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Not sure what area you fly in, but I never had a real problem raising them. I usually used 122.2. The freq varies a little. This was in the eastern US. VA to Chicago, MI, GA, etc. One time I was trying to get FSS in IN, was in the northern part of the state, and got Green Bay, but they got me...

Yes you have to activate a VFR flight plan with FSS. They won't know that you departed unless you tell them.

I second the opinion of having family calling a FSS. I live in AK, work for a helicopter company that has been involved in a number of SAR's. I have Anchorage's RCC number stored in my phone. I'd still call FSS most of the time. There was another thread about this, but the only reason for a...

I am as opposed to the intimidation attempts as much as anything else. I have to fly airlines some, and it's a pain in the butt most of the time. When I fly out of DC area, I leave out of Reagan because the TSA staff there are more polite than Dulles. Or other airports for that matter. Might...

:rofl: There's a lot of truth to that....

Really? A privately owned aircraft is maintained better than a rental airplane? I'd never of guessed.... Thanks for giving me that tip.... (I'm an actively involved A&P.... As a side note, I hate it when I'm told I have to scrimp and not really fix or replace something that ought to be done...

I'm decently familiar with the G1000 series, know the redundancies built in to the system. But I still don't like a single point of failure. I'd at least want a smart phone for the back up. And if one screen on a G1000 goes, can you still pull up a approach plate? I don't remember that part.

Unless you wanted to quibble about the definition of a full stop landing needed for night or tail wheel currency. :)

Come on now, Other countries can't shoot down any American aircraft. We are invincible..... Oh wait, Bosnia? Scott O'Grady anyone? Drones aren't perfect, but they serve a very useful purpose. And there usually is an operator for the thing sitting somewhere.

Agreed on the VFR that if you had a problem, just land at a convenient airport. And you can even land NORDO... :wink2:. The exception to the VFR flights would be that I used to fly out of HWY, just outside the SFRA DC airspace mess. There you really ought to know exactly where you are or you...

I am considering going to some sort of electronic system for my flying. So far, I have only done FAA paper charts, plates, etc. (I didn't like the Jepp plates and they cost more.) I have good using knowledge of computers and such devices, I am always asked "How do you do....X" but I have never...

Well then why are there multiple paragraphs if they are all the same? para. (d) which is about progressives, and (e) which is other means of compliance in the 91.409? Unless you are broadly classifying every inspection as either an annual or a progressive. I would then wonder about a...

There are all sorts of exceptions for turbine powered aircraft in 91.409. Including turbine rotor craft. Also turbine multi-engine fixed wing don't have to have a complete progressive done every year if the manufacturer has that written into the program. (I worked on a king air that maybe flew...

That's why I like Acetone for most of that kind of work. Is it perfect, no, sometimes you need MEK. But nail polish remover ought to be less hazardous to your health..... And it doesn't strip paint as fast when you are trying to clean up a bit of a mess.

Purchasing a company can be done, but as mentioned by others there are difficulties to work through. I have been a part of a company that was purchased because of the 135 certificate.... I don't know all the details as I am/was not the business guy. My current employer sent letters to our...

Ah.... but there are always exceptions to the rule, among other things, a progressive can be done. I worked on a 172 that was on a progressive for a little while. Part 91. And also if you read 91.409 close enough turbine rotorcraft can be on a 100 hr inspection. No annual needed. No progressive...

If one is looking for information on FAA guidance on a particular subject, the FAA website has a TON of information on it. Most of the info is in the form of AC's (Advisory Circulars). In the case of maintenance entries, the AC is AC 43-9C. Found here...

I am going to use that now too.... Though I did play ball. But height is overrated in basketball. "Oh, you're tall you can play...." Height helps, but is overrated... As to not having sat in a 140, I work on GA aircraft. First job was working on everything (except cherokee series A/C) from...

Not so much teased as I got annoyed at the constant question, "HOW tall Are you?" The 5' 17" throws them for a loop. Usually the response to that is, Well you can't be 5'. You have to be 6' something. I then explain I could be 4' 29'' or 3' 41''... or 77" if you ask the FAA..... Basically it's...

5' 17" tall. (6' 5" for the mathematically challenged...) I wouldn't mind a tail wheel. I have the sign off, not a whole lot of time since then though.