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Congrats! Have fun and be careful!

YES. Starting my piloting in the digital age, I've always had concurrent paper and digital logbooks. Also, I update them both regularly so unless I've been flying frequently in the last few days, they both say the same things. The comments section say pretty much the same thing in both but...

Have fun with it and congrats!

Welcome! At least one thing is true on this site- you'll get a LOT of different opinions from perspectives you never knew existed! Just take the average of everything said and enjoy!

1.2 with a first time PAX in the local area Sunday 4.9 Monday taking a round trip with the fiancé to spend the day at Deep Creek Lake (2G4) and enjoy the beautiful weather! My personal record in a day and over 2 days/a weekend!

My fiancé is from Leesburg and went to JMU and they vacationed at Deep Creek many times as a kid. This will be my first time visiting and just the perfect trip to take!

Local flying lately, but I'm taking advantage of the beautiful weather in the area this weekend: heading to Deep Creek Lake (Garrett Co, Maryland) Monday, should be about 4hrs total for the day!

One quick word of caution to this approach is that it only works when you're pointing directly at the airport. If you're at a non-towered airport and making an initial call and maneuvering for a 45 degree pattern entry, you're probably not pointing directly at the airport. With that being...

I'm a new pilot but I would assume you just talk to approach well before encountering the Bravo, let them know your request to head to 1H0, and they'll help you get there...

I had been a pretty fast learner until it was time to get every landing safe for me to solo... then the plateau hit me and I couldn't land for the life of me. After about 2 more hours of just circuits something clicked and I could suddenly land the plane in winds and be assured of a safe...

I had a paper sectional pre-folded and convenient in the side pocket of my iPad kneeboard for my practical. DPE never failed my iPad cause the exact same "screen" was showing right beside it. He did, however, take my sectional and throw it in the back of the plane and asked that I reach for it...

I agree with other responses here. I trained in Pipers and even having completed training I still barely feel a buffet at all since they are just so naturally stable. Your first real symptom will be mushy controls (you can moved the yoke left and right and it won't do much of anything at all)...

I'm out of Greene County (I19). I'm so happy that the place I learned to fly are the same skies that the pioneers of aviation also learned!

Glad you're enjoying the experience so far! As for the VOR stuff, I easily confused myself in the beginning with how questions and text was written out but it made sense once I was able to put it to practical use in the plane. I eventually learned to think of it this way: first, always set the...

I agree, if you've never been the USAF museum everybody should put it on their list of places to visit. You'll need more than a day to see it all, but your day will certainly be filled--absolutely worth it! There are also several other historical sites nearby involving early aviation and the...

Yes it was a bit long, even though I actually did well on it and seemed to be prepared for 95% of the questions. I think my DPE liked to have discussions after a question was asked which may have allowed it to take a bit longer is all. Thanks everyone and War Eagle!

Wow, thanks for the warm welcome from everybody! Hank- I wasn't there when my avatar Aubie ran around but I still have respect for my elders! ;) ( I graduated AU in 2009) Andrew- no worries about the Sugar Bowl, and congrats to OU for beating a real team once this year! I actually lived in...

Cannot agree more. I tried to schedule my PPL before Christmas but had to wait until after the holidays, then had to reschedule due to ice and snow overnight then had to bump it for low vis and ceilings. Finally got mine done last week and guess what- 14 kt crosswinds! I was feeling pretty...

I just got my private ticket last week. While it was still fresh in my mind, I wrote everything down and then went through the ACS to organize it appropriately (hopefully this will help others on their way using the ACS). Here's how it all went. First, I met with my instructor at my home...

Thanks for the welcome! Looking at a Piper Cherokee 140 to 180. Enough to get the mission complete with the two of us or a shorter ride with somebody in the back.