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I got a bunch of flying in this summer before finding out my wife is pregnant with our first child. Now I need to hang it up for a while to save some money.

Of course, but you specifically need a driver's license if you're flying under BasicMed, even if you have a passport.

When flying under BasicMed, a driver's license is the one thing you need to have in your possession to establish medical eligibility. The exam form and course certificate can be left at home.

That made me tear up. What a tragedy. RIP

You can turn on the tap-to-wake feature that lets you tap the screen and have it momentarily turn on with the lock screen.

The new Weber kettle charcoal grills are very nice. My company gave me one earlier this year for my 10 year service award and I love it.

Here's one from this weekend

Why is it hard to imagine? Lots of towered airports don't have radar and won't know you're there unless they spot you visually.

Mine took 2 months last year. It was for a retina problem.

I only have mine memorized because it was Friday the 13th. I actually didn't even notice that until after I passed.

Lol sorry about that. I appreciate the congrats even if it's 5 and a half years late!

Lol yes it was Friday, April 13, 2012.

I passed my checkride on Friday the 13th.

I probably didn't think about the second airport on the chart because it was marked closed. My bad.

Maybe so. He never did mention it. If I had known about it it would have been easy to avoid but it's definitely an easy mistake to make when you aren't prepared for it. Like I said, the tower said it happens all the time. He seemed spring-loaded to catch it, thankfully.

Well I was a student pilot on my long solo XC so I had a lot going on. I was not aware there was a closed airport nearby (I either missed the remark or forgot to check, this was 6 years ago so my memory is a little fuzzy). I knew I was close to the airport and when tower gave me landing...

On my long solo XC to Hartford-Brainard I lined up with a closed airport. I turned final and noticed a white X at the threshold. Just then Brainard Tower told me that it looked like I was lined up with the closed airport and KHFD was on the west side of the river. He said it happens all the...

Interestingly the database gives an address of Mesquite, TX but the media has said he's from Mesquite, NV.

There's a Stephen Craig Paddock who has a Private Pilot certificate and his last medical was in 2008.