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I do indeed see what you mean. I'm just not a big fan of Cirrus. There's something about the side mounted stick that oddly triggers some strange feeling about the airplane. I don't know exactly why, but I have a hard time getting into buying mode for a Cirrus. I will go out and make sure...

If they enjoy watching someone make progress in GA, they should appreciate the call.

The "end result" is a Very Light Jet for personal and business use, flying IFR in IMC at HDA airports, around Mountains and at Night - with and without souls on-board other than my own. Starting from near zero hours and getting to RVSM in a VLJ flying those kinds of missions is probably...

Call'em up and tell them to hop on board for the ride. ;)

I don't do blood oaths. I stopped doing those in the 90s.... just kidding, LOL! Yep, I'm real. My journey is real and I'll be doing some real flight training in the very near future! Stay tuned. ;)

Thank you, Skyking! It has been a very long time coming with a lot of sacrifices in the wake. But, well worth it, I think. I will keep the forum updated on my progress (setbacks and recoveries) as time passes. :)

Way too much airplane for an initial trainer, way too soon and way over budget. No conundrum. That one was an easy decision. ;)

I'd like to have the initial training part not be so overwhelming. A TBM 930 for all practical purposes would be close enough to the Texan T-6 II, which is essentially a PC-9. That works for the USAF and their type of primary flight training, but I won't be able to replicate that in a Part 61...

Yeah, no kidding. Huge resultant variance upon "arrival" for a small initial deviation at the outset. The question then becomes, "arrival" where, if the system is a bit off. Of course, I went and looked this up and here's what I found as potential culprits to precision: - Satellite Geometry...

This seem like real training material. I mean being focused and attentive enough not to blow an assignment from ATC. BTW - how many IFR Pilots out there blow these kinds of "tweaks" from ATC? Or, a better question would be: How easy is it to blow one of these tweaks from ATC? I would assume...

Interesting. When I arrived at that "V" symbol, I did not know what it meant. Thanks! Embraer publishes for example, a Balanced Field Length of 3,036ft for the Phenom 300 and a Landing Distance of 2,837 with caveats of of "Average Air Density" and "Average Payload." 6,000 ft would be twice...

Which is just as important as breathing air. ;) Ah, yes. The old Cancel IFR for the VFR visual approach trick. You must have set me up for that one. Sucker punched me, LOL! Very good. :) Why sleigh dragons with IFR in great weather conditions when all you have to do is knock over a...

Kind of takes care of several birds with one stone doesn't it. I had never thought of that, of course. So, I went and looked up an F33 doing aerobatics. Its lumbering and laboring through maneuvers makes it a 'lazy' aerobatic platform, but that's all I'll really need anyway. In fact, the...

Funny that you should mention some of the reasons why an airport might not have ILS. I'm familiar with at least one of them. I once called the city planning, codes and inspections office of a place in northern California. I asked them, what would it take to install a private runway with an...

That's very interesting - especially when trust and precision are both needed to fly down to minimums.

Golden. Thank you! There will be trips to the UK eventually. I've at least heard of everything in the Table of Contents except for PBN. I found this short primer on PBN as well for those unfamiliar with the concept like me...

Thank you! That was easily reduced and well understood in general terms. Much appreciated. :) It would seem as though there are basically two global options: 1) Flying the Procedure 2) Flying headings, altitudes and airspeeds that ATC gives you Or, maybe three global options: 1) Flying the...

Or, you could simply position Lots between a market phase 3 transition and enter the swap cycle with a symmetrical swap buffer zone height of 6 pips. If the MP4 or MP2 Vector is under 50% with an Absolute Value of 150 pips, your target probability for 75 pips would be at or above 93.75% (as of...

Would it be possible to get the twin turboprop for the purpose of securing the multi-engine rating before having to worry about being insurable as a single pilot in the twin turboprop? In other words, can I use it as a Multi-Engine Trainer and for the Multi-Engine Rating before being insured as...