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For what it's worth...I did some flying tonight with my bro-in-law and stopped off at my school to see my CFI who I haven't talked to in a few months. I ran into one of those folks that works there that is working on her IFR. We were talking about the weather and I made a passing comment...

Nope KGTU (my home field) is the lowest around right now...I'd assume because we're going through it faster than they are over at KAQO. But you're right, Llano is usually the cheapest around.

...took my bro-in-law on a sightseeing tour over downtown Austin, Lake Travis and the hill country and back tonight around sunset. Logged 1.3 hours and it cost me $35 at the pumps afterwards to put the plane back in the hangar full. We've had some crappy weather here the last couple...

I flew from my home airport KGTU just north of Austin, TX over to KTME in west Houston on Christmas Eve night to pick up my Mom and on Christmas Day evening to drop her off. Both flights were at dark but not too late. Left right around 6:30 and got back a couple hours later (about a 45 minute...

Ran my right wing tip dry, engine sputtered: switch tank fuel pump on for increase in fuel pressure and then fuel pump off. Didn't lose any altitude, very nice. Man, you like living on the edge. :) Like I said, I fly the same plane (and have about 200 hours in it now...) so I'm pretty...

1. While crusing to my first checkpoint (KACT) my plane kept wanting to climb past my cruising altitude (pretty normal for a under gross 235) so I trimmed a little and tried to reduce power to 65%, the engine stumbled and I returned to full power, but trimmed even more to help with the...

If you are seriously going to pursue this then buy a copy of the most current FAR/AIM. You'll need to cozy with it anyway for your checkride... :) http://www.amazon.com/FAR-AIM-2015-Kindle-Aeronautical-ebook/dp/B00N6WS9ES/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1421040766&sr=8-1&keywords=FAR%2FAIM I...

vary $1 or more...yeah, it's $3.35 on my field and at Austin Bergstrom International ~30 miles from me it's double the price. I dunno how people do it there...I suppose they stop somewhere else and keep the tanks full and only get gas there when absolutely neccesary. That's just plain dumb. I...

Man, sorry you are having such a rough time with this. I'd think in FL, it wouldn't be that hard to find a quality CFI. I flew with three CFI's during my PPL training over ~7 months. My main CFI was out getting his hot air balloon pilot rating for several weeks...and of course it was right...

...maybe you should detour over to Shreveport on your way up...color in one more state on your map. :)

$3.35 on my home field KGTU right now, not too far away from where you were. Good times. :) Too bad the weather has been crap around here the last few weeks otherwise I'd be flying the wings off...

As other's said, find the A&P/IA's in your area and have a chat with them. Either they are into it or not. We've been working with the same A&P for years and he lets us do a bunch. He tells us what to leave out or open or what not so he can come check it out and then once he's done his...

Lakefront in New Orleans has a pretty interesting history...

Hey Folks - got a deal working with another forum member. Thanks for lookin'!

Selling my Stratus 1 to upgrade to the Stratus 2. Pricing seems to be in the $300-350 range on fleaBay so I'll let it go at the right between at $325. Includes the RAM mount for the Stratus as well as the suction cup which by itself is ~$40. Is that reasonable? :dunno: Includes a new...

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well, i guess if you're going down you'd want it to be in a 152 of all things. 49mph stall speed, probably just enough gas to keep them up a couple hours and nice and small. Well done.

I do the same thing. Once I'm locked on airspeed I'm eyes out the rest of the way down. I had a lesson planned where we were heading out to the practice area for various maneuvers and such and as we are climbing out and the airpseed indicator goes to zero. My CFI says, "That's...

I would argue against that in this case. If you use Gleim books, Sporty's Study Buddy or a few other resources you'll see those questions verbatim...with the same sectionals, W&B charts, etc... on the exam. I flew through my test...saving the questions that required work towards the end. I...

unless you have money to burn.... Your insurance as Ron pointed out is going to eat you alive in that thing.