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No problem. My apologies that I took so long to cobble together a map image with a course line drawn on it. I've been traveling too much lately.

First, the parts cost alone for an O&N fuel tank bladder installation on an M20J is $7450, which is roughly the high end of a two tank reseal job. The labor costs (40 hours estimated by O&N) is ~$2800 more (assumes $70/hour shop rate, YMMV), which puts bladders in the 1.5-2X price versus a...

It was a bit of each. IOW, I marked every reasonable checkpoint and I marked every checkpoint I would use if my task is to imitate a student pilot going on an x-country flight. As you note above, the checkpoints I marked are pretty much everything worth using on the direct route. Any other...

Elizabeth, my rough pass at checkpoints on the route you proposed. Basically on that route you're stuck with highway junctions, or highway-power line junctions, or highways abeam a town. Others might see something I missed, but this is what I would use.

Elizabeth, if you post a proposed route I'm sure that some of us would be willing to look at a sectional and offer up the checkpoints we would use, why, etc. That level of detail might be more helpful to you versus general methods. IOW, for teaching purposes nothing compares to a couple of...

Oh, wow. I'm an ex-eastern Washington skier. I learned at North/South, Schweitzer, Jackass (now Silver Mountain), Mt. Spokane, Stevens Pass, White Pass, and Snoqualmie Summit. None of those comes close in comparison to either Breckenridge, Cooper, or Park City. Run away. Seriously, I'd say...

Troy, my $0.02 worth. I've been skiing since I was just old enough to know better (~30 years). I have a 17 year old son who snowboards and a soon to be 20 year old daughter who skis. Here are the comments I'll offer in no particular order: 1. Let the kids pick whichever they prefer (boarding...

I believe you are thinking of the Hendrick's NASCAR (sp?) team King Air crash at Martinsville, VA. Martinsville is in south central VA; Rocky Mount is east of Raleigh, NC.

Your memory may be a bit off, or mine might be, but the humor behind why the codes was what is was is great. FWIW, I remember the code as being "2" + "4" (pushed simultaneously) then "3". One day I was visiting my B&B owner/buddy who had just installed the same make/model key code lock system...

Ron, the PTS is the completion standard for the test. The PTS is not the completion standard with respect to whether or not the aeronautical experience can be applied towards the certificate requirements. You suggested that there are completion standards for the aeronautical experience. Once...

Agreed. The FBO knows the use pattern. If the FBO thinks an all day user will cause angst the FBO will tell you. If the FBO says, "Sure, take it all day, no problem" then I have no problem taking it for the day. State your needs, let the FBO state their needs, agree, and then hold to the...

Best response I ever heard/read to such a tirade: "I think at one point I might have been married to you."

Where do you find the completion standards (commercial, or private for that matter) for the x-country flight, other than distance and flight conditions? IOW, the completion standards you infer as being the FAA's reason simply don't exist. With respect to meeting x-country aeronautical...

The Airbus accident did provide a graphic example that Va has absolutely no relationship with respect to the airframe being certified (or even tested) to withstand a full rudder deflection at that speed. In the case of a Warrior it is a probably a non-issue at any speed, but operating at or...

Most FBO's have a ~20-30% gross margin on the rental rate. You might ask if the FBO would be willing to drop their cut.

For something that simple I'd definitely take it to Lou without hesitation. It's the bigger stuff that the rumor mill tells me has a slight ebb and flow over time. Some have suggested that it depends on who is actually doing the painting. FWIW, rumor has it one guy, "Kenny"??, was a true...

Somene else mentioned that being a landlord is a business. Heed the advice. A local, young engineer owns ~40 properties and has become a rental property tycoon. The rental contracts he uses specifiy rent due on the 1st, penalty if not paid by the 6th, in default and subject to eviction of not...

I suspect that if we dropped the CFI supply so that salaries pushed upwards toward ~$60/hour that we would all be surprised at how many old time pilot/CFIs would climb out of the woodwork--and I think the flight world would be better for it.

FWIW, never been a customer so I have no first hand experience, but as a local resident and certified airport bumb I have peeked at a few finished jobs, the local scuttlebutt is totally consitent with the previous post--the paint shop's product is sometimes absolutely excellent, other times not...

Simply because they need an ATP certificate, or atleast a prayer of reaching an ATP certificate quickly after being hired. Remove the PIC time logging by a CFI and the ATP certificate moves out of reach, too.