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This. Though I do remember that first solo in the pattern at I19 and the feeling of looking over on downwind and realize oh $!&# I have to do this by myself, I do NOT remember how many hours that was. I happen to remember that after shutting down after passing my exam I was at exactly 50 hours...

Thanks for the input. Does TKM test/repair an old Narco system, assuming it's really the same box? Thanks for the recommendation.

Parachute or nah?

There's really nothing wrong with checking out the weather still, even after you made your cancellation decision, just try to ensure your mindset is to try and learn your local weather patterns. "I cancelled when I saw this, and it actually turned out to be that." Write it down if you'd like to...

My wife is the runner. Not me. But I can hang a bit and know I need to run more so we've started to combine our passions. Recently we looked around at relatively short flights from home to airports where it could be nice to take a scenic run from the FBO to or around somewhere else. This past...

Here in Florida during summer the forecast will always include showers and thunderstorms in the vicinity. The problem is that nobody will ever know if they will actually develop or not and if so, how long and where. I think I've finally gotten my wife to realize that sometimes we may have to...

BLUF: the comm side of my nav/comm doesn't seem to work and I'm debating whether to spend money for somebody to chase it down or to buy a replacement unit. A little over a year ago my second nav/comm (MX170B) started giving me issues on the comm. Being VFR only, I just used it to pick up...

Congrats! This is what my CFII is suggesting to do as well. He wants me to go through the ground course (he recommended and I've been using Sporty's) and learn that and talk to him about it and ask questions to learn it, etc. After that, he wants me to just prep for the test to knock it out...

I started flying locally around the Tampa area over the past few weeks once our shelter in place order was lifted. I've only gotten services from one FBO and the line crew never asked where we came from. Paid for fuel over the phone rather than walking into the FBO. I will say make sure you have...

There seems to be a couple videos making the social media rounds lately about successful highway landings. One in Canada a few weeks back and another I saw recently (doesn't mean the actual landings were recent, of course). I wonder if this may influence folks to perhaps look for the highway...

When re-basing from Ohio to Florida I stopped to visit family in Atlanta overnight. I usually made that trip with just one stop to stretch the legs and refuel but I decided, just to meet the purposes of this requirement, I would add a second stop along the way. I'm still WAY out from my...

Completely agree here. A couple of years ago I took a week and went with my wife and dog from Ohio to visit family in DC then to visit family in Atlanta, then back to Ohio. It was around Christmas/New Years so the weather was ALL over the place. Things went really well for us until it was time...

Figure out your "why." I didn't want to take as long as I did (am). I got my PPL 200 hours and 3+ years ago and Friday is my first IR flight lesson. I started course work multiple times and due to life events ended up stopping each time so far. However, I enjoy flying VFR and I LOVE flying...

Just to clarify (or not), the flight from KLHM to KSCK then to KSAC does count as long as your original point of departure was KLHM. I think we all understand this, but this was your last post on that topic so wanted to be sure it makes sense. As said before, it just means you took a one-way...

For my field it wasn't a reduction in hours but consolidation of frequencies. CD was often combined with ground, but on Saturday CD, ground, and tower was all on tower. Definitely caused about 5-10 mins longer on the ground having to wait a little bit longer to get clearances. Doesn't help that...

BLUF: my studying has been really broken and disjointed and I'm seeking opinions on how I'll know I'm ready. It's been a long on/off struggle for me to get my IR, and there's finally a light at the end of the tunnel. I did a Part 141 instrument ground course back in winter of 2018. I had to...

The good thing is that you're probably in the market for a 172 or PA28-180 with a decent panel already installed for your price range. Unless by commuter you mean you're flying it very regularly for work or over longer distances and need to go faster. I fly my Archer on multi-hour trips to visit...

Fire Extinguish speed.

It's been a while, but this past weekend at a non-towered field I heard a transmission "how many are in the pattern?" In an effort to try and give him SOME benefit of the doubt, there were a LOT in the pattern. But then again that's also another reason for the question not be asked. To...

I had a similar thought with the lights. Curious about your personal process with once they go on they stay on--is this the same at night vs day or when in the clouds? I think there are times (day VFR) when it makes sense to just flip them all on and leave them on until shutdown. But there are...