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What everyone else said plus: Fly the same indicated airspeed in the pattern as you fly down home. Your ground speed on final will seem mighty fast but ignore the urge to slow below your normal indicated airspeed. Same on departure. Your brain will tell you that you should be flying by your...

The FAA letter of 7/28/14 informing me that Aircraft Registration Renewal Application on Form 8050-1B is no longer appropriate once the aircraft registration has expired referred to 14 CFR 47.40. The letter included a separate paragraph in bold type that said: "Since the aircraft was not renewed...

I'm going to try :) Scott

Like Marley's ghost, I bring you this tale that you may avoid a similar fate. Aircraft owners, heed well this warning. So my Champ, went into annual inspection in early July when we discovered the registration had expired 5/31/14. That day, I printed off the renewal form from the FAA's web...

Oh dear me, my own experience contradicts this sentiment. I can navigate, in day VFR conditions, to any airport in the continental 48 states using only pilotage and current maps, without vectors or advice from ATC from my home base near Colorado Springs subject to aircraft performance...

DaytonaLynn You came to the right place for a vocabulary lesson. Once you get that cleared up, it comes down to your skills at teaching. Some are great at it. Some of the best pilots in the country hold the rating but stink at teaching. I agree with those who relate teaching skills to love of...

I'm with Bob here, well sort of. My Bonanza came with a 6 channel IO-470C audio device while my Luscombe has the less capable but actually louder 4 channel C85-12. Unlike Bob, I get away from the airport, turn the radio off and enjoy the circumambience. And in for a penny, in for a pound...

Let me add another $.02. Buy a microphone and keep it in the airplane. Headsets fail, "become stolen" or forgotten. Backup microphone is just like a flashlight: great when you need it. Of course you will want to tell the tower you can hear, you just can't talk until you get the repair done...

There is a Colorado Springs terminal area chart printed on the same sheet as the Denver TAC. No extra charge!

Folks interested in the Corvair should go to www.FlyCorvair.com and the related www.FlyCorvair.net, both run by William Wynne. I haven't built one of his conversions, but I think he has developed the Corvair into a viable and cost effective engine for a number of homebuilt designs. Scott

Fun thread, thanks. Is there a steel tubing option for the FlyBaby fuselage? A very recent issue of EAA Experimenter featured another candidate in this group: The Acey-Ducy, a two place parasol. It looked pretty interesting. The prototype would meet the LSA requirements with a Continental...

Jaybird180:"Have a link? I've been unable to find it" Tom's review of streaming devices: //www.tomsguide.com/us/best-streaming-players,review-2140.html

We dropped the television part of our Comcast "relationship" (kept internet) and use Netflix streaming, Hulu Plus and over-the-air antenna. Tom's Hardware just compared the Roku 3, Chromecast and Amazon Fire TV and the Roku seemed to win by several lengths. I do miss watching major league...

"Great news about the no fatalities, wishing the old man a speedy recovery." Gees. My copy of the story said he was 58. I hope he recovers quickly too, but at that age does he have a chance?

Very nice looking Bonanza. I hope you are able to fly it quite a lot. I imagine someone will come along and buy it if it is a nice as it looks. Scott

Regrettably I have seen this happen to others. That handy man with the $2,300 bid just seems to disappear or moves away or retires after you accept the insurance company's offer. Then when the work costs much more to complete using legitimate contractors, your friendly claims adjuster will react...

AOPA is an affinity-group marketing operation, a specialty magazine publisher and a special interest lobbying group. It also offers some constituent services to members. But clearly, it is not a professional organization nor is it a union representing employees. The Experimental Aircraft...

Is 4130 steel tubing actually more resistant to rust than 1020 steel tubing? Another thing I don't know is when aircraft manufacturers shifted from 1020 to 4130, but I thought is before/during World War Two. Either way, rust in steel tubing is not your friend.

Interesting discussion. I notice that feeling in completely smooth air on longer X-C legs. I don't like that sense of being in suspended animation where nothing seems to be moving even though I know I am at cruise speed. I have never associated the feeling with altitude and I have only...

Nav Trainer is also available for Android at the Google Play Store. Same price. Thanks, I needed to spend a quick $5 for a new toy. Scott