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Hey..no sweat. My pleasure! :-))

Hi Diana; Barrel rolls are the easiest maneuver to perform, and one of the hardest to perform correctly. The reason for this is that the roll is performed through 3 dimensional space so you're flying the airplane through the roll using ALL your controls simultaneously with coordinated...

Just as long as you don't say "Roger Wilco" to New York Center you're probably in good shape :-)))

That was Paul Mantz taking that Twin Beech through the billboard in that scene in MMW. He had 18 inches of tip clearance on each side of the sign if I remember right, and a bullseye painted in the middle of the back of the sign for the nose. Great movie! "Jam" was a common phrase back then...

Actually heard a guy answer a tower request for his position once transmit; "I'm over some buildings that are under me". The tower response was even better; "You're kidding?"

It is, and much more. In describing the CFI teaching process to prospective flight instructors I always advise that the description of the process as a linear example be discouraged. As an example, the term "observes" placed in any order of importance can be misleading or misinterpreted. The...

The level 1 waiver isn't the problem. In fact, many pilots including myself advocate the level 1 waiver as an asset. Working a hard deck during a display places one more tasking into the multi task mix for the pilot. It adds to the complexity of the visual cues equation through the high gate and...

Interesting piece and some pertinent comment. There is much more to this issue of course, but you have touched on aspects of the issue that are in play at different intensity throughout the industry. I have been involved directly and indirectly with the flight safety issues of the demonstration...

I sure hope we are :-)) Pilots who are taught airspeed control to avoid stall end up with not nearly enough knowledge concerning accelerated stall. Angle of attack is the ONLY correct way to deal with stall. Knowing the 1g stall speed both clean and dirty is fine, but is just peripheral...

I like Michelle's approach and would advise about the same. The 150 is a fine beginning trainer and will save you the empty back seat charge you would be paying for in a 4 place airplane. I have always recommended 150's for primary training for other reasons as well. The 150/152 series are...

I have spent some time as a free lance CFI tutoring aerobatics as well as primary instruction both as a private jobber and working for an FBO. My advice to instructors has always been the same concerning the liability issue. Be thorough, and document everything. This means keeping accurate...

That would be great if available, but don't worry if it isn't. The Hybrid mode gives a good picture of who's answering whom.

Jim; I'm trying both Hybrid and threaded mode. Both look identical. What's the difference?

Thanks for the reply. The Hybrid seems to work for me for the time being anyway. I'm sure as time passes I'll get the hang of the linear mode and become as "organized" as everyone else :-)

Hi; This helps if the quote or a reference is given. That naturally gives a picture of who is saying and has siad what. The linear posts I was referring to are posts where there is nothing showing except the message with NO accompanying visual reference to exactly who the poster has answered.

Thanks for the reply. I'm simply quoting the message or part of the message I reply to so that people can follow the dialog better, but I can't figure out who or what people are addressing when they reply without a reference to the poster they're answering :-) The thread expanded mode might be...

Newbie getting used to the forum structure; When viewing a thread in linear mode, I'm seeing posts without quotes answering someone but without reference to exactly who has been answered. With quoting it's of course easy to tell. My question is this; On such a post, is the post answering the...

I lean toward agreeing with this analysis. We used Citabrias and Decathlons at different times for basic acro training. Of the two we favored the Decathlon for various reasons. Actually, from a pure aerodynamic standpoint, it's actually harder to fly accurate acro in the Citabria due to it's...

Do it in a Decathlon and learn THREE things at once :-)))

We had several Bonanza's on our line at various times and used them for charter consistently. I liked the airplane. In checking pilots out in the Bo, I never had to deal with anything out of the ordinary with short or soft field technique . The bird flew solidly, performed well, and we...