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I learned to fly in Colorado. We don't have a lot of TRSA's near us here. I decided as a relatively freshly minted Sport Pilot at the time to do a little cross country from CO to FL. My first overnight just happened to be at Ft Smith. I thought the same thing as you did. I had read about...

We did a flying club tour of Denver Center last year and I asked the controller I was plugged in with to please pull up what he saw in his system when he entered AAT4, the designator for my Gobosh 700 S-LSA. It was cool to see the little display come up with the info on my aircraft type...

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I just checked my last trip. I did flight following both ways. One way was on FA but the return flight wasn't. I have found that when I initiate flight following with either Denver or Springs approach I rarely show up. When I initiate it with Denver Center or other center facilities, or get...

I may fly down from Colorado Springs for it. I tried a couple years ago but only made it to Tucson and we hit some really strong winds and ended up visiting the air museum there and flying back to the Springs without making it to the show.

Good luck!

KFLY late yesterday afternoon.. 8900 ft DA, 100 HP Rotax in my Gobosh, 900 FPM without really pushing it. I'll take it. Carl

If you are into building, the RANS S-20 or S-7 are nice. You can also find used S-7's for reasonable prices. The nice part is you can build them as LSA or certify it to weights above LSA. They seem to fit larger guys quite nicely.

I guess as one of those crazy guys who has flown a LSA into Leadville, I will comment :) I have flown three different Gobosh's into Leadville. We go early in the morning, get out early, don't go if the winds aloft over the mountains are over say 12-14 kts in any direction. I tend to think the...

Check out KAPA. It is great, busy and they have a nice mix between bizjets, commercial guys doing photo flights, helicopters, trainers and just guys flying in and out. It is a very busy class D and I think makes for great listening. Carl

My favorite is the fine folks at Colorado Springs approach.. I'm based out of Meadow Lake.. just outside the C with a little notch to let you in and out. I always use flight following. As my wife and I were coming back from a trip out east I get the cleared to switch with the statement, no...

The Colorado Pilots Association offers mountain flying classes. You can find their web site here http://coloradopilots.org/ There are some interesting info points on that site too, even if you don't take the course. Interesting info on the various passes, accident history, etc. As one...

I flew in the Air Venture Cup race and then into the show. My wife was calling out traffic the whole way in. It was amazing how many people just decided to not fly above the railroad tracks. I didn't find it that hard but the 10 or so planes in front of me and to the right sure did. We were...

I fly through the Denver class B all the time. I find it funny when I hear other pilots telling me they can never go through. I ask if they ask for it and they say well no. I have even had Denver give me B clearance on multiple occasions when just on flight following with them. For me it...

Good job thinking about all of the potential complications DA may present. You can never be too careful. I am based out of an airport near Colorado Springs. Our field elevation is 6800 ft ish. Tomorrow my wife and I leave for Oshkosh via the Airventure Cup race. It is always fun to step...

I think someone, or someones should just ask the administrator why they are delaying it during his session at Oshkosh. I will be there but leaving before that day unfortunately. I don't know that anyone who isn't in either AOPA or EAA has had the chance to ask him and get a response directly...

I do FF all the time in the Denver area. I have found that they call most traffic +/- 1000-1500 feet. We get a ton of commercial traffic descending as you approach Centennial and Front Range airports. They will occasionally call it out when flying into Front Range, even if it is several...

Good news. The Gobosh can take some getting used to landing. When I first learned in it I too dragged it in too much. I tend to keep it higher these days. Of course 7B2 is a bit smaller than my home runway here in Colorado. I had fun the other day when the winds were swirling. Shot one...

I used a Gleim prep for both Sport and Private written and it worked really well for me. Carl

I initially got my sport pilot ticket in the Gobosh 700 (Aero AT-4). I learned in Denver CO. I subsequently liked the Gobosh so much that I bought one. I have almost 400 hours now in the past three years, mostly in the Gobosh. It is a great training aircraft. Mike is also a great guy...