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The $64,000 question I have is would something similar to this still happen if the you HAD to land somewhere other than Cozumel or Tapachula due to weather or some other bonna-fide emergency like smoke in the cabin??!! Dealing with an in-flight emergency is bad enough anywhere, but to be...

A PERFECT example that is it utterly silly to think they is somehow less liability for an accident because it in an automobile vs a GA aircraft. When was the last time you heard of non-occupants being killed in a GA crash??? It is so rare, it might as well be statistical noise. What...

So like I said earlier, I take it that all of these companies that prohibit using GA for business ALSO disallow said employee to use their own automobile, motorcycle, snowmobile, boat, ATV, etc??? If not, they how can they possibly single out GA over all the other forms of private...

If a company is going to prohibit an employee to use his/her own aircraft, then they need to ALSO ban ALL forms of private transportation and disallow one to use their own automobile, motorcycle, snowmobile, boat, ATV, etc. Its not OK for them to single out one form of private transportation...

Fantastic, keep the pics coming!

I'm NOT at all interested in hearing about your trip to the Exumas.:nonod::nonod: Those islands are wayyy too easy to get to and are NOT remote enough for me.:D:D I need something a lot more challenging and off the beaten path than the Exumas to get me exctied, so how about the "Mt Everest of...

Something similar happened to me a few years ago while shooting an ILS to minimums, single pilot without an AP:eek: http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?t=84232 I absolutely credit this video (which I first saw in 2007) with allowing me to quickly recognize my own situation, and take...

Yea, but try using that comfortably for more than 5 or 6 months of the year in New England:nonod: In the Bahamas............sure, the boat is the way to go, but where I live, a plane makes much more sense from November to April-------and even in the summer months, you are MORE restricted by...

Pretty good odds that it does get passed I'd say. Senator Infahoe got PBOR 1 passed and signed, so why not a 2nd one.

Ask them rehtorically what they think their odds are of dying from cancer, heart disease, etc.. and then tell them, that even on a per capita basis that these ailments kill A LOT more people that GA does. Heart disease and cancer kills almost 3 MILLION Americans annually---1% of the entire US...

Re: The PERFECT early Christmas present from Mother Nature--my dad's first flight in No time logged although pretty knowledgeable about flying for a non-pilot.

Re: The PERFECT early Christmas present from Mother Nature--my dad's first flight in He had a fantastic time! Heck......he probably enjoyed it more than I did!

This isn't your average LIFR write-up that you are used to seeing me post. This flight happened to be my dad's first flight in IMC!! In 300-400' ceilings, none-the-less!! HD Video: http://vimeo.com/115367549 Still shots...

Not to hijack this thread and your story, but 200 ovc with tops to 6000 sounds like Mother Nature's scenery at its finest-----easily something that rivals the best sandbars in the Bahamas!! Do you have any photos from on-top of the deck from that flight???

Too bad I don't live a bit closer as I would have been glad to act as a safety blanket for you on a day like this:D I personally WOULD have gone, esp if the airport had an ILS, but I am rather bullish on flying in hardcore IFR, as long as there isn't any ice or embedded t-storms close by. I...

Me too:goofy: Oh, I'm sure most of us would have gladly paid that price to be safely on terra firma, its just that after that, I would have check myself into a nice hotel and stayed at least an extra night or two. The OP deserves to treat himself to comfort on his big 6 0:yes: Only after...

Ahhh heck......I would have just stayed and flown home a day or two later, hell with getting back to work on an exact day (as long as you have a solid prior attendance record) Saving $750 would be well worth missing a day or two at the office, but that's just me. Not faulting you for the...

Re: 18 days in paradise and a Masters Degree in Bahama Out Island Exploration w/ HD v I only fly 172's (with perhaps a dozen or two hours logged in PA-28's) so that is the only M&M I've taken to the islands. In the coming years, I'm looking seriously at a 3 or 4 way partnership in a...

Re: 18 days in paradise and a Masters Degree in Bahama Out Island Exploration w/ HD v Ya know Henning, I gotta be honest.......when I flew over East Plana Cay around 100 ft, a BIG part of me was secretly hoping the engine would throw a rod!!:D Hmmmm.........a tail dragger with tundra...