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So, how long was it from the time man first hopped on a floating object and paddled to a nearby island until mankind was circumnavigating the world in schooners? Putting space travel in context with the entire history of man’s travels puts the recent advances in the stunningly gorgeous...

I keep something similar in the plane but it’s lead acid (and a few years older). Mine also has a light and jumper cables and an air compressor. I’ve been looking for a Lithium battery pack. I would have no worries about it. I understand that the technology is different. Yeti makes a version...

The pilot’s certificate. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I absolutely agree with the idea that you can leave A LOT of fuel spread out. However, I don’t like to run a tank dry and my wife absolutely, positively, without a doubt hates it. In our Cherokee, the restart takes about 10 seconds and is filled with lots of surges. Not pleasant. With my JPI...

Do you have the 4 tanks? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Me, me!! A few weeks back, flew to 0R1. Spoke with people on the ground who said the fog wasn’t bad prior to my takeoff. Got a good weather briefing with the briefer stating that he didn’t think there would be fog. Arrived to find thick fog everywhere. I did the RNAV 18 approach to minimums...

Man, I gave the tower controller a serious case of ATCAD. The PTT switch decided to give out right after take off with plans for a series on TnGs. However, it didn’t completely go out. He could here my requests but not my call sign. He had no idea who was making requests. I’m wondering if a...

I bought into a 4 person cardinal ownership. I was a fresh private pilot. I didn’t do much on the prebuy other than go flying with the other guys. For a while, it was great, then... There was no formal agreement. Everyone had their own ideas on things should run. I refilled the tanks, another...

When I carried a bunch of stuff, I used the Flight Gear Navigator Bag. I still use it as a bag for the family and their stuff. I wanted something smaller and went with a Brightline. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Learned something new. I had been told that the flight briefest were trained meteorologists. A lack of a degree may explain some of my most recent experiences with them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’ll second what everyone else is saying. I have a PA32 and love it. It’s more than I need 80% of the time but I can pack up the whole family and go just about everywhere. It’s rock stable for IFR, I’ve taken it down to minimums several times. Last year we flewKBHM to KAPA. Could have made it...

Cardinal Flyers Online. Great group. There’s a few guys on there that will broker or do a prebuilt for you in the Cardinal world. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I think almost. An enrolled controller can mistakenly vector you towards Bravo without meaning to. Bust the Bravo and you may pay for it. But, I agree that if the Bravo airspace controllers clear you to an altitude, you should fly it and that the transit through Bravo is implied. But, a...

At 10-12,000 with the wife in the back, she is asleep and oblivious to the zig zags. Keep the ball centered and the passengers have no idea. And, again, never think that IFR means you have to fly straight through every cloud. My VFR only friends that fly with me IFR are surprised how much...

I’ve been caught by building cumulonimbus once. I tried to outclimb and out run the storm buildups in the middle of the state of Florida in the afternoon in summer. Never made it, never would have. I was on the west side and when I realized there was no chance, I turned west and then circled...

Looks like you’ll have a high pressure system pushing through. Should be a good flight. A day before, you can always call the weather briefer and ask for an outlook briefing. Then get specific with your questions. You can get them out of their routine of reading the METARs and TAFs to you...

Pop up thunderstorms on the east coast don’t stop me from flying. Plan a route and then imagine a major thunderstorm 20 miles round right in the center of that route. Now do a flight plan with a waypoint 20 miles left or right of that storm. Look at the time difference. 4 or 5 minutes? A...

I think the most telling thing about fuel management is how much of a discussion there is on a thread like this. Over 70 responses (not counting the two debating what the FARs say about fuel gages) and everyone has a small piece of wisdom about how to manage fuel. With the drone, it’s easy...

I love my Brightline bag. I bought it and configured it so it would sit between the seats of my PA 32. The pocket within a pocket within a pocket took some getting used to. I lost track of a few things but found them eventually. I’ve got everything I need packed where I can find it now...