Search results

Nice write-up. That airplane is dead sexy. Someday... someday... :)

LOL Well, you wouldn't want to brush right up against it, right? - given how accurate ATC radar is and such... ;) But yes - thanks for the visuals to reinforce my point; less than two miles with someone unfamiliar with the airspace and a new PPL holder - pretty good reasons to avoid EIK even...

EIK would be your best bet for Firestone but to be honest, the pattern can be a little unnerving for the uninitiated (I trained there so I was unnerved from the start!). Ha! Right pattern for 15, if you go missed, your crosswind is shortened because of the BJC delta. Landing 33 also has the...

Interesting article in the [Boulder] Daily Camera today citing a pilot rated, eye-witness account of the plane lining up for 33 and nearly colliding with another PA46 departing runway 15 - which the winds were favoring at the time...

I fly out of EIK. This is very sad and hits close to home... Sorta numb with the details I've heard (most of which are not yet public). This is really sad.

I did an XC a few months ago with video rolling that took me through Denver B and Colorado Springs C airspace - you might take a look and see how painless it was. I'd certainly not plan to avoid them unless you're told to do so by ATC. :) Anyhow, for my flight, I departed a remote...

(longtime sim nerd here...) If you're referring to the Carenado Cirrus, I'd avoid drawing any training/experience parallels between their rendition of the Perspective avionics and the actual unit. I only have time in Avidyne Cirri but from what I can tell and what I've heard, Carenado's...

Finally a PoA board topic I have some experience with! :) Back on January 24, I did a 17.3 hr (logged) IFR XC trip with my CFII from Tampa to Colorado in a PA-28-180 (yeah, I know... it was a looooong day) :) Our longest leg was 3 hours 41 minutes from Oklahoma to the Denver area. That was...

The presence of my track on FlightAware has alway been somewhat of a mystery so I got to looking at a few VFR flights I flew back in April (everything since April has been IFR). While this is less than conclusive evidence, for me, it seems that anything that involves Denver Center or departing...

Agreed! I was lamenting the fact that I'm 33+ hrs into my 40 hrs of required instrument time toward my IR and haven't seen a single minute of actual. Then you get days like today and yesterday morning and alas, I have to work and can't take advantage of it... 300 days of sunshine out here, or so...

Assuming you're talking about home flight simulators, not Redbird or Elite, etc... (?) If so, jcepiano stated everything exactly as I would have. I'll just add that the A2A products (C172 and PA-28-180) are the only GA FSX/Prepar3d add-ons I would recommend for pairing with RW flight...

I think there was a question a few pages back... :) haha BHM has these gates too: SE9, NE9, NW9, etc. MCO has FMYDT, and a few others I can't recall. My understanding from poking around when I first saw these pop-up on flightaware was that these were Departure Transition Areas or basically...

"Flight analysis" in the menu at the top of the screen will give you what you are looking for. I've used it a few times on FSX IFR training flights and it works pretty well. Also, cloudahoy supposedly integrates with FSX now with its latest version, though I've not tried it. I would highly...

It's only setup for a 172 with a Garmin 430+530 and a 182 with a KLN 94 (I think). But, word is that he wants to get an RG and i wouldn't be surprised if there's a twin in there at some point as well. Exactly! The owner is from SoCal (or at least spends a lot of time there) so I'd like to get...

He's just getting started up and is running some deals so it ends up being between $65/hr to the $80/hr stated on their website. The owner seems to be pretty open to finding the price the market will sustain though so it sounds like there may be some tweaks to the rate as that gets worked out.

Yesterday, I had the chance to help the Redbird rep and the sim's new owner put the finishing touches on a brand new, factory fresh Redbird FMX - buttoning up the shell, helping to route cables, peeling off the wrapping, testing things out - the fun stuff in other words! :yes: Honestly, it was...

This is great! Thanks for the chuckle!

Our local place charges $80/hr for a brand new FMX (to be delivered next week, in fact) without instructor, which is another $35-40/hr.

Exactly. The weather here in Colorado... ugh. Especially this winter I've had about 50% of my IR training flights cancelled due to crosswinds >30 knots at my home base. Summertime is full of high density altitudes and fun, high-based thunderstorms that put out downdrafts but no moisture. It...

Thanks again, all! To me, the Cessnas seemed easier to land. Don't know why, but that was just my personal opinion. They also climb better out here (elevation >5,000+ MSL) when compared to a similar-horsepowered Cherokee (I flew a '67 PA-28-180 hp and a '78 172N w/ a 180 hp Penn Yann...