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And while you do not get the official "geo-refrenced approaches and taxi" charts in basic, you do get a decent version of them when you zoom in close with the vector maps since the runways and taxiways pop up when you get tight.

I bought the electronic E6B calculator, and of course the paper E6B for my training. During the first cross country planning session I mostly used the calculator while my CFI used her E6B. By the second CC planning session I owned the metal E6B and left the electronic one at home. One handed...

Markets differ all over the world, but in Denver back in 2016 you better not start looking without an earnest money check in your hand and the ability to make a decision within 15 minutes. We put our house on the market. Had two sight unseen offers before a first showing. Had a contract on it...

This just shows the vicious circle that GA has gotten itself into with all the regulation and cost cutting down on people picking up new equipment and planes. As GA shrinks the companies are trying to maintain the same profit margins and income from a smaller pool of buyers by increasing the...

There is nothing on that show that does not begin with, "hey, hold my beer and watch this!"

I actually was interested enough to call on a Stinson that was listed as "call." It was a waste of time. I called the "broker" 4 times over the course of two weeks. Never got a call back, never got an email, nothing at all. Seems strange that the broker did not seem to really want to sale a...

The time breakdown was about 2.5 on the oral, and about 1.2 in the air. The other time was a short break between the two, and needing to grab some tools during the pre-flight since the plane had just had an oil change and the mechanic decided to ape the dip stick down. I can not guarantee what...

Everything between the first line and last comment is what I posted on my FB account. I have more respect for most people on POA than to drag them into the morass that is FB for a simple comment. :D The link is a non-factor.

I am sure this has been asked before, but my search did not turn up anything. I am going out to visit family in SC in a few weeks, and I would really like to see how an airplane is supposed to fly when it is not handicapped by beginning the flight at 5500 MSL density altitude or higher. The...

I said I would update on my checkride times for comparsion. Here is my Facebook (YUCK!!!) posting that I am forced to use because of my extended family: About 1 year of my life, hundreds of hours studying, 50.7 hours behind the yoke of an airplane, and a 5 hour verbal and practical test finally...

For those considering moving to an in-ear headset, the two major players at QT Halos and the Clarity Aloft. You can find differences in them, and people that will swear by both brands. But the number one difference between the two is where the speakers that generate the sound are, and for many...

With all the flap and retract issues I see people reporting I am glad my training was in a manual flap archer, and one of the main planes I am thinking about buying is the johnson bar equipped Moonies. Electric is nice, but you just can not beat the reliability of manual for most things.

So I will ask the obvious question... why all the hoops instead of just selling the dang box and renting, or better yet leasing, a plane for you needs?

I will let you know how long mine took in the next few weeks. Just got sign-off for the checkride this afternoon. Now for a little more brushing up and get this done.

There is the leaseback which is a full contract type thing, but you get into all kinds of insurance issues if you just outright rent a vehicle to another person. This is true with both planes and cars.

I am not sure about this, and I am also not saying you should take this any further than correcting the log book... but since the hours logged there are to show currency and stats to a federal agency, I believe this would technically be falsification of a government document (Title 18 US Code...

I racked up cash back on my Discover card since my training plane rental was billed as fuel. I cannot wait for the fuel to come back in the rotation.

I love the posts. Always nice to go view that planes you guys found since I normally have only found one of two of them myself. Keep up the good work.

I spent about 20 minutes watching. Only saw two and decided I was a bit early for the 200 an hour they were predicting. Being an old man... I went to bed.

I have an Aunt that was a Pit Boss in Vegas. A young Army guy came in, and hit things lucky. Got a room, and had about $240k on account. The guy got up in the morning and went to the Porsche dealership. They called the casino, and were told he was good for the $125k car. By about 1600 that day...