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At one point, I had more night landings at W24 than day. I did all my primary night training in a Piper Warrior that was based at that airport. Nothing like coming in over the power substation, then over trees before landing on an upsloping runway as one of your first night landings as a student...

GREAT photos! That airplane reminds me of the Cessnas I flew for 10 years... [sniff, sniff]. Also, I am glad to hear that there are new airports being built. All I hear about are the ones that go away...

I love the sights and sound of being in a single engine prop plane (prop up front) on a cool, calm and clear night. It's so very magical to me and oddly... cozy as well - if that makes sense. I figure it's the closest I will most likely ever come to being in outer space. The atmosphere outside...

Thank you everyone for your insights - I love this forum. You guys are GREAT! The drift seemed to just happen at a specified rate - almost like a clock. It would go from North to West to South to East and then start over and all I was doing was flying straight and level... It does drive the...

C172N (if that matters). Flew with KCS-55A+GNS430+autopilot (in NAV mode) for a cross-country flight and for the last 30 minutes of the flight, switched the AP to HDG mode and used the 55A's heading bug. Landed and went on with life. Fast-forward three days and basically the 55A HSI seems to...

Hello, Has anyone (as a CFI or pilot) done a flight review via the AOPA Focused Flight Review (https://elearning.aopa.org/client/app.html#/courses/70001)? If so, does the completion of the focused flight review count for 3 WINGS credits (1 credit for each flight topic) or is there additional...

Nor am I, sir. :) EVERYONE: Thank you sooo much for the ideas. It's people like you that make this my go-to aviation forum! :-D

Thank you for your insight. I read the positive Amazon Reviews for it too. Considering it is almost 1/10th the cost of the other one, I may just try that out and if I get too frustrated, sell it on Craigslist and buy the $700 AE yak. I currently have a 8-9 foot "lake" kayak that I got at Dick's...

I was planning on back-taxiing the runway, stopping the plane, then chucking the kayak out of the plane and then starting the plane and parking it, sans kayak. Guess I will have to call up my aviation attorney to see if that's legal to do...

Without turning this into a non-aviation, kayak-oriented forum post, I will say that that kayak had one bad review. I think that it is clear that the only easy way to put a tandem kayak in a 172 is to buy an inflatable one. Now the question is,do I buy one for $80 or one for $600.

Did it fit in your pane? I am thinking this one might be good (and certainly fits my budget): https://smile.amazon.com/Intex-Explorer-2-Person-Inflatable-Aluminum/dp/B00A7EXF4C/

Might be Capt. Obvious here, but... Doesn't your intercom/audio panel have a "pilot isolate" switch? I call mine the "talk among yourselves" switch ;)

http://lakecountryregionalairport.org In this photo, you can see how close to the water the end of the runway is: http://lakecountryregionalairport.org/wp-content/gallery/tour/airport-dwilliams.jpg

Har-har... It's literally on the lake SHORE. Sorry for the confusion.

Thanks! I hear ya about porting, but I'm telling ya, the runway end is like, 200 feet from the water!

None available. Also, not seaplane rated. I will look into blow-up boats/kayaks, although they don't look very promising to me...

Taking the copilot seat out was not part of the plan. That doesn't sound "easy" to me. Plus, the whole point of a tandem yak would be going WITH someone else and paddling at the destination... There is an airport literally ON a lake about 30 minutes from my home airport, so I thought it would be...

Just wondering if anyone has done this? I am considering this kayak and wondered if it would fit in a 172N. Obviously, would not be able to have any pax in the back... Thoughts? Here's the 'yak: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/point65sweden/gemini-gt-modular-solo-tandem-hybrid-kayak...

- UPDATE - The owner of the club found a new aircraft to replace the 172n that crashed. The new aircraft is... [DRUMROLL] Another Cessna 172N. Thank you all for your opinions and suggestions.

Sorry. What I meant was that no club members at the meeting last night brought up 182s. The insurance check SHOULD have been for $70K, not $50, so my original post was on-point.