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My flying year: 47.4 hours total PP-ASEL on 5/15/11 :) Complete electrical failure on wife's second flight with me 5/22/11 (that was fun) :eek: Flew my 87 year old Grandpa to Trinidad, CO to visit family Got my complex and high performance endorsements in a 182RG (11.3 hours in her so...

Sounds like its going great Nate- thanks for the great write-ups along the way!

We can all rest easy now that the AOPA "sent a letter". :rolleyes: In all seriousness it's great to hear that 100 pilots showed up at the meeting to discuss this important issue. I agree with the others- follow the green stuff on this one!

Just to continue murphey's list of things planned at FTG according to things I've read/heard: a parallel runway to 17/35, a 12 gate commercial terminal for an airline, and a hanger complex specializing in BBJ's. It seems that those running this airport have big dreams... Sent from my iPhone...

Unfortunately I learned this doing some short field practice. Is this an issue with the R182 in particular or do many retracts share this with the tinier wheels? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I love the 182RG that I currently rent- a really nice flying airplane. The only problem now: I don't want to go back to 172's for my IR and in a straight leg 182 of the same vintage I'll miss the speed. :) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I just got back from a business trip to San Francisco, and as my boss and I waited to board our flight yesterday we were discussing at what point will the airline industry almost completely collapse. Between the TSA crap we have to go through, the guy sitting next to me who thinks...

Oh boy- it's a Cirrus too! Let the fun begin!

I started using an iPad (Foreflight) for pre-flight planning and briefing as a post-solo student, only after I had a solid understanding of how to do it "the old fashioned way". Once I got my private I have started to use it as a navigational tool in the airplane, but this was only after I was...

So this may be a really stupid question (I'm just a lowly PP and I am NOT blaming the crew), but why can't they keep the engines and/or apu running for ventilation/lighting etc? I know this flight was from Ft Lauderdale so I don't know how much fuel they had left. I'm assuming it's probably...

Hi Bonker: Welcome to POA and to the addiction that we are all afflicted with! I highly recommend Western Air, especially if you aren't interested in an LSA. I have nothing against LSA's, it's just for most of the time I was training up until now the weight and balance wouldn't work. I...

You hit on another good point Nate. Some of the people I have taken flying in my short time so far as a private pilot marvel at the idea that the airplane is older than I am. They LOVE looking at the Cirrus in the next tie down, but at $230 per hour (and 250 hrs minimum PIC with IR) it's out...

RIP to a man who truly changed many facets of our worlds for the better. That YouTube video (his commencement address at Stanford) had a ton of good stuff, I highly recommend it!

I'm in :)

So are we on for next Weds? I'll go out on a limb and suggest Jabo's at 12:30PM... :)

We might laugh at Japanese execs, but I think their American counterparts could learn a thing or two from them. And I'm talking specifically about apologizing and showing humility, not seppuku. (cause this isn't spin zone!) :)

Any time works for me next Wednesday, I actually have no meetings currently scheduled. I read about that pilot's gathering at the pub on Wednesday nights too, but I think it was on a facebook update recently (don't remember which). I'll go through Facebook's crappy new interface and see if I...

I'd be in if it's Wednesday or Friday next week, all the other days are booked with meetings. If you all choose another day I'm sure I'll make it another time! Jabo's sounds great, I have heard a ton of good things about it!

Rental Power- running at wide open throttle (who cares about fuel economy!!)

Here's a picture showing the missing trim tab: http://yfrog.com/j21x8ihj Absolutely tragic...... :sad: