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Not really sure why my post was the one that you elected to quote in your comment. I didn't make any disaster predictions and the remainder was just an observation that I find it unlikely the plane has flown much if at all in the last year or 2 given the level of dust and mouse infestation. As...

I think some of us have lost sight of the fact that maintenance can be done outside of an annual inspection. In other words, from the information provided so far there should be "no surprises" during the annual because the mechanic has been working on getting the plane up to snuff so that he can...

Agreed, I probably would have tried to take the plane closer to the water where's its more compact. Considering the plane was already on the ground and not in the flare, I agree the landing did indeed look fast but it also looked quite manageable. From the looks of things the pilot started to...

Low level flying whether over water or land can be a lot of fun and it really highlights the speed at which you are flying but it requires precision flying, adherence to personal minimums and over open water like that off the southern tip of NJ, additional planning for swells.

Eight's on Pylons are a ground reference maneuver, not a performance maneuver. That would require you to have flown in all possible wind conditions. If your pylons are not perfectly perpendicular to the wind, your pylons will change. If the wind is variable in direction or speed and/or gust...

Something seems off here. Every Citabria I've flown in has had an empty weight in the sub-1300lbs range which means with you and full fuel, you'd still have somewhere between 50 and 100 lbs or more to max gross, more if you take less fuel.

I admit that I found the commercial maneuvers more difficult than expected. Steep spirals and steep turns weren't a big deal and the mechanics behind the lazy-8s and chandelles weren't difficult but I had individual performance struggles with both (was too aggressive/impatient and wanted to do...

Birds can certainly be a problem but the rate of closure is less, the damage is often less catastrophic and birds (especially the big birds of prey which will do the most damage) are naturally better at the whole "aerial avoidance" thing which isnt to say they dont error (particularly on t/o &...

Though the ADS-B tower signal only reports the receiver's ability to receive weather, I am usually only able to get "marginal" or "no towers" on my ADS-B coverage flying in the vicinity of KISM and KGIF both in planes equipped with ADS-B in and in planes where I've used my portable stratux...

True and I am aware of the phenomenon but I've been a pilot for almost a decade now and while I've certainly been more keyed in, this is the first year/season I've seemed to think there has been a spate of accidents in a very short time span. Obviously my perception is off since the numbers do...

True the news prints what the news wants to print but I guess my observation was more that there seems to be quite a high number of incidents this year. Then again I just ran a search on the NTSB Database and had 522 total accidents and 112 Fatal accidents YTD compared to 588 total and 129...

You wont find anything in the FAR's. The FAA's jurisdiction pretty much ends at the surface unless you are at an airport and even at an "airport," there are some questions about just how far the FAA's jurisdiction extends with airports ranging everything from public-use FAA grant recipient...

Is it just me or has GA and aviation been in the news an inordinate amount lately? The midair in Florida, the crash in Cape May, the CFI landing on a road, the training flight that lost power and landed on an interstate in Florida, the midair in Alaska, the banner tow plane in Ft Lauderdale...

Having recently flown in central Flordia, I found ADS-B coverage in the area to be spotty at best. I know that's not an excuse for a see and avoid failure but I've had planes stop moving and/or disappear heading in one direction only to reappear moments later in unexpected locations given their...

Not many but a lot of that has to do with the available utility of a 40 year old car with a 40 year old engine. A lot of 40-50 year old planes have a new or FRM engine somewhere along the way which would effectively be dropping a 0-mile engine into the 40 year old car. There are plenty of...

Echoing what everyone else is saying here... Second comms is highly recommended. Your ground communications are that much more critical in an IFR environment. You wouldn't want loss of one comm to leave you without means of communication. I've had the receive side of a GNS430W quit on me in VFR...

Had to read this post several times before it made sense what was being said but I agree with dtuuri, your airspeed should normally be stable throughout the maneuver. In your case with the 30kt headwind, you'd want to dive and try to increase IAS which comes with an associated increase in...

Dont know where Buttonwillow is but KRHV to 3O8 is more than enough distance on its own; good eats at Harris Ranch too. For your Commercial XC, keep in mind you need 3 stops and 2 legs, one of which must be >250NM with the whole trip covering 300NM. Chino/Flabob would cover your distances...

Sometimes the frequencies are as much about reception as they are about the sector coverage. The broadcast messages that controllers sometimes issue stating "N12345 change to my frequency 12x.xx" where they dont expect an acknowlegement/response from you until you're on the new frequency...

There's not enough courses for some topics in my opinion. Master Flight Topic 1 in particular seems difficult to find. There's only a small handful.