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I think he called that the Cobra maneuver or something like that. One of the best things I have seen at any airshow IMHO.

So I have started my instrument ground school and I am going up with my CFI tomorrow morning for my first official IR lesson since getting my private (I have 3.6 under the hood). I'll probably be going on a cross country under the hood because I need the time (currently have about 20 XC PIC)...

Another vote for early bird checkin. I have never gotten anything higher than A-36 doing that and usually I am able to grab the window seat of the exit row. For some reason the exit rows don't fill as fast as you think they would....

Maybe I'm the only Denver based pilot who is actually somewhat optimistic about this. Aviation took huge unimaginable leaps forward in the first 100 years, and I'm sure there will be leaps we haven't even thought of in the next 100. There are some details to work out for sure, but it doesn't...

If this was Geek Squad I'm sure they would charge at least $300 to fix this.. :) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This happened to me in a rental 172 about one week before my checkride. My CFI was quite surprised at first due to the quick aborted takeoff until I told him what happened as we were pulling off the runway. The A&P wanted to use bungee cords to fix it, but we wouldn't have that and insisted...

I'm pretty sure that was the same thread where I found Loop- which is awesome by the way. :) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'm going to do a ton of business travel in the next month and I want to load up the iPad with some reading material. Can anyone recommend some interactive iPad aviation magazines? I have heard Flying and Plane and Pilot are lame on the iPad. I already have P1 and Loop loaded and I am...

Went to a meeting at my flying school/club last night at Rocky Mtn Metro (KBJC) and a controller was talking to the group about a new mandatory reporting requirement that they are charged with from now on. What this means is that if you make an infraction such as a surface deviation (i.e...

1) Chrysler "Halftime in America" 2) Doritos 3) Fiat :) 4) Kia Genesis Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

There were many, many times during my ppl training where I contemplated quitting. Many CFI's who didn't work, many flights scrapped for weather/maint/illness, big gaps due to money, etc but I stuck it out and I am glad I did. Perseverance is not optional when learning how to fly. The...

We were truing out at about 144 knots, and I get 150-155 knots in the 182RG all day long. In the 82 I'm using ~12.5gph doing that but I don't care since I'm running rental power. :D Regarding the side yoke, it was easy to get used to from a control standpoint, but it was more of the lack of...

I had a chance to fly a Cirrus for the first time recently. I got my PPL back in May and until now have flown only Cessna's (172N, 172SP, and 182RG) so far in my short flying career so this was definitely a change. Here are my thoughts after the flight: The side yoke/flight controls: Could...

They do; it's called the Corvallis. :)I know it's in a different class though...

Between 95-120 an hour wet for 172N's 155 an hour wet for a 1979 182RG 230 an hour wet for a SR22 (non turbo) 30 per month in dues (without that add 15 per hour to the above) 45 per hour for a CFI I haven't rented the SR-22, just putting it here for reference. :) KBJC- Western Air Sent...

Have the same issue- but only when I do not use the "Quick Reply" feature...

The IV-P is one of my all time dream planes. I'm not sure how many passengers (such as the OP's mom) would feel in an experimental built by somebody else however. Why Cessna doesn't make these the top of the Corvallis line I'll never know (aside from the Part 23 certification costs).. Sent...

I get about 155 kts out of a non turbo 182RG I rent @ rental power. I'm not sure how "fresh" the engine is, but I do know that a new three blade prop was added fairly recently. The interior, however, is nothing to write home about.. ;) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I read this book last month- one of the more enjoyable reads I have done in a while. I'm sure I won't be emulating some of his leadership traits but he did get a ton of things right, like when he reduced from 63 products down to 4 upon his return to Apple. It was also very interesting to learn...

Wow Nate, sorry to hear about your experience. As a newly minted private pilot who went through a couple instructors before one finally clicked I understand your frustration. For me it was always frustrating to change the way I flew to please instructor A and then be told by instructor B that...