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I have a buddy who is red-green color blind. He got a special issuance. It just took a ride with an examiner. He has no night restrictions and a Class 3 medical. I don't know if higher grades of medical would allow color blindness.

That rule only applies to cruising. Doing stalls, I think, is pretty clearly not cruising.

I'm gonna add a little thread bloat here: If one is doing a round-robin IFR flight in IMC, does one still need to file an alternate (assuming the departure airport is not better than 2000-3)? On a completely unrelated note, I flew a round-robin IFR from KAPA today. I made 3 practice...

I kinda figured. Its just a funny term. I have used the concept. On my first flight in actual IMC (in Colorado there's not much IMC that a NA, non-FIKI GA bird can fly in) I was departing an airport that had no IAP, so once I entered the clouds, there was no way back. I didn't think it was...

I like the thought of a takeoff alternate, though I don't understand how you magically get your airplane to the alternate airport, w/o taking off from the one you're currently at. :idea:

Here's a snip from the 430W manual: A strict interpretation here would be that you must honor the higher LPV minimum even though the GPS unit can also provide L/VNAV guidance.

So in that case you have to assume that there is an obstacle that penetrates the glidslope protected space, but the LOC stepdown occurs after said obstacle. In which case it would not be prudent to follow the glideslope all the way. In the case of LPV vs LNAV/VNAV the virtual glideslope...

I waaaaaaay overcontrolled on my first flight in a Skyhawk during intrument training. I did all my primary training in a Cherokee 6 (since that's what my parents had in the hangar). With just me and a CFI in the 6, it is very heavy in pitch. But, the Skyhawk was so light in pitch that I was...

Reality will set in hard. We found out that our family (wife, three kids, dog(s)) can do 2.5 hours comfortably, but then we need at least an hour on the ground before we can go again. The penalty for over-doing it was screaming, projectile vomiting, nervousness and general unhappiness. I fly...

I fly with my buddy in his M-20J (200 HP) fairly often as safety pilot. I am 6 1 3/4 and 190 lbs. I fit, but it is not comfortable. I end up with my left arm on the back of the pilot seat the whole time, like I'm gonna put a move on my buddy. Leg room and head room are OK, but shoulder space...

This won't make any sense until you actually try it. Get your instructor to help you. Fly out toward Sidney, NE and use 122.1 to talk to Columbus Flight Service.

I don't think the point was that it is dangerous, but unpleasant. An 8 hour day in a piston plane is a long day. Especially for pasengers who may notbe that in to flying GA. You are also very likely going to be dealing with weather diversions and delays, which will turn your 8 hour flight into days.

OK I gotta add some aerodynamics to this discussion. Both the flaps and the ailerons increase the lift of a wing by increasing the camber of the wing (when deflected downward). That increase in camber also shows up as an increase in the angle of attack. It is possible that by deflecting the...

Do you have big mountain training or experience? If the answer is no then go around (North or South are good "get you mountain feet wet" routes). Lowland pilots who are inexperienced in big montain flying tend to make a mess of our mountains. They tend not to know (or ignore) the standard...

Yep you can't cross the Rockies in Colorado if you want to stay at 10.5 or below. The passes near Denver/Fort Collins are in the 11k+ range. If you like you can go the northern route along the CO/WY border and stay at 10.5. Or the southern route south of the CO/NM border and stay at 10.5...

Narrowest: 40' at Platte Valley (18V) Widest: 300' x 13497' at KRCA Ellsworth AFB for the Dakota Thunder 2011 flyin.

About 4 inches.

What is the proper way to pronounce the capital of Kentucky? a) Louey-ville b) Louis-ville

Oh c'mon. Zero G is not flight...that's ballistics. :D:hairraise: 2 of my 3 kids love it. My wife doesn't even like discussing it.

I had a dream about a 777. I 1up'd you: