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You can deduct anything until the IRS says "no". You can make a good case for its deductibility, so probably worst case it would be disallowed in an audit. All in all, pretty small potatoes.

AOPA is a good resource: https://www.aopa.org/travel/international-travel/canada

Too bad about the Eighth Amendment. Caning as in Singapore would seriously cut down on this type of crime.

My experience was some years ago, but the above posts are correct. I would call the tax office (they are helpful) and determine what documentation you may need if they come after you at some time in the future. BTW, if you do have to pay sales tax in Texas, it's the 6.25% state part and...

Not at all. When we had the A36 my wife preferred the rear-facing seats. There, she couldn't see the weather ahead. Seriously, those seats are quite comfortable and with only two people in the four rear seats, they can sit diagonally from each other, put their feet up, and really get comfortable.

If you're ROP, go LOP immediately. No, I have no data but it seems like a common sense thing to do.

"Moondog's Academy of the Air and Other Disasters" by Peter Fusco is funny enough to bring tears to your eyes. In addition to being hilarious it's a view into the underside of the aviation world. In the same vein, "Hauling Checks" by Alex Stone is good but not as funny.

Well, Porsche calls them 911s right up to 2022, so there's that.

The Right Stuff, A Gift of Wings, Flight of Passage. A more recent good read is Skyfaring, by Mark Vanhoenacker. Also, if you can find it, Bax Seat by longtime Flying magazine columnist Gordon Baxter.

I don't know the answer to the original question, but I suspect none of the above is correct either. A guess: Gross weight is the weight of the fueled and loaded aircraft and MTOW is with external armaments.

Yes, avgas costs some more to make and distribute than mogas (auto gas). However, the main driver of higher avgas prices is the limited competition at the retail (FBO) level, compared to gas stations on every corner competing with each other.

For the past dozen years or so I've worn a Seiko dive watch. It has a rotating bezel useful for tracking elapsed time for diving, fuel switching, cooking, etc. The downside is it's too thick to wear with long sleeves, or at least I don't.

I'm wondering why the STC route. Seems like a simpler way, and less open to cheating, would have been to charge the refiners a royalty, possibly time-limited rather than open ended.

Be aware that there's a difference between Named Pilot and Covered Pilot. In the first case, you are covered as policy holder but the Named Pilot is not. In the event of an accident, the insurance company may try to recover their loss from the Named Pilot. That's called subrogation and a...

Don't need GPS for a check ride. Just be sure you're familiar with the charts, landmarks, local navaids, etc. Plan your flight, fly your plan (until the DPE intervenes). Make sure you know how to use all the equipment you have, including VOR nav radios.

Here's John Deakin's take on this, in Pelican's Perch #19: "My pet peeve in climbs is using too low an airspeed. One famous training organization insists on using 95 knots to 1,000 feet AGL in a Bonanza, most of the twin operators push for a climb at or near the blue line, and virtually all the...

Or you can get night current solo. If not confident to do that, let friend get current solo, then fly with you with him PIC.

Signature waives fees for Angel Flights. Houston and Hobby controllers are great.

Seems to me this whole discussion is missing one big point: a court ruled that flight instruction is carrying persons for hire. The FAA accepted that. What makes us think that logic only applies to experimentals, warbirds, etc.? Think about the definition creep of "compensation". This has...

But drop-in replacement is what GAMI believe they have achieved. If not, it's for naught. We already have a partial replacement in 94UL.