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Did you fly with Greenville Aviation? I just got my ppl in October after training with them. Great instructors and a nice selection of planes to choose from. I've started my complex training in their Arrow. GMU is a great airport. Flying there really prepared me for flying into busier...

He wants you to stop at the intersecting runway, look for traffic, AND announce on ctaf your intentions to cross the runway. He's not looking to bust you for one mistake on your ride. He's looking to see if you are a safe, conscientious pilot. I know on a couple of my maneuvers I didn't feel...

Oh and watch out for a runway incursion at KOGB. I almost blew through the intersecting runway while taxiing even though we had just talked about runway incursions during the oral. First time I had been to an uncontrolled field with multiple runways. My checkride was almost over before it began.

Is your DPE Carroll Joye? If it is you should have no problems. He did mine in October and put me at ease right away. He made it way less stressful than I thought it would be. Made the whole experience really pleasant. Great guy. KOGB is a nice little field too. If you have the time, grab the...

Cirrus owners pilots association

Probably being naive here but shouldn't a well maintained 12-13 year old cirrus have all of the electrical gremlins ironed out?

With the price of G1 sr 20's getting down to almost reasonable levels, I've started wondering what are the operating costs differences between it and a 172sp of a similar year? I've read through the COPA site some and have a very general idea of the gotchas of the sr 20. For instance, I would...

I called ahead to two FBO's in the Atlanta area last weekend and the time limit for one was one hour and the other was 2 hours. I was in town for a little over 4 hours so I just had the FBO arrange a taxi for me.

If you are climbing at Vy in a typical light trainer would you still be within gliding distance of the airport by the time you reached a height necessary to pull off the imppossible turn?

I just got my license this fall and fly to the cafe often from my home airport CEU. I took my first passenger (my dad) there for a hundred dollar burger. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

Thought so! Did my private training there. Great airport. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

Is that 19 at GMU?

Just got my license this fall and I haven't taken any major trips yet. I have taken most of the family (besides my wife and youngest) for some sightseeing hops and hamburger runs. The club I belong to doesn't charge any minimums and the only thing I have to do is make sure I schedule the plane...

How do the maintenance costs compare with a G1 SR20 and a similar year C172sp or Archer? It seems like you can buy a whole lot more airplane in the Cirrus for a similar price as the cessna. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

I did save myself some embarassment by doing a final walkaround before putting my father in laws boat in the water. Found that I hadn't put the plug in yet.

Thanks! I did 5 hours about two years ago then ran out of money and tried to convince myself it wasn't necessary to fly. I lost that battle so I came back and started again in late February of this year. I stuck to about one lesson per week. I had a couple of times that I would go two weeks...

Yesterday I officially received my license to learn! I have been prepping for the last three weeks, and at 48.7 hours I took my checkride. Thankfully the checkride was no different than all of the mock checkrides my instructor put me through. The oral was a breeze. In fact the examiner...

I bought these for myself after my first solo. Absolutely love them. http://www.quiettechnologies.com/

I got one in the mail last week as well. Just assumed they pulled my name off a list of student pilots somewhere. Actually used it to brush up on airspace requirements for my written.

I do some triathlons and wakeboard quite a bit. My worst injury to date was an ACL tear of my left knee doing a flip on the wakeboard. I also played collegiate rugby and still coach my local collegiate side. I try not to get too involved in the drills anymore though!