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Just completed a flight review with my original CFI (Jess Everson at Advanced Pilot Training near Eugene Oregon) that took 1.3 on the Hobbs (@ $125/hr plane, $50/hour CFI) and 1.2 hours ground (@ $50/hour CFI). He did ask if I had done Wings phases, which he recommended when I was scheduling...

The iFly GPS guys tend to use their own product because they suppress a bunch of warnings when they are most likely to distract. From their docs: The iFly GPS maximizes the relevant notices and alerts, while minimizing “nuisance” alerts that the pilot doesn’t care about. The iFly accomplishes...

You don't need to actually fly to experiment with (and learn to use) the iFly features because it has a simple flight simulator: Click on the "Menu" button, then "About" and then "Start Simulation Mode". You can enter values for speed in the little controls that appear on screen and use the...

Thank you for offering to help - I'm hesitant to accept much since I appreciate the effort you had to make to create and run the original challenge web sites. I do not have a lot of spare time either, so it will take a while for anything to emerge from my musings here.

No problem. A cheap $11.34 for 2 years on the domain registration. I temporarily redirected http://www.operationfly.com/ to http://www.shortfield.com/ I think some future challenge would need to satisfy these goals: Present a personal challenge (with reward by public recognition) that...

WARNING: NECROPOST!! This is just an FYI: After SkyHog had discontinued operationfly.com it eventually got bought and changed so that its DNS entry was pointing to a malevolent site. This last weekend I was culling old links from my iPad browser "favorites" list and came across that URL. After...

Real time airspace alerts like that are available on the iFly GPS software, which runs on both Apple iOS and Android (and now MS Windows I believe.) Altitude buffer and distance are configurable. It will generate both visual and audio alerts. I have routed the audio from my iPad so I get the...

State Statutes Pertaining to Landing on Roads in Western States Part 2 of 2 Utah Most relevant statutes: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title72/Chapter10/72-10-S116.html?v=C72-10-S116_2016051020160510 72-10-116. Restrictions on use of lands or waters of another. (1) (a) The landing or taking off...

State Statutes Pertaining to Landing on Roads in Western States (Part 1 of 2) Out of curiosity and some self-interest, I have done some web research on this subject. The following is what I found (ordered roughly north-south, west-east zig-zag using my definition of western state.) Use at your...

Yup. Also Mann Lake Road [EDIT: OK - no diner there so technically doesn't meet the criteria - bring a picnic basket]: Fields Station:

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Just about anything by Mark Twain. Though if you want just one choice to start, here's a hint: "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn." -- Ernest Hemmingway. I just finished reading "Three Men in a Boat" published in 1889 by Jerome K. Jerome...

Point: "FAA-ATO service has never had any genuine incentive to modernize or operate efficiently and therefore costs more than it should because politicians (and general tax fund flows) stand between service provider and users." Counterpoint: "So? It still works - right? It's just a ruse by the...

Somewhat obscure, but I liked this when I ran across it several years ago. The flying shots (with the side window rolled slightly down) for some reason make me want to go earn a seaplane rating. Edit: Theme from the television series Twelve O'Clock High.

Ben Haas (R.I.P.) put a "840 HP NASCAR grade V8 Ford 347 detuned to approx 400 HP" in a CH-801: https://backcountrypilot.org/features/category/featured-bush-planes/the-beast-zenith-ch801 As to the OP's question, I have no knowledge.

To extend on what Aunt Peggy says: The original map (long defunct) was presumably provided for the simple utility of quickly determining what PoA members live near you. Useful for social (and even anti-social) purposes. For those purposes a precise location isn't needed, just place a marker in...

No. Though these seem to appeal for completely different reasons:

I had time to ponder your experience during work today - all I can think that is different between climb and landing is that the engine is at full throttle on climb and much reduced throttle on landing, so the different trim settings might be due to different amounts of propwash over the tail in...