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Back when I was doing touch and goes practicing for my practical test, CID tower started talking to an E-6B command and control plane about doing pattern work. Before I knew it I got the cleared for the option after the heavy beware of wake turbulence radio call. As a student pilot, I was...

Just use flight following or call up approach. St. Louis controllers are very accommodating. I flew into Creve Coeur about a year ago intending to fly under the Bravo, and St. Louis Approach just cleared me into the Bravo without asking. I was on flight following.

Probably a good idea to bond it, and like mentioned earlier, it only takes a minute to do. It reminds me of a funny story. Shortly after I got my ticket, I joined a flying club with a private strip. I went to fuel up the plane one morning and forgot to attach the ground cable. There were two...

Winter: 2013 Golf R Summer: 2000 WS6 Trans Am

St. John / St. Thomas is definitely nice and a little less touristy than St. Maarten, although watching the people fly off the fence at that airport is literally a blast. If you get go outside the US, try Belize. Great diving, friendly people. I loved it.

People are warning him about bad areas around Midway, but recommending taking trains from Gary? Yikes! I make it a point in life to avoid Gary like the plague. KDPA is out west, but easy peasy to get in and out of from the air. I think I paid $10 to leave the plane there overnight and that...

I believe 10hrs/qt is considered pretty normal. That is about what my arrow does at 400SMOH and its compressions were perfect last annual.

Interesting post. My wife and I were looking to replace our loud GE. It cleans well, but you can't hear yourself think. It seems the nice European and Korean models don't use a heating element and use a filter instead of a grinder. They also use less water so they are energy efficient and quiet...

I got my instructor a Sporty's gift card figuring he would know how to use it.

I think it depends on your location and local market. When I bought in on my plane I thought it was a steal. I figured the plane was worth 40k easily plus the checking account balance for the club. 9 partners should result in over $4500 of equity per partner. I got mine for less than 4k...

Why wouldn't you? It is an easy thing to check, and IMO, the more confident you can be that everything is working before you get in the air the better. Things can break at any time. While doing my training, we were doing stop and goes and just after the full stop, we throttled up to take off...

No problem especially that early. I flew with my wife during her first pregnancy, and she goes up with me now too. She is currently about 18wks in. I would avoid going way up high, and maybe in the last month or two, but otherwise its no big deal.

Same situation...I just asked my agent last week. He said it has been over 2 years, so there is no issue. I have State Farm.

Probably depends on the plane to a certain extent. Most trainers probably glide well, but if I pulled power in the arrow while turning base, I may not make it to the runway.

Yes, I would definitely get some simulated instrument time done with the extra hours. It shouldn't take more than 5 hours to get used to the prop and gear stuff. I think it would be a waste of time if you didn't try to get something more out of those hours.

Thanks for the perspective 2020. Any special tips on squeezing into the arrow? There is no doubt about the financial benefits of the status quo. I also have a feeling that if we lived 250miles away from her family, she would do everything she could to fit into the arrow.

Understood and solid advice. I wish I could find a partnership around here with a larger/high performance airplane available. Maybe I just don't know where to look. As far as how much we all hop in the plane currently, you are correct in that it is not much. Now there are several factors to...

So I think I am getting ahead of myself here, but I can't help getting excited about shiny new things like airplanes. The current situation is that I am in a PA28R-200 partnership. It is currently a tight fit with my wife and 2 year old. We have to try to pack light whenever we want to go...

I think I paid around 10-11k overall, but it took me a while. If you can train regularly and do it ~60hrs you should be under 10k. That is unless you are training in something that rents for over $150/hr.

It is a little far west, but KDPA is easy-peasy to get in and out of. IFR approaches and no fees other than the over night $10 tie down. If you are getting a car it is really not a big deal at all.