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Never done it but have read numerous threads on this topic. Best one seemed to be to run a length of garden hose out the window and use the pressure differential to vacuum out the ashes. Highly recommended to duct tape the horizontal stabilizer leading edge as the ashes are highly abrasive...

When I was a student way back in the day, I was never able to make consistently nice landings in the Cherokee 140. Then the FBO brought in the "new" Warrior with the tapered wings. It was night and day. Looking back on that experience, I think the Cherokee (Hershey bar) was very sensitive to...

The question was, "can I log PIC while I am under the hood". Yes.

My concern exactly: the fragmentation of the fuel market with G100UL, Swift fuel and its STC, and whatever comes out of EAGLE. I wonder why GAMI didn't pursue getting their revenue from licensing the fuel producers. Others could do the same, it would be much easier to police, and the market...

I generally agree with "rotating" at POH recommended speeds. One exception, IMO, is high density altitude, where the reserve power needed to climb is less. Then, I like to be closer to Vx to ensure I have the ability to climb out of ground effect.

Parking availability increases on Wednesday as some who arrived on Sat/Sun leave.

IFR and here's a lonely vote for AOPA Pilot.

As a student pilot many years ago, I was learning in a Cherokee 140 and always found consistently good landing elusive. The FBO got a new Warrior with the tapered wings and it was night and day. My theory, thinking about it, was that the lift coefficient of the Hershey bar wing was very...

The OP's dilemma was the return flight later in the day. Outbound, no problem: look at radar and the METARs and make an easy go/no go decision. The problem was later in the day and the strong need to make the return flight. Good decision to scrub.

Several posters have correctly taken exception to this. Let me rephrase. The combination of the $10k state and property tax deduction limit along with the greatly expanded standard deduction have made the standard deduction the more attractive way for me to file. YMMV, but I don't have enough...

I've flown 50+ Angel Flight missions over a number of years and have never felt the system was being abused. A couple of CASA flights, but 90% of the rest were cancer patients and most were going to MD Anderson in Houston. MDA is a world-renowned cancer center doing cutting edge treatments...

That's my concern: that you will need more than one STC, plus whatever licensing arrangement may come out of EAGLE.

So, an STC is required to legally use G100. Swift is also pursuing the STC route. Then there are the EAGLE participants, operating under some other licensing arrangement. Assuming there are eventually multiple approved fuels competing in the marketplace, sounds like chaos. Is there a plan?

Nowadays, a checkout isn't just about flying the airplane. Become very familiar with the avionics as part of your checkout.

I've found wasp spray to be effective in keeping them away. Use the kind that jets up to 20 feet and spray it on the areas where they roost (not on the birds themselves!). They don't like it.

Be careful. DPEs can be pedantic when OP goes for the instrument rating.

Are you on Facebook? There probably is a local pilot's group that could offer help finding a school or instructor.

Nuttin wrong with that one.

I wonder if modern headsets contribute to ignoring (not hearing) an aural warning.

When I joined years ago, USAA was for active and former military officers and their immediate families. Now it's for anyone who has almost any familial connection to the military. The idea at one time was that officers and their immediate families were a favorable risk group. If true, that...