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Alrighty professional tire kickers.... What is wrong with this plane? http://www.trade-a-plane.com/detail/aircraft/Single+Engine+Piston/1964/Cessna/182G+Skylane/2065687.html Ya, I know it's got the old skool ADF but the airport I'd likely base an aircraft at has a localizer approach that makes...

This article says it was lassoed. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/10/28/the-army-lost-control-of-a-giant-unmanned-surveillance-blimp/

Does this guy have a medical? He seems delusional.

Needs more cowbell.

2x24x5 = 240 hours. 75000/240 = $312.50/hour

Cheer up, sunshine!

You're making a lot of sense, Mr. Flynn. Thanks.

How's it hangin'?

:yes: As for the airbus design... you thought the unruly rugrat kicking you in the back was bad..... Now, if he's on the upper level, he can kick you in the head! Good times. :rofl:

I'm familiar with Ocracoke having been there on a bunch of vacations by ferry and by sailboat. What I haven't done yet is fly out there. My plan has been to fly down to Manteo and then follow the outer banks down. That adds flight time, but fits my idea of safe. Am I being a chicken by...

Funny and true. I feel like I'm putting on the brakes when I put in the flaps in a Cherokee. It's different than the feeling you get slowly deploying electric flaps. I guess I could pull the lever slower.

This place cracks me up. Looks like we've established he's an idiot for wanting to get the rating and his Master's degree is worthless. :rofl: To the OP, life is short, if you want to be a CFI go for it!

Wow. Great tip! :yes:

Patience. Most students come in with years of experience steering with their hands. They can't actually steer on the ground with the yoke so eventually the fact that it doesn't do anything will register with their brains and they'll stop trying. My 2 cents as a low timer, not an instructor.

OK... I've skimmed through a couple of times. For some reason I thought you had to have an instructor alongside if using a SIM but this seems to say you could do your currency work with a BATD all by yourself. ??

Nice party! I reckon my invite was lost in the mail. :dunno:

I agree on clubs. Clubs seem to have a million and one rules, bylaws, etc.... The savings aren't THAT great. Keeping a 172 in the air costs what keeping a 172 in the air costs. It doesn't matter if you're flying it as a club member, renting it by the hour, or owning it yourself. Single...

Can you explain how the radar data leads you to conclude he was in a death spiral? :dunno:

I have no clue about the AOPA boards or the purple boards. This is the only pilot message board I've visited and I think it's great. Enough post volume to seem alive but not overwhelming. I'd classify 95% of posts as friendly. That's darn good for the internet. Ignore the trolls and...

Looking at the headings and speeds, ground speed was low but he wasn't climbing near the end. Perhaps he stalled while trying to get back on course? He could have been focused on navigating and lost track of flying...