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Better visibility and landing characteristics are a plus to me. I'll never compete advanced... May up to intermediate, doubt it though, we'll see. My concern is that I'm so short and reaching the rudders well etc. I'm only 5'2". I think I'll get the owner to meet me halfway and get a look...

I'm thinking of getting one. Im interested in any and all opinions/thoughts about them.

Then you saw how the man modified his one ankle to have a swivel activated by a handle at his "knee" I thought that was brilliant.

Why not just get a Pitts? You can't use it for XC as comfortably as a super D but you can do more in them.... Are you wanting to just dink around or start practicing for competition?

I have read a fair amount of this to have a feel for the waters... I'm surprised that the CFI didn't work with you about the paper/navlog planning issue more clearly..... You're freaked out and upset and mad. I suggest that now you've vented that you take a week or two to settle down and...

Cool, dude. I read an interesting article by Budd Davisson regarding teaching an above the knee amputee how to fly a Pitts. That's a good looking plane in your picture.

I knew a woman who wore one when she flew her open cockpit biplane for the pockets. I can see that they would be handy for survival stuff in the back country instead of a back country vest. But it's easier to remove the vest and still be clothed. Obviously for women the Gatorade bottle...

Get a CFI to land the plane several times in a row with you doing nothing but looking out the window to burn the site picture into your mind for what you should be seeing. Then try it yourself. When you are working on landings it's easy to have "so much" happening that you just can't process...

I went dogsled ding 100 miles north of the arctic circle. It only got to -25 and it wasn't windy which makes a big difference... The best part of the cold weather gear we used was the "bunny boots" I don't know what they are exactly but my feet were never cold. To me having warms hands and...

What a great idea. Hope folks take him up on it.

Jeez Louise guys. There was a miscommunication between a tower controller and an inbound pilot. It was discussed and resolved from what I read. Bottom line, it seems to me, is be aware of clarity of communication ... This is in the lessons learned forum.

1500 ft. AGL is often TPA for turbine aircraft. Crossing at the normal TPA for piston singles made sense. Obviously the tower controller didn't communicate sufficiently his expectations and neither did the pilot communicate his intentions. It's good they had their chat, the pilot could've...

A circling climb to gain altitude before heading on course is normal. Ask your CFI for the local knowledge for that airport. If you are in a mountainous area there are adjustments for those concerns- terrain, wind flow, common traffic flow thru the saddle into the field etc... Even rwy...

Also, whatever light food you eat make sure it isn't greasy. A bag of chips vs. a banana and apple for example.... Before I flew a friend in his sukhoi I made the mistake of eating a good breakfast at home of oatmeal and blueberries with soy milk which would have been just fine but when I got...

Can I access that article online?

Nice job!

Cessna150C: Yes, we have your A forms. you might contact mike carver the contest Director. I am sure they can mail them to you. Are you flying at nationals? This is Tom, right? Jay: a contest is a good way to get to learn a lot. Especially if you volunteer as recorder on the judges...

Just got back from Llano today... Been at the hammerfest contest. Volunteered as registrar/scorer and didn't compete. There were 40 pilots that competed, gracious the days were long and hot. There were several people who flew primary in a great lakes... And several that flew in Debbie Rihns...

Beautiful! Cold! What elevation are those mts? Similar but opposite to the one I posted from near Terlingua. It's called my secret canyon by Alex Whitmore.

Oh, absolutely, they are great and very good out here for ranch work. Just wondering about the straight tail references that I've heard.