are entering on a 45 to a downwind, they can more easily vary their arrival to sequence in between other traffic. Sometimes, straight in might still be fine, but that's at least...

Doing a third solo cross country is good experience, rather than minimizing the number of flights. Think about why you are required to do these solo cross countries in the first place.

Ah ok. I thought it was a glider in which case I'd have nothing to offer on the matter. What was your throttle setting? If you were full flaps and power-out, were your only choices at that point forward slip, "lower the nose" technique you were encouraged to try, S-turns, or go around? If...

Just to be clear, were you in a glider or a powered plane when you were high on that approach?

What are those cooling towers for in the second pic? I've been slowly collecting stamps from the Virginia and Maryland airports. Nowhere close like you are though.

There’s no point in telling someone over the radio they are wrong (or implying it) without providing a basis. Controllers are also bad about this sometimes.

Agree with what's implied above. Standard calls are a great start, and they can prevent some problems, but they don't always solve them. Spamming the radio is bad, but a simple question/answer to verify there is not a danger of collision is totally warranted.

I'm really glad the guy you know survived this event, even if he deserves prison time for it.

Is that a model of King Air that requires a type rating?

I discussed this accident today while flying a coworker to Ocean City (KOXB) for lunch. One runway is closed right now so there's only one available runway (02/20) and you need to back-taxi if you land 20. While we were 10+ miles out, an airplane approaching from the north and and the jump...