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Yeah, I flew about an hour away with my instructor on board. We went a day early and we flew 4 hours just getting everything nailed down. The next morning I was up early, completed my flight planning for the given "hypothetical" flight, drove to the airport and nailed the exams. When I was...

Hey all- Low time pilot just now stretching my wings across the country. I have a question about flight following and who is the appropriate controller to request it from while still on the ground at parking. I have had times when tower, ground and CD have issued me a squawk code and put me...

I was going to give it a go as well. I see that the code was only valid for 24 hours (from Saturday) so I missed the boat on this one. Digging heels into instrument training this month. I recently hung around the FBO for 3 hours waiting for a thin thin ..layer to burn off. My instructor...

I think the owners logic is to sell out to a newly established partnership, split the loan based on ownership (In this hypothetical scenario - 50/50). He gets cash out while retaining fractional ownership. I assume that he would sell his fraction of the ownership prior to the note being paid in...

Thanks for the input guys. I think you are all spot on. -80k for an archer is too much. It needs to have panel upgrades and paint and still be mid 50's. -I do need to fly more planes. Archer / 182 is where is stops really for anything I would consider. A Mooney has always interested me...

That's pretty funny. So true..so true. I have seen my share of examples.

"If you were nice, and grateful, you would just pay to have the avionics put into the plane, and tell the owner thanks for the use of the plane." .. Ha, man. I thought I was being nice by picking a nice bottle of bourbon ever couple of months when I delivered rental payment. 20k would be...

I agree - finding more partners is the key. They just have to be the right ones I suppose. I will certainly have to do more research on the base price. I can't find any archers II with anything around 3000 hours for 35k. They all are around the same ballpark of 49k ~ 60k and they all have...

Ok folks – I am looking for an opinion and options to help me either push the process along or camp out until something changes. Here is the deal. My boss has an 79’ Archer II (3050 TT / 700 SMOH). Antiquated avionics and lacking the ADS-B out updates. I started my primary training in this...

Thanks for the lesson folks. There is always something new every time I fly. Benjamin

When I say local field, I am talking about my hometown KSGF. They always say to contact C&D on the ATIS. This was my first trip into KCPS. ATIS didn't mention it but it was listed on the AF/D so I called them up first. The whole taxi instruction from C&D was what threw me off. Not a big...

The family and I took a jump over to St. Louis today. It was a great day trip for everyone and I got the side benefit of going for a flight. I was going to go flying any way so we might as well had gone to a destination. The flying was great but I botched my radio calls a bit at KCPS...

Nice - I have yet to make it down to Gastons. I flew over a few weeks ago when coming into KBPK. I almost decided to load up and head down there today but a cold convinced me to stay grounded.

So, I'm newly minted PPL and try to get up when I can. I learned something today, never under estimate the power of the vox controls (crew / all / isolate). I spent more time flipping that toggle than any other toggle in the plane. I also learned I need 100 cars - one at every FBO. I had the...

Picked my dad up for his inaugural flight after getting my PPL this spring. It took a while for us to connect but we finally made a mission and made it happen. Short hop from 3DW to KBPK to pick up dad. Then from KBPK to KASG for the Razorback game. He has over 12,000 hours in the military a...

So, how many of you have loaded up your gear, drove to the field, pulled the plane, went for a 1.5hr joy ride to check out something new, land back at the home field, put the plane back in the hangar....drive home and unpack. ...A few hours later getting things done around the house you decide...

Congrats! I'm just down the street in Springfield. The rest of training seems to go in a flash - hang on and stay tight.

Yeah - sorry about that. Diggin up the dead here. The interpretations caught my attention while searching so I brought it back up.

I am going to dig up this thread because I am getting dizzy reading myself into circles on 61.113. I am a newly minted PPL pilot and stretching my wings a bit and trying to fly when I can. I want to make sure I play by the rules and don't need to be caught off guard. I know that I can't fly...

Thanks guys - You are 100% correct, no rush at all. I have no where to be and no reason to fly other than for the flying sake. This is the reason I haven't ventured out too far. I was simply asking because I see tons of of strips this length in the region and I always wonder who is going in /...