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I agree on the quality of the pilot time being zilch except for drone ops but you could say the same for glider, balloon and whatever else and those do count towards the 500 hour total time requirement for vfr part 135 minimum. Also 20 min at a time is a hard way to build time in a dji After...

Because it's easy and the form is there to fill out all nice and tidy. Same reason all of my instructors have Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Like any pilot I'm looking to make sure that my time is properly reported. A thought occurred to me last night. Does Part 107 time count towards total time for ratings and part 135 mins? Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

If you end up 500' too high on a runway with a PAPI/VASI you need a 709 ride. Not saying you won't go around or land long but you should be able to judge your glide slope especially with a visual reference

This is a recipe for life that I learned from aviation, if you're feeling rushed its because you are behind. When that happens its time to figure out how to get back ahead, that may mean a pause rather than treading water

I'm not even sure that crashing a Mooney into the runway vertically would contain all of the debris in 170ft

You may be able to get the drawings from Cessna and submit those as data to substantiate the 337 application. AC 43-18 talks about how to fibricate parts http://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/Ac_43-18_Chg_1-2.pdf When we had to replace the throttle cable in the Comanche...

You might also add, for a "cheap" ppl buy a plane with a fresh annual and sell it before the next one then you're just paying for gas and spot Mx until you figure out what you really want:)

August 6th? Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Maybe we should do a PoA trip to France this summer Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Has anyone ever flown here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Pierre_and_Miquelon Its a small French island off of the coast of Newfoundland, I assume I need an FCC radio permit and passport and EAPIS but what else do I need? Assuming its under the juristiction of EASA any particular...

PosterBrain and Staples are my favorites both are pretty cheap and do good work. PosterBrain is better quality but it has to be shipped Staples will have it in 20 min

I have the single hand brake in mine and got used to it quick. The bad news is that if you want to add toe brakes you have to add 2-4 master cylinders and basically take the whole plane apart to make it work. You also want to avoid having to replace the hand brake master

This situation is an opportunity for the CFI to SHOW the student the nose gear structure and explain how it works along with WHY keeping weight off of it is a good thing. This way the student learns lessons that can be applied in other situations. If he understands the bushings and the scissor...

The question is why should you do that? The instructor wasn't able to craft a satisfactory answer or demonstration, which as a student raises the question...what other more complicated areas is this guy full of questionable information in? We're all students, and its important to learn from...

Nope Leeland is our guy these days but the Inifinity line guys are great and always there to help the 100ll crowd

Consensus including our A&P seems to be that this looks the slow death of the pump but the tubing theory isn't out of the running

It looks like the Sigmatek pump in my Comanche is finally dying for real. It was installed 5 years ago and we've been dealing with it reading low intermittently for the last 2 years by adjusting the regulator at annuals. In IMC this time it decided it wanted to put out 3.5" at 6kft and 23^2...

I've found that being able to set expectations by briefing the passenger as we go so that nothing looks like a surprise has an amazingly calming effect on passengers. Including ... if this landing doesn't look good we're going to go around, and come back for another landing. Once people know...

Nice! I hadn't poked around in the preferences. That takes care of the 5 year part of the tail horn inspection, it would be cool if there were a way to cover the 500 hour part as well since the AD is written as every 5 years or 500 hours in service whichever comes first