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My wife is in a wheelchair and we've made it work with a C172. I have to help push her up as she pulls herself in but it's doable for us. I'm able to take the wheels off the chair and fit the frame through the cargo door. The wheels then go through the cabin and I drop them behind the back seat...

Coming from New York you will be legally required to self-quarantine for two weeks. It'll be pretty hard for them to enforce it given your method of transportation but it is the law. Southern Florida is the hardest hit part of the state. I'm in central Florida and it never got that bad here. My...

My dad claims he once fell asleep on his motorcycle and woke up a mile down the road...

Spin training isn't required for anything but the CFI rating. It used to be required but the FAA decided it wasn't worth the risk. It's also horrible for the gyro instruments in the airplane. The newer G1000 C172's aren't even spin certified.

I remember reading years ago that there has never been a C172 structural failure when flown within airspeed and G limits. I'm not sure if this is true or just an urban legend.

https://www.kxly.com/news/moody-aviation-shares-names-of-victims-killed-in-plane-crash/769651663 https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/ReportGeneratorFile.ashx?EventID=20180713X54012&AKey=1&RType=HTML&IType=FA My friend's sister attended this school (not in the aviation program) and knew one of...

I have 2, one for each car. They are definitely easy to install, especially with LATCH (which I don't think you'll find in any plane) but it's still pretty easy with a seat belt. I haven't flown with my daughter yet (she's only 8 weeks), but when I do I'll need to install the base in the back of...

We got the Chicco Keyfit30 car seat because it's suppose to be the easiest one to install. The problem with using that car seat in a rental plane is that the car seat can only be used without the base if the seat it's installed in has a shoulder harness that can be manually locked from extending...

I wish they had that at BID or ACK where the paved ramp fills up and we often have to park on the grass. My wife uses a wheelchair (yes you can get a wheelchair through the cargo door of a C172), and it's a real hassle for her to push on grass.

Check back with me too. My daughter (first kid) was born 5 weeks ago.

I feel very lucky to have a job with no set start time. I could show up at 6 am or at 10 am if I feel like it. I usually aim for the middle.

He was flying an LSA so he didn't need BasicMed to conduct this flight.

That's true and it's one reason I don't bother with flight plans, but I also have loved ones that always know where I'm going and when I should be there.

Most of the TRACON's and Towers are using STARS (which I work on) and a 7600 code will just cause the track to display a red "NR" next to it for "no radio". I don't think it's distracting at all. It does sound a pretty obnoxious alarm but that can be quickly muted.

Unless you crash and end up injured in the middle of nowhere and would like someone to come rescue you...

Scrambled or over easy depending on my mood.

I'm glad it happened right after takeoff and not at 6500 feet or something where they would have at least a minute to contemplate what's happening...

I think it just looks that way because the video is sped up and they were really down to taxi speeds at the end.

I saw that video a few years ago. It's probably the best flying video I've ever seen.

.217 is very high. My good friend was only a little higher, .23, when he drove his car into a tree. His best friend in the passenger seat broke his neck and died at the scene and my friend is now in prison.