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I always thought they played it up for TV, but when I hit play I was expecting to hear Ariel Tweto's voice on there.

I like these.

I have had it happen, and irritated the controller in the process, but I wasn't comfortable with the implied clearance. I was on flight following on my way to an airport on the other side of the ST. Louis Bravo. I was fully expecting to be told to remain clear. Instead I was given a hard...

This is a well known scam. The town I live in sends out public service texts, and this has been on it multiple times. When I had them call me, which was before I had heard of it, ithe conversation raised enough flags, that I told him to hang on, that I was calling the IRS hotline, and that I...

If I have paid for the hangar, I always load and perform my preflight in there. So far I have never had an issue having them pull it out after I am done. I guess you could wait a bit if they are busy, but I have always been lucky with that.

For some reason I have trouble attaching multiple files from my iPad

This one is the easiest to show. I actually like it. Occasionally I can get the entire top bar to disappear, but this is much more repeatable. Undocumented functionality. The first pic is what it should look like, the second loses the top bar and the Menu button. The only thing I don't...

I wonder if it is an iPhone issue. Foreflight on my 6+ is the iphone, not the iPad version. When I first got it (I was one of the idiots that got up 2:00 in the morning to place my order), I was dissapointed to see it was a scaled up iphone, and not a scaled down ipad. I posted that on Fore...

Every airport is different. The bigger the more facilities, but often the higher the price. I landed in Cedar Rapids, it was around 15 below with 40 knot winds, and was forecasted to get worse overnight. It was $100 for the night in a heated hangar, but it was worth it to unload, load and...

And while I agree, the OP said it was used in a VFR situation. And also mentioned above that it was used during a request for touch and goes. I have never heard it VFR. But ATC often uses non-standard phraseology. All I was offering was a couple of suggestions on where a controller might...

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It's funny that same thing happened to me on an American flight out of Phoenix. I forget how hot the day was, but it was crazy. The pilot kind of told us the choices, and said they were going with less fuel, and to expect an enroute stop. We didn't end up stopping so the winds and routing must...

Ohare to Singapore, bad headwinds we stopped in Taiwan for fuel. That was in a UAL 747. San Jose to Ohare UAL 737 stopped somewhere in Iowa (Des Moines or Cedar Rapids) for fuel due to weather reroutes LAX to Ohare AA MD80 stopped in Rockford KRFD for fuel - weather re routing Ohare...

It is definitely possible. I don't think I have ever lost a signal. I fly a Saratoga and a Debonair. An occasional Archer and a 182. I have flown all over the country right seat in a PC-12. Commerical is a little sketchier. If I hold the ipad up against the window it generally does...

Sweeet. That is awesome. I love flying in that area. Great screenshot!

I thought that, however maybe the controller was new, and had to ask his supervisor as he wasn't sure. Or the local police/fire/construction were doing something and he had to make sure that it was ok. I can see a controller saying that if they weren't able to issue the clearance for some...

It's pretty common with IFR clearances. It just means that they are waiting for your clearance from another controlling agency. Once they have it they will get it to you. Basically you just wait until they do. I don't recall ever getting it VFR, but it makes sense in this case as it sounds...

Unless you have some juice, then you can take the private highway. My understanding is it goes to, or very close to Ohare. http://theexpiredmeter.com/2013/07/sun-times-reveals-super-secret-underground-vip-roadway/

Unfortunately that is much more difficult than it should be. There is no direct train service from the suburbs to MCCormick. And while it can be done on public transportation, it would require mutiple trains, buses, etc. Some of the worse traffic in the city can be from the NW. So a cab or a...

Nothing wrong with that route. Stay slightly east over the lake and you won't have to worry about the 1,900. However, I do that flight all the time for fun, and generally stay around 1,800. That is a great altitude to see the city. Just watch for traffic if it is a nice day.