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haha - yeah that's a big one. When I describe the travel experience on an actual trip leaving my airport and arriving at the FBO at an international airport getting the red carpet treatment, my rental car sent over from the terminal then pulled around on the apron next to my plane, the services...

Anything over passing and you're just showing off. :) Seriously, congrats...the written is a formality that gets you studying the material...the real test comes with the oral portion during your checkride. Have fun!

No kidding. I've lost track in just my 2 years flying how many people have asked the question, "So, can you just go over the airport and fly somewhere right now? Without asking anyone?" Me: "Yup." Them: "Wow...." If you put a boat into the scenario ie; go down to the local marina and...

Henning is right. We need to get the SOCIAL aspects of airports and flying back on-track. To that end, we are making our new hangar into a social center for the airport. Open bar, whenever you see the "Beer flag" flying. Ah, but you see 2 of the three things you mention that are so...

Well, plain and simple...it ain't cheap, especially if it's for 'fun'. Start with planning $8-10k just to get a PPL not including the time it takes to get that done. I'd say the time is a bigger issue than the price for most...I don't think a lot of people realize just how much it takes...and...

HAHA no joke. We replaced a starter solenoid in our PA-28 235. It said "Chrysler" on the part so we knew that back in 1964 they were pulling from the same part bin. However, in this day and age...we could find the same car part for under $20. We obviously took the FAA certified part route...

It might start to pick back up a little with the gas prices declining. There's enough activity at my home field (KGTU) that the gas prices are steadily falling...down to $3.35 right now. That's .20/gal cheaper than it was on Christmas Eve when I flew over to Houston to pick my Mom up to stay...

i know my school has a Tomahawk with over 20k hours on it. You'd never catch me in one of those...certainly not that one.

A Gliem book and Sporty's Study Buddy (pay the $9.99 so you get the explanations...) should be all you need to pound through the exam questions. Many of them will be verbatim on the exam. On a whim, I bought Dauntless Ride Ready for the Oral exam and really liked it. I also got their PPL...

I carry one but 1) it's hard as hell to hear it in the cockpit when you take your headphones off and 2) I really only anticipated using it to hear not transmit on. I figure maybe within a few miles you might be able to get them to hear you but in all honesty now I use it from the hangar when...

sounds fishy to me...stinky. I've used 3 different flight schools and NONE have asked for any kind of a deposit. Now, I used a debit card to pay for all mine and asked them on a few occasions to pull out more than what I owed right then so I could have a credit on my account to cover lessons...

...I think for most companies it's a liability thing. I work for a very large software company and they don't allow it...and my insurance doesn't pay out if I'm in a general aviation accident period...whether I'm flying for work or on my own or even as a passenger. If you are flying...

Million Dollar Question...what's your budget? :) I made a living playing music when I was in college and still play a bit today. I went about 8 years in between when the kids started coming, etc... that I didn't play much and actually sold off a few things I really regret. Now, I have about...

...I guess I'm waiting to see how smooth and accurate it is with a Stratus 2 before making my decision. I guess I'd have to consider a yoke mount at that point as I typically just keep the iPad in my lap...look at it...close it up and stick it in the copilot seat or to the passenger sitting...

whats the name of it? would love to find it.

how could it be possible that after that flight he has 8 hours of fuel on board??? Something is definitely very wrong... And I agree with those avionics (provided he knew what to do with them and they were working right, which one can assume they are based on his comms with ATC) there's no...

I don't mean to beat down the OP, but man...the dumbest threads on here end up with the most responses. I don't even care to read them all. But then again, I know what rudder trim is. :) Certainly the OP has heard/used elevator trim? Wouldn't the same logic apply to rudders? I dunno. :dunno:

Congrats! I've only had my PPL a year and a half...but I've taken 5 people up that have never been before (well, 8 if you count my 3 boys). They all have loved it...including my sister-in-law who thought I was insane flying an airplane...I was going to kill myself, etc... She finally decided...

...it wasn't raining real hard this day...but it was my first time...pre-solo with my CFI. I've flown through some rain before but haven't done pattern work or anything like that in it since. After a few minutes it wasn't even a distraction...I could see if it was pouring but I doubt you'd opt...

I like the pre-flight and almost always do the same thing no matter how long it's been since the plane has flown (it's hangared) or if it was a quick $100 burger flight. I fly the same plane every time...and have for over 2 years now...so it's pretty quick for me. But, I feel good when I'm...