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  1. BarryCooper

    PA-31 down at TCL

    True but actual repetitions implant the procedures in the mind. At least half a dozen times my CFI reached over and closed a throttle and said "uh oh what are you going to do now?" Even on XC's.
  2. BarryCooper

    PA-31 down at TCL

    Apparently the pilot had a Expired CFI sign him off for ME and received zero emergency training in the Navaho..... Pilot was improperly trained before fatal 2016 crash, NTSB says http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/38169970/pilot-was-improperly-trained-before-fatal-2016-crash-ntsb-says
  3. BarryCooper

    Buying an airplane without seeing it??

    I bought mine sight unseen when I had 8 hrs TT. Lots of pics & PDFs. Wired deposit, sent my CFI to pick it up. He flew it around the pattern, it checked out, then waited on the ground while I wired the balance. Then he flew it 6 hrs home. 3 yrs and 500 hrs later, the only xtra MX has been a new...
  4. BarryCooper

    New ACS. Old PTS. Theory or Fact Based?

    Sometimes people just simply think too much
  5. BarryCooper

    Intentional Actual

    Yes this is where I got the 75 ACTUAL
  6. BarryCooper

    Intentional Actual

    Making small talk with my instructor a couple of weeks ago, he randomly asks to see my logbook. After giving it a thumb-thru, he asks how do I have almost 500 hrs but only 17 hrs actual instrument time. That got me to thinking....if I really ever wanted to be hired, besides finishing my CPL...
  7. BarryCooper

    ForeFlight ProPlus

    I haven't received the expected squawk code in a long time
  8. BarryCooper

    Ways Flight Schools Cheat Their Students

    I bought a '70 Cherokee (160 STC) 6600TT 490 SMOH when I had 8 hrs.....3 yrs and 485 hrs later I've bought a tire and a new tach. I guess I did ok
  9. BarryCooper

    Ways Flight Schools Cheat Their Students

    Exactly what I did
  10. BarryCooper

    For Sale: Club Membership Share in Cessna 182P at KJVW (Raymond, MS)

    I saw this plane at HKS one day I can attest it is a nice looking bird
  11. BarryCooper

    Flying with kids in debonair

    Mine sits on an Airplane Spruce catalog and wears DC's
  12. BarryCooper

    Looking to start a small flight school

    I'm confused. I don't pretend to have all the regs memorized but I did not think you could instruct in your own plane without jumping thru a bunch of hoops with the FAA. Someone please straighten me out.
  13. BarryCooper

    Exposing loved ones to the risks associated with GA

    The most dangerous part of flying for me is the drive to the airport through the sketchy 'hood.
  14. BarryCooper

    Flying with kiddos

    My 5yo grandcritter. His 2nd ride and 1st XC.
  15. BarryCooper

    Too old to own your own airplane

    I was 54 and wish I had done it at 34
  16. BarryCooper

    Calling All Cherokee 140 owners/flyers!

    160HP and 110kts TAS
  17. BarryCooper

    Memphis Class B

    You will have no problem at all with Memphis ATC.
  18. BarryCooper

    How many hours is everyone flying a year?

    Yes I did! April '15
  19. BarryCooper

    How many hours is everyone flying a year?

    Average 200 per. 90% is work XC
  20. BarryCooper

    Ipad overheating during flight?

    ^^^This^^^ I keep a rag handy to shield it from the sun until it cools off
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