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Detonation is a lean phenomenon--not rich. IOW, carb heat will not induce detonation. To the OP--the hazard in running carb heat constantly is that you potentially move induction system icing (if it occurs) deeper into the intake system--and with carb heat applied when/if the ice formed you...

I forgot my sister's name while introducing her to a friend at her (my sister's) wedding. IOW, I'm lousy for names under pressure.;)

What I don't like is a CFI who states something is AFS-800 policy when indeed AFS-800 has clearly stated that CFIs should check with AFS-800 before making such a statement. I doubt calling AFS-800 will solve that issue. Frankly, I doubt pointing out that you aren't much for accuracy will solve...

LA Lakers chearleader, dancer, choreographer, singer, exercise video, now judge on "American Idol". Above according to vague memory and IMBd.com.

Don, thanks for posting a reply. This question first appeared on the red board and I posted a reply to the effect that I gave MN Aviation high marks until someone took my advice and didn't have the same great experience I had, and that now I don't make the recommendation. Unfortunately, I was...

Current (not retracted by AFS-800) source for this claim?

You'll need to explain your logic. Mooney M20J has 64 gallons useable; the 112 has at most the same or 68. Both are running Lycoming IO-360 engines. The Mooney cruises at ~155 kts; the 112 cruises at ~125--a full 30 kts slower. IOW, how to you possibly figure the 112 has longer legs...

Bruce will chime in with the exact wording, but the AME has the authority to place a valid date on the student pilot cetificate. IOW, what the student requested is perfectly possible.

True. A "-" sign preceding the altitude means "to but not including".

FWIW, if you try IPCs every 6 months versus the standard 6-6 method not only will you probably find that your instrument proficiency is better, but if in your normal mode you don't get enough actual and end up flying those 6-6 under the hood you will probably save money maintaining currency via...

I'm late to the party, but here's my answer: What Henning wrote (all). Well, I have one minor difference: Hazard pay starts at less that 1" split.;) Furthermore, I would have an immediate ground session with the CFI involved. If s/he did not readily admit to a serious lapse in judgment I...

Adam, you would never execute a VOR-A, GPS-A, etc.?

Eamon, I have the Motorola H500. My only complaint is that the on/off and call button are the same, and that it isn't protected. IOW, put the thing in your pocket and you will eventually depress the on/off button for ~3 seconds--the phone powers on. You will then eventually depress the on/off...

Fresh out of graduate school I turned down 6 job offers at major US corporations because I didn't want to be another cog in the machine. I joined a small high tech company and loved the can do, make it happen work attitude my co-workers lived and breathed. A few years later the founders of the...

Which version?

Here's one AOPA link less Ron's erroneous memory confuse anyone other than Ron: http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2000/00-3-112.html

I think your memory may be a bit flawed. Until ~10 years ago the FAA had relaxed things considerably and was allowing a large number of DPE's to conduct initial CFI tests. Then, rather abruptly in 1987 the FAA announced that ALL initial CFI tests would be conducted by the FAA. Throughout the...

According to the Mooney factory pilots I polled at Oshkosh one year, they all would put an M20J into 2000' of grass--one would put it into 1800' if the buyer was truly motivated and the runway demonstration was a deal killer. Those numbers are standard day, sea level, YMMV.

David, I'm not sure if it is a timing (i.e. how long you've been a CFI) or a regional thing (i.e. things are different out west), but ever since the FAA pulled CFI initial testing in-house and generally cracked down on initial CFIs the initial practical has become an 8 hour event. FWIW, there...

Saturday I went fly fishing with my wife (who has just finished her BS degree and now has some free time) on the West Branch of the Octoraro Creek in SE PA. Required fish photo attached. Sunday I started out fly fishing the other creek near our house (Middle Branch of the White Clay Creek)...