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When you can remember a no calculators rule in Physics and Math. I still have my slip-stick. If you have to ask, you’re not old.

They’d have eventually tried 4 wings, but they ran out of war.

You seem to have some strange focus on “jet checkrides”. I flew the simulator the same way I flew the aircraft, not the other way around. I am a dinosaur; I hand flew all of my arrivals and approaches in the Airbus, the Boeings and the Rockwell, unless I was required to use the autopilot due...

No, he doesn’t. But he has been hand flying visual approaches in everything from a Cessna 152 to a Boeing 777 using this method as a simple and always reliable method of backing up what his eyes are telling him about his aim point. For over 45 years. Of course, He can do the math in his head...

Learn to count on your fingers. For every airplane, in every setting, an approximate 3 degree glide slope will keep you safe on a visual approach (unless unusual aerodrome or terrain require a steeper glide slope) until you can pick up your normal landing cues. Know your distance from the...

Really? Isn’t it clear yet that some people simply should not be allowed to fly airplanes? I’m sure he’s a great guy, but to hit a six foot (?) fence that far from the threshold on a cobalt blue day means that he should buy a boat.

Why risk giving truckers a bad name? Buy them suits and send them to work as legislative interns in Washington.

I pay about $3200/year insurance on my T210F. 4 Seats. The airplane isn't cursed for insurance any more than another high performance retractable is. It's the cost of doing business. Parts availability and cost are factors. So are the effects of runaway inflation. Number of seats is...

Im 6’2”, 285. I realize that you’re a newly minted pilot. Anything you buy that will realistically fit your mission will be a complex, high performance aircraft. You’ll need additional training and you’ll pay a lot for insurance, initially. I’ve got a couple hundred hours in the Cherokee...

It’s worked to give me a ball park figure for over 45 years now, hasn’t bitten me yet. I’ve got 2 digital and one analog OAT readout in my plane, and of course, I use them inflight for the altitude I’m flying at. It’s actually a great estimate, but I’d never bet my life on it. I don’t fly...

When I’m flying I do use the average lapse rates to make decisions concerning possible icing, etc. I’m also pedestrian enough to just use 3.14 to figure the area of a circle.

Adiabatic lapse rate is 2 degrees C or 3.5 degrees F per 1000 feet standard day.

Tennessee.

Have there been many restraining orders?

Controlled field. Clearance for a full stop. Clearance to taxi to a point on the ramp. No further taxi clearance. They don’t call it the penalty box at Ohare for no reason.

Not at all amusing. This back and forth was a danger to aviation safety. The controller should never have engaged in a conversation with 93U. Why is this guy a CFI? He very clearly has no business being solo in an aircraft, let alone teaching others to fly. If he is working at an FBO or a...

Perhaps this has been asked and answered before; couldn’t find it if it had been. Is there a single source outside of a Cessna specific pilots website where one might find lists of Flight Instructors, by State or Region, who have hours in specific aircraft. FAA or industry association or group...

We just called it the threat ring. Simpler times.

Never be mean to your airplane. Never swear at it. It can hear you. It understands what you’re saying. Your life depends on its good will. Be nice to your plane. Buy it nice things. Take good care of it. It will take good care of you. That was a really good mushroom.

I’ve snorkeled in Tumon bay. And Tamuning bay. And Talofofo falls. What the hell is a MEZ?