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Look at the bright side: your captain won't show up out of uniform ranting about Trump, Clinton and a recent divorce...

I initially learned to fly in a C-150, which has no appreciable "buffet", nor "adverse yaw". So both of these are hard for a student to grasp, since they have no idea what that crazy instructor is talking about (btdt). When you fly in a glider, at least the ones I fly, you feel very clearly both...

Yeah, that could be it (at least when I did it).

OP, your main mistake is that a personal airplane is not a commodity, it is a loved and cherished family member. Nobody lets strangers, regardless of qualifications, mess with their plane.

This article linked to the first one is just as bad: "...terrified passengers were pinned to the ceiling and thought they were going to die." I just can't figure why people don't fly their own airplanes.

Yeah, but that's like yesterday, when it did change, if any?

I hope that's a new reg, otherwise I'd have to give back my Seaplane rating, where the CFI lady was also the DPE (all done in one weekend).

Have you tried posting the question on PoN?

I believe it does count. In fact, in real life there may be multiple cloud layers and scud as you descend. Or you could be solid IMC from just after takeoff to low minimums at 200 and 1/2 on the ILS or LPV, but might momentarily pop out between layers just as you cross the FAF. That does not...

Ground resonance helped me get my helicopter rating. I came to my checkride ready to be grilled, but had never flown in or even seen up-close a multi-bladed (3+ blades prerequisite for GR) rotor helicopter. But the DPE for some reason decided to spend much of the oral discussing GR and its...

Baloo, it may seem to you that there is something special about the "zero hr student earning his/her initial wings", and in fact I count all of the "extras" mentioned in your list as included in "first solo airplane". But I can assure you that if you (after earning your airplane wings and having...

I've had a first solo three times so far, and each was much better than the previous. Same goes for checkrides in different category aircraft. So it's simply a fallacy to think that your very first "first solo" is somehow more amazing or incredible than your potential future ones. They didn't...

I may have said that before, but that's a definite (smart) keeper! And congrats!

The FBO owner at an airport near me had interviewed two of the hijackers before 9/11, and decided to turn them away, keeping their records in his "NFG" folder. They later went elsewhere and got accepted. Apparently this was one of the very few cases he's ever had rejecting a paying customer...

Yes, but they don't limit their signal to "an area of the sky". AFAIK, they broadcast it isotropically (i.e. evenly spread to everyone within range) with the "puck" customized around the traffic that triggered the transmission.

+1000. I always do that. I call it my final or insurance walkaround. Unlike your normal walkaround, which is often interrupted and distracted by various events (like discovering a needed quart of oil, a loose screw, or meeting someone), the final walkaround is quick and uninterrupted, allowing...

I fly with two tablets, backing each other up, one per yoke. They each have all the latest VFR/IFR charts/plates. They do have geo-referencing, connected to either their internal GPS signal or the external GDL-39 (via bluetooth). If a DPE fails an instrument, or an entire system (all electric...

AFAIK, all IFR enroute charts have the FSS freqs on the VOR data box.

Google is celebrating Bessie Coleman's 125th birthday today with looping biplanes on its main search page. She was some cool chick!

Yeah, he was some amazing character. I love the nonchalant way he describes how he flew his very first fight/solo and his commercial barnstorming flight, all in one day. :)