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I took a couple months "off" after getting my PPL this spring. I hopped in with about 60 TTL hrs and started my IR training this Sept (part 61). A little over "half" the hours right now, hoping to wrap up before Christmas. I find the flying to be relatively easy. There's a few hours of...

I use a mygoflight suction mount. Its the more expensive version and has yet to fall off during any flight. Compared to the ram mount I have in my vehicle that falls off all the time. I mount it on the pilot side window, pulling the yoke all the way back to ensure the controls don't hit it...

You can always ask to fly a "practice approach" if you think finding the correct runway will be difficult. I like to have the beacon in sight about 20 miles out. Admittedly, a bit more difficult in the big city. I was trying to knock out my 250 nm one way leg the other night during the...

So what are the choices? I'm too lazy to go look it up in Sheppard Air. During my studying of the 1150 questions sheppard has on the IRA test bank, I don't remember the one you are asking about to be tricky.

"...unreliable good weather..." Is that better? Thanks for the suggestions.

I've got about half my hours for my instrument and remain frustrated about getting some experience in actual conditions. I thought the last week or 2 I would get my chance, but now the freezing level is hovering 2000' agl over the field and it is so hard to get actual experience on the...

While proposed by the OP as being done back to back, the flights do not need to be done as such. You can leave one day, fly 100 nm away and then come back, and if in a conventional trainer, it should be more than 2 hours. You can then fly the night in the same way, same day and destination if...

I took mine last month. Seemed pretty easy...got a 98 using sheppard. Questions were a little bit of everything.

Yes. What did your instructor say?

Meh, it's not right or wrong, black and white. It's about what works for you. I for one can't stand the kings. I also hate acronyms and all the cheesy sayings. The sportys works for me. And Sheppard air really worked for me. Surprisingly, I learned a lot from Sheppard air....maybe some...

Apparently you haven't studied for your knowledge test. But METARs are found even on most generic websites like weatherunderground. If you're @ a field that has an ATIS, there is usually a phone number you can call.

You did it under the hood while training for your instrument?

I'll bring my Dr Pepper in a 20 oz instead of a can.

So...if you can get your CFI to go along with it, You could take off 2.5 hours before sunset, fly 2 hours away under hood and talk about stuff in 61.127 (b) (1). I'm sure a break from the hood to do some maneuvers en route would be welcome. If you packed a snack, you could get out, hit the...

Call the FBO @ KLMO. They have a Citabria and Super D and 2 guys that instruct (Dick & Al). Dick is supposed to be a great instruction from what I hear. When I called in may the Citabria was $115/hr + $40/hr instructor. The Super D was $160/hr + $50/hr for the instructor. Western @ BJC...

Another money saving tip....Join NAFI. Membership is $55 and you get 33% off of foreflight (I have the $200 version so I have $66 right there), 20% off of sportys courses (I've bought 2 over the last year, so $80 saved) and king schools which you get 20% off of as well. I wanted to get the...

I did kings for my private and sportys for my instrument. It's hard for me to justify the extra money on kings. I even bought a sportys private just before my checkride for the interactive acs. Now that there isn't a significant amount of new material to learn, it's hard to imagine doing...

Sportys with Sheppard. The interactive acs is something I like (and value).

As someone who has never owned an airplane, it's hard for me imagine EVER buying anything I could rent. On the other hand, my school has excellent availability and I can, especially getting into "complex" planes, walk in just about anytime and have them flip me the keys. It's nice walking away...

I'm going through the same thing....the safety pilot sounds good in theory but it has been difficult to connect with other people. You either can't mesh on times (I fly REALLY early in the AM) or length of flight (I like 4ish hour outings) etc. And if you can't find someone just "Building...