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Have to be real careful with this. There are requirements associated with inoperative equipment. Some DPE's can be real sticklers about it. See 91.213d(3). It might not come up on a PPL checkride, at least not as failing, but my CFI DPE was all over me about the gps message light that came on...

Dont know that it necessarily qualifies as an “original” but the FAA can reissue certified test results if the report is lost or destroyed... its a bit if a pain to do though and is much easier if you can produce the original. What I found interesting is that the FSDO kept the test result...

Fair. Yeah my suggestion was never a full face motorcycle helmet... at most I would say a skull cap motorcycle helmet (the type a lot of Harley riders wear) but even that is 2.3lbs and offers less protection to the back of your head than the cookie. You could even go the ultralight “helmet”...

Realize this thread has kind of died off now and @Katamarino has already set off on their journey but I missed this post and wanted to put forth a response... The BAS harness is great and should keep your head from hitting anything during the initial impact but then you have to deal with egress...

Can you provide a link to the chief council opinion you're referencing?

There are several definitions for the word intended but the hang up between you and I seems to be between the 2 definitions of the verb form: 1) plan that (something) function in a particular way. "a series of questions intended as a checklist" 2) design or destine (someone or something) for a...

Easily. I dont read it word for word applying whatever a definition of a given word I deem appropriate. I read it just as I would read anything else looking at the entire text for contextual clues about which definition to apply and how. Especially when interpreting the AIM which is written in...

Pressures changes should have no bearing on the altitude at which you intercept the glideslope as we correct for pressure changes by using the pressure setting for the field. As to temperature changes, it is true that temperature can cause significant error in the intercept point of the...

May have been an assumption on my part based on his statement that he "owns a part 61 flight school" and the fact that he has "1000+ hour pilot multi instrument rated and also an A&P I/A." The owner of the school doesnt necessarily have to be a Commercial rated or a CFI though so I guess its...

I dont view the paragraph outlined from the AIM as a "recommendation." Nowhere in the paragraph does it use the language "recommend." It is merely a statement of intended use of the glideslope's vertical guidance. My interpretation of what the AIM is saying is that if you intercept the...

This seems a bit dubious. I can change my angle of attack with trim, throttle/power, aileron and rudder not just elevator. Granted the trim is a secondary elevator control and the aileron's are controlled by the stick so the stick is still being used to control AoA when using ailerons but if...

There's a lot of argument here that what he's doing doesn't comply with the FARs or comes dangerously close to violating them... I just dont see it. According to the follow-up post, the OP is the plane's owner and is therefore free to set the rental rate at pretty much whatever he wants. There...

There are 3 points I'd make in counter: A) The plane is not in a perfect vertical. If you could align the plane in a perfect vertical with all control surfaces neutral, the plane would fall straight down. Since its not, the plane's surfaces create drag that causes the plane to fall more like a...

As I commented before, while the general public thinks of this as a stall, aerodynamically, there is a difference between a stall and no lift. This plane reached a point of near 0 relative wind and therefore had near 0 lift being produced by the wings, this no lift state is quite a bit different...

You actually probably would not stall, at least not in the aerodynamic sense. Without elevator back pressure, your nose will fall due to CG placement, Gravity and insufficient lift. This is not however an aerodynamic stall. Though called a "whip stall" the aircraft does not actually stall it...

LOL. Alright I believe you ;)

Correct angle of attack was the wrong term there. AoA was on the brain. Will go back and correct.

Stall is not a matter of horizon or stick position. You can absolutely stall in a stick forward position just as you could absolutely not-stall with the stick full back. Stall is a matter of the the “relative wind.” In practice this means the direction we’re flying in but in reality you can get...

Ive flown planes without an electrical system and therefore no radios. Plenty of them out there. Yeah it weird not to be on the radio and I personally dont like it so I try to avoid it but that’s not always possible. To me the bigger idiot though is the one who has a radio but isnt using it.

Depending on when, I might be interested in one of the one-way journey’s either to FXE or to KSNA... Willing to make a stop through KAVX to see their new runway? Any experience or other requirements your looking for a pilot to meet?