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But who logs what if one or both pilots holds only a basicmed? My answer: Don't log safety pilot time. Just don't.

The FAA Flight Review AC is a good reference. It tells you what is required to get the sign off. https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC_61-98C.pdf You shouldn't need a checkride. The FR isn't a checkride, you can't fail it, it's just training. When your CFI is...

Let me repeat what I mentioned in another thread. They need insect repellent badly on the coast. The mosquitos are huge, aggressive, and there must be billions of them. It's worse than the Alaska tundra!

I just got back from a Church organized relief flight to Refugio Texas (KRFG). Based on my experience in Rita and Katrina I'm not a big fan of flying supplies in light planes. However I figured nobody's heard of Refugio, in which case our four airplane convoy could make a difference. My...

My usb battery will pass through, but it is not charging in pass through mode. A quick google search shows a lot of inline usb power switches, for example: http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/291748343138?chn=ps&dispItem=1

AOPA can help you with this if you are member.

WHAT HE SAID! The ANG is the best flying gig going. Each guard unit hires pretty much like a private sector employer would. They (sometimes) advertise openings, review resumes, interview candidates. Frankly, with a history of taking medication for just about anything your odds of being...

I was on the ground at Glendo! It was the perfect place to view the spectacle.

Living in Austin our three club planes can fly to Port Aransas automatically without human intervention, they go there so often. I call that trip the 'super date'. But it wouldn't occur to me to complain to Port A that they are slow opening their airport. They really have a lot on their...

You can redo it using a different email address.

Rockport airport image: https://twitter.com/ReedTimmerAccu/status/901469820805402624/photo/1 Until fairly recently I owned a vacation home in Rockport, I sure hate to see what seems to have happened there. My son's National Guard unit was activated this morning to go out there and help out.

I have my own theory about the JFK jr accident. The pilot had just traded in his C182 for his Saratoga. On the C182 you usually fly with the fuel selector on 'both' most of the time. I'm pretty sure he was on autopilot for most of his flight, why wouldn't he be using it? I wonder if he...

Three pilots smarter than me reserved all three club airplanes before I thought about it. I made a crazy last minute decision to drive from Austin to the Glendo Wyoming airport (76V) to view the eclipse. What's 1100 miles each way between friends? Glendo's airport was right on the...

Don't hide OSA! If you suspect you have OSA discuss it with your doctor, get a sleep study if that's what she recommends. If you and your doctor decide you need a cpap machine then get one and use it. When you go in for your BasicMed exam report it and discuss how your are using it, bring...

Before I lost enough weight to get rid of my OSA I found that using CPAP for four hours a night was OK, but for whatever reason keeping it on for six hours every night, like the FAA wants, was just torture. I think that my GP would still have signed off on my basic med based on 4 hours a night...

If they only have one airplane expect long delays due to scheduled and unscheduled maintenance.

My OSA went away after weight loss, but I swear by my Resmed S9 autoset. in my case the sleep physician just made a recommendation to my family doctor. I had her prescribe the ResMed so that there would be no argument with an insurance company wanting to buy something cheap and crappy.

I did some training out of Addison recently, and used TKI a lot for pattern work. It's a nice airport, but the tower controller is grumpy.