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Mine doesn't make the beeping noise unless you are actually disconnecting an engaged autopilot. Otherwise it's silent. Mine is down kind of on the side of the yoke with the PTT at the index finger position and electric trim up on top. You'd probably only make that mistake if you were new to...

On the subject of pattern entries at towered airports... I had a wild go-around at Centennial Airport here (KAPA) that made me truly appreciate the things that controllers have to think about that we don't ever witness. Pull up the airport diagram, maybe. I'm with my family Over the fence...

Laws don't stop crime, they just provide after-the-fact punishments that are meant to deter normal people. They generally work in deterring normal people and even slightly-off people. But some people don't care about laws for any number of reasons. One such reason is addiction. It's not an...

It's not obvious from the first few. Later ones are obviously from the ground but I was fooled by the first few. I thought he might have used a 2nd-party operated drone over a (non-airport) field and did a fly-by. I agree with the idea that a turn-around-a-point might have worked also but not...

Very sad. I have zero experience with ballons so I didn't know they could carry that many either. Guessing many kids on there. Tragic.

I drank the water in Mexico and survived. Stats are representative of a sample. I am an "n of 1" and so are you. And some of us actually survive this aviation thing. People have to decide for themselves how worried they will be about a given activity. I've found that people assess risk more...

The only airplanes that are money pits are the ones with wings. Congratulations!

Beautiful 150! Congratulations.

ForeFlight (or similar) is a fantastic value compared to what it replaced and on the merits of what it delivers for me, all in one place instantly. Aside from the product itself, ForeFlight is pushing, pulling, and dragging the FAA, NOAA, etc. Into the modern digital age. The government does...

Weihs says that, while the company will still include traditional chart backgrounds for the foreseeable future, the data-driven approach to aviation information is a far more productive experience. The company has been working with the FAA on how data is updated and disseminated. He envisions a...

I was flying from Houston (KIWS) to Plainview (KPVW) and eventually to Denver (KAPA) this morning very early. I watched that mess over Dallas last night and all this morning. Haven't heard of any tornados but it wouldn't surprise me to hear there were some funnels. I arrived in Denver and got...

I used to have a Pebble Steel. It looked nice and would stay charged for a week. But I stopped wearing it and now I don't know where it is. Was a decent watch. I also bought a Casio g-Shock but it doesn't have all the fancy **** like GPS and baro and atomic time but it does have vibe alarm...

IIRC, Pogue airport in Oklahoma had its runway closed a couple years ago for resurfacing and they actually NOTAM'D that the runway was closed and that the taxiway could be used.

I had to go back to my logbook and look this up... I had to land my 145 hp 1966 C172G in front of a KC-135 tanker at Sheppard AFB/Wichita Falls back in 1996. They told me to keep my speed up (LMAO) and make the first turn off (no ****!). I just remember looking out my back window and seeing a...

Land before the smell hits!

Calling Denver Approach VFR, I usually give tail number and "vfr request". If they're accepting, they shoot back the squawk and I give the rest of my info when I read back the squawk code. This way, if they are not accepting, they just say standby and I didn't waste time spewing all my info...

TR182 or 182RG is a possibility. It is quite a bit roomier than a Mooney if that matters to you. My TR182 cruises 162 TAS at 10k to 12k hauling four people. It can get faster TAS if you take it up really high (which I do on occasion to avoid turbulence). While my example was over $100k, I...

Sure, why not. The idea is for local pilots to discuss local issues. Minutia. The first thread I'd start would be the Centennial Airport thread and then a Centennial Hangar Owners thread. So many issues to discuss.

9" from your wing tip but not blocking your plane in any way? Nothing to see here.

I've played around with controlling the airplane with trim, rudders and throttle only - at altitude. It's doable. But trim wouldn't do much with truly stuck controls. For that, depending on the position in which the elevator stuck, you'd have to use throttles and find a setting that got you...