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"After I did a terrible job of acting, nobody got hurt." Awesome!

It only concerns me in the Mooney... don't want a prop strike. Doesn't bother me at all in my RV-8 because it's a taildragger and gets off the runway before the bumps begin.

Has anyone else based at KAPA noticed that runway 10/28 is much wavier and bumpier since they resurfaced it last year? It used to be smooth and solid but that's no longer the case. The past couple times I've departed runway 10 in my Mooney I experienced a rough ride and actually bounced a couple...

It happens... I've been in a similar funk for the past month. And I'm a 1,500 hour pilot with 1,000 hours in the type I now fly (Mooney). Bob Gardner is right about good landings being slow landings. My recent bad ones have been too fast for a couple of interesting reasons. I'm based in Denver...

A/C is a waste of weight and money if you're flying a turbo in the teens. Get TKS instead.

My thought after grinding to a halt would be, "Do I really need to get out and walk away from this right now, or can I stay here until everyone else goes home?"

I know this has been posted before but it comes to mind:

Man, I feel terrible for your friend and his family and friends. My condolences. I've read that wake turbulence from a 757 is the worst of any airliner due to the efficiency of its wing. My CFII and I were almost taken down by one back in 1994. It was truly terrifying and we were lucky to...

There's a great writeup on Vans Air Force by an RV-9A builder/pilot who circumnavigated Alaska completely solo and VFR earlier this month. He's still working on the writeup so check back every couple days or so: http://www.vansairforce.com/community/showthread.php?t=141062

Tomorrow I'm flying my Acclaim from Denver (KAPA) to Petaluma, CA (O69), and from there will drive to my house in Sausalito. Let's see how my trip will compare door-to-door to a nonstop Southwest flight from KDEN to KSFO. Southwest: Leave house at 6:30am to go to airport Flight departs 8:40am...

Glad to hear your trip was a success!

That's terrible news.

The Iranians have a long and colorful military history:

Good riddance. She was a drama queen who seemed to be a little too full of herself.

It's coming time to renew my G1000 databases for the coming year. Until now I've been buying PilotPaks from Garmin for everything EXCEPT charts, then buying a separate subscription to charts from Jeppesen. This year I'm thinking of ditching the Jepps and getting a Garmin PilotPak that includes...

The mountain flying course appears to be at KBJC, not KFNL.

Thanks, Jay and Mary! Had a great time and it was nice to finally meet some PoA folks in person!

I have procured my admission ticket to the H.O.P.S. Party... see y'all Wednesday!

Hi Dave. Fellow Mooney driver here who bought an RV-8 3 years ago to fly around for fun on weekends. The key to buying a flying homebuilt is patience. I spent two years looking at RV-8s before I finally found one worth buying. Like you, I already had my Mooney so there was no need to hurry. I...

My dad and his golf buddies, all of whom are surrounding 80 years old from both sides, were chatting after a round recently and postulated the following: 40 is the new 30 50 is the new 40 60 is the new 50 70 is the new 60 80 is just effin' 80.