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I'm glad you mentioned this. I've been working on Sheppard for 3 weeks now and I feel like I'm going too slowly or need to dedicate more time to it. Still going to keep hammering it out, but it does give me some confidence that I'm not about to forget what I went over in the first category by...

As a current IR student, it really helped me understand things a little better once I realized the approach was exactly that- a way to get from en route to landing. It seems folks have answered whether you'd get a clearance (has to be towered) but not whether you are allowed to circle from an...

I'm about 40% through my IR training living in Florida under a Class B. I have yet to log any actual, but I have flown about 30 seconds at a time through many clouds and the first few times my instructor had me take off the foggles. But so short lived, I've not logged any of it. Call it a few...

I would say $65 is probably about right for what you'll end up selling it for, but I'd also suggest maybe ask for a little more and be willing to negotiate down. I've seen $65 to $70 for much lower time engine with decent avionics out there. There's a buyer for your plane, to be sure, but if you...

When you proposed the visual image of somebody listening to LiveATC in front of their computer and having a question and calling the controlling facility directly, I couldn't help but laugh. In a good, fun-natured kind of laugh. Thought others would appreciate the humor in that image as well...

I'm not sure I'm appropriately rated for those emojis. :(:oops:

Thanks! I guess I need to try harder to get it across as sarcasm the next time.

Can't or won't? Says a lot about a person. But seriously, after giving the answer it did spring an interesting conversation about how this works while you're actually in the plane.

This actually has been one of the biggest "challenges" for me as an instrument student. I'm starting to get much more familiar with way points around my airspace, at least to the point where when they say it I know how to spell it, but I can't help but think there must be a LOT of pilots who...

I second this. I was going to use my GI Bill for my instrument rating, and probably would have if the timing worked out when I was still a 100 hour pilot and needed a lot more XC PIC time as well. As it turns out, I was a 230 hour pilot with all the XC time when I finally had the time to do it...

It may also help to think of the entire approach as a way to get you from some altitude down close so you can hopefully land. In other words, no matter if you plan to go straight in or circle, you follow the entire approach until you can descend to land normally (actual reference above). You're...

Specifically in these areas on a decent day, yes, you really can choose which boat you'd like to have save you. You're better off going for one of those yachts that will have a private room and an open bar. Also, always remember that those folks on the boats are looking up at you thinking "wow...

You're absolutely right- I haven't really memorized these yet. I have a few numbers for cruise climb/descent but I've been so focused on trying to fly the approach and just stay on course that I haven't yet written down and learned my numbers for approach. Thanks for this reminder!

That's what I'm realizing and I think getting my head around. Only question (which I haven't looked up yet) is whether I can do that for the actual flight instructor portion? I MIGHT get my commercial in the next two years but it'll be more than 2 years before I take a CFI or CFII checkride, at...

I've realized, at least in my head, that this is the point of learning the "dive and drive method." When I'm initially learning how to do step down approaches, I was way too easy and slow on the throttle to finally settle into a 600-800 fpm descent. It took 15 seconds or more. But my thought...

I 100% plan on going the CFI route as a side gig after military retirement in about 10 years. I'll be in my mid-40's at that time and should be financially able to put as little or as much time as I want into the CFI job. My big question is do I go ahead and get, say, my AGI/IGI now while I'm...

I just realized that in this "not too distant future" I'm going to be the old pilot guy who says "this non-WAAS GPS can get me anywhere I need to be, you young pilots need to remember how to fly the magenta line like we did in the old days." I've actually never been inclined to upgrade to WAAS...

I'm very close to the same point as you in my training. I got two flights in this weekend with the CFII and both were very different: Saturday - flew to an airport 25 miles away to do an ILS, then did an RNAV to an airport 5 miles beyond that, then came home for a VOR. Entire flight was 1.9...

Congrats! And definitely keep sharp and maybe now is a good time to slow down. The only emergency I've experienced so far was around 205 hours. Coincidence, sure, but it's always a good time to slow down. Last week I was adding my flight to the logbook and ended up at 249.9 hours. I should have...

Similar to others, I have a yoke mount for my iPad pro. It's on until cruise, then on as needed, then on again for approach briefing and all the way to landing. The time in between I leave it by the side of my leg so that it can get cool air. I also have a backup battery for charging and my...