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That could easily have been the overall convective environment, i.e. the regions inbetween clouds, where I would definitely expect static buildup, could have caused those problems (as they do in most aircraft without proper anti-static protection). The specific question I asked was whether there...

Can we hear the long story? :)

I generally have a fixed spot I fly to weekly whenever my hours/month get too low. If the weather is too low or icy (non-FIKI), you just wait for one decent day, or at least a time window to do it. This keeps you current and proficient not just for Angel Flight, but also for your loved ones and...

12 hrs/90 days works out to just 4 hrs/month, or an hour a week. Anything less than that would be rusty at best, and dangerous at worst, IMO. I hope you'd agree that Angel Flight patients and pax deserve better.

Don't know which Angel Flight chapter you belong to, but I think most of them have fairly decent websites, where you can check the equipment flown by all member pilots. They also include the missions flown by each pilot. So what you can do is find the most active pilots and see what they fly. My...

Just bear in mind that 70 KIAS is fast for final, right on the upper limit of book speed for a normal landing. So if you have a short or short-ish runway, you might run out of real estate. I would recommend starting final at 70 KIAS, then slowing to 65 KIAS for short-ish and 60 KIAS for short...

Yes, they were both very nice, as well as good instructors. Some info and links about them here.

Yep.

Yeah, acro training is good for sure. I took 10 hours of it as a low time PPL, doing mostly hammerheads, level inverted flight, loops and rolls. Unfortunately my instructors died a few years afterwards, while practicing the same maneuvers they had taught me (except they were in a tight formation...

I think the only way to shake the willies is to keep learning new things. You already discovered that trick and used it, since clearly you were less worried when you were getting your PPL. So keep learning, and each new rating or endorsement you get will expand your horizons and increase your...

If you are an average GA pilot, no better and no worse, you're likely to have a fatal accident if you fly 100,000 hrs or so. If you figure you might fly 5,000 hrs over your lifetime (well above the average GA pilot), your odds of dying while flying get lowered by a factor of 20 (IOW, if you...

Yes, as long as you are at the controls. But after 12 months from your last currency date (i.e. not having those requirements within the last 12 months), you'll need an IPC from a CFII.

Congrats!

Are career and hobby the only options? I have driven both my car and my plane many more hours than that, and don't consider either one of them "hobby", or "career". I use both to get myself and my passengers to where we need to go.

So what is the requirement for add-on? Was my DPE correct in asking for my medical?

Here it says that glider pilots must "certify" to be safe for flight at the nearest FSDO. Are you saying it's no longer done? I know that I was asked to show my medical to the DPE for the glider add-on, just recently.

Not a downside, just a non-obvious weakness that might be render it useless for many pilots.

The point is not what they typically ask for, but what the law requires. By your logic, you can fly forever domestically without any medical.

Tell the FAA that, not me.

Maybe so, but for me flying across the border to other countries was among the greatest rewards of learning to fly. All three destinations I mentioned are within easy reach of even the simplest GA airplane and each is a different "universe".