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Must not have loaded properly on my phone... All I saw was the picture. That, or I'm just extra simple today.

Was that out at Van Aire (CO12)? I'm just guessing based on the Brighton Fire guys in the photo.

Bottom line? This is a stupid law that was created by liberals, out of an irrational fear of guns. Criminals still exchange guns illegally, just as they always have. In most cases the background check law is being ignored by the firearms enthusiasts of Colorado (at least in my experience)...

On the GPS issue, if you are planning to get an iPad, plan on buying one of the cellular capable models (even if you don't plan on having a data plan). Apparently there's a difference in how the iPads are made, and only the cellular version has an internal GPS. If you want to be able to use...

Here in the Rockies we lean significantly just for taxiing. We take off lean, and lean more at cruise altitudes. I'm no A&P, but it sure seems better than flying with fouled plugs! I got a touch too lean on my last flight, which I discovered by way of my engine running a bit warmer than I'd...

Lol. I'm sure they still have that aerial photo on the wall there somewhere... An airport was there LONG before anything other than farms existed in the vicinity. Personally, I like seeing planes fly over. At worst it sometimes makes me sad that I'm not flying at that moment! I do miss KOSU...

Good decision making is paramount, as is knowing your limitations. I'm instrument rated, but about 14 years out of instrument currency (took a long break in flying). At this time I personally wouldn't launch into any conditions that were likely to deteriorate into IMC. Could I keep a plane...

Lol... Been there and done that actually, and it was a great job. Eventually a promotion took me out of that seat!

Or, this guy could move to a place that isn't on the approach / departure path to an airport. Seriously, people have too much time on their hands. When I first started flying at KOSU we used to get a lot of calls from ****ed off residents of new homes near the airport who didn't like airport...

I don't fly the PA28's, but how much fuel can one of those hold while still remaining within W/B limits with 4 adult passengers? I'm thinking of this based on flying the light Cessna lineup, and kind of wondering if they traded fuel for people and simply made a deadly error in planning in this...

As someone mentioned above, high winds aloft in this region tend to create some hazardous conditions (mountain waves, etc.). I will qualify that response with the fact that I'm not an expert mountain flyer… I did my initial training in the Midwest, and only recently started flying the Rockies...

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I've grappled with that issue in the past myself. I started flying with the intention of making a career of it, then stopped flying after my instrument rating when I realized I was still at least $25K from being able to legally earn a paycheck, at a time when there were really no jobs to be...

My bigger concern with the pay-for-use electronic logbook revolves around later being able to export the data. I'm new to this concept, but what happens if I someday decide to discontinue my Foreflight subscription? How do I extract all of my log entries to another program?

Drones are great, fun, and interesting technology. But, a few idiots will soon ruin those items for all of the other responsible folks out there. A guy who works for me (a non-pilot) has a number of drones, and I've been amazed by their capability. He's a responsible guy, and flies...

I don't mean this as an insult to those of you who are/were involved in Scouting, but the appeal of that organization never really stuck for me (at least based on my experiences with them from childhood). I have always been a very adventurous person, even from childhood, and I was drawn to...

I was thinking the exact same thing when I read that part of the article. Sometimes people just convince themselves that they can do something they cannot simply because the destination is important to them.

Looks like my initial suspicion was correct. Pilot Dan Murray (Longmont) and an unidentified passenger were killed in this crash of a 1928 Curtis Wright Travel Air 4000 biplane. Sounds like he was well known in the aviation community...

Wow, this thread is awesome. There's no way this ends well with the way things are currently going for you. I'll leave the judgmental posts to others, but you must know that this will eventually come to light, and it will get ugly. Do yourself a HUGE favor, and start making some decisions...

I came back after a break, bought an iPad and purchased a Foreflight subscription. I'm glad I know how to do things the old fashioned way, but still wonder how we lived without this stuff in the past!