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I'm a fifth generation Texan, and have lived here most of my life, excepting about 16 years all over the world while I was in the Air Force. For about the last 16 or 17 years I've been a member in an equity flying club operating out of Bergstrom (KAUS) in Austin. First to the weather...

I don't see how an individual can compete with the $200 Foreflight Scout.

I've often thought that a lot of smaller airports don't really need a full control tower, but do need something other than 122.8 babble to keep paint from being scrapped. Used to be the on field FSS could do this, but outside of Alaska that's gone. I can see a remote tower being a real safety...

The basic Redbird single engine simulators are great for procedure training and general IFR work. They fly nothing like a real airplane since they don't have feedback in the yokes. Hand flying them requires a different skill set than hand flying a real single engine airplane. I got the chance...

Nothing against the Arrow, but the Cardinal has an advantage in that it can actually glide when power is off. :D

[/IMG] My flying club has been operating a 1971 Cardinal RG (serial number 35) for about 15 years. Prior to 2014 we only had one gear issue. A pilot wheelbarrowed it on landing and slightly bent the motor mount, which caused the nose gear to stick on extension, but loading the airplane up...

I ordered some from Amazon, and they had them at Lowe's of all places here in Austin.

Just came home with my basicmed signoff, did the course, took the test, printed out the certificate. This was my family doc's first basic med, but she is herself an inactive pilot, so she had heard of it. I have to visit her at least twice a year anyway to review my bp medication, so this was...

If you ain't using GMail, you ain't......well, you could do better.

I like Steve's videos. When did the FAA gain the right to shut down any online posting?

I think somebody said you needed a WAAS GPS to fly Q/T-routes. I don't think that's correct. From the AIM:

"The reason is that the reg, as quoted in post #1, says "Within the 6 calendar months preceding the month of the flight..."" You're right! I overlooked that.

IFR currency, like airplane annuals, uses 'calendar months'. In FAR 61.57: Also in 61.57, Landing currency uses days: The dictionary definition of a 'calendar month' is: Suppose you're out of landing currency, so on January 2, 2017 you do your three takeoffs and landings. You are...

I just saw Dunkirk, it's a powerful film. Like other Christopher Nolan movies the movie doesn't play in linear time (e.g. Interstellar ). The film conveys the horror of being surrounded in battle with no way out. I didn't like the flying scenes, the final flying scene is ludicrous on many...

We are extremely happy with our 345. The AHRS and optional $200 encoder are really nice to have, and it works great with ForeFlight.

I verified with a friend who works at Foreflight that the 'Scout' firmware can be user upgraded using the FF app.

Back when I was the USAF I was jogging around the running track at Hurlburt AFB in Florida. An AC-130 gunship started doing 360 turns right over the track. I found myself worried that I'd made a smartass remark to the wrong Gunship guy.

I'd hesitate to have a mixed marriage between Garmin and Avidyne.

That's the Bezos/Blue Origin test site, north of Van Horn. We have another 'rocket' near McGregor Texas, which is the SpaceX test site.