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Wikipedia says the type certificate was issued 1960 so there could have been Cherokee 140's at Merrill Field in 1962, but I went back into records and it was 1965 I learned to fly, not '62. I've been thinking it was '62 for some reason, for a long time. In the process of looking, I went...

Of the planes you mention, you probably actually learned how to fly when you had the Taylorcraft. The rest of the planes you mention are all slightly different flavors of the same thing. Boring. A Taylorcraft is a pretty good teaching tool I would imagine. But they soon get boring too (I...

> " . . .or had a issue with lack of brightness." Well I sure have. I can't see anything on an iPad or any other "pad" unless I'm in the shade. I've got a canopy and a small cockpit. This new Garmin is just the perfect size at six inches diagonally and finally . . . something I can see when...

That makes sense. I've had mine several years now though and I've never once - that I can remember - used the clip for anything. I just hang them on my ears, on top my head, around my head (doesn't make much difference) plug the ear inserts in, bend the mic wire so the mic is next to my lips...

> "Halo for myself and wife. Neither of us could go back to head clamps. Works as well or better than ANR for me. YMMV. Only problem for me is that they are so light, I forget I have them on. I tried to get out of the plane once with them still on and felt like the old fool that I am....."...

> "Which airport are you/he based at? I didn't see mention of where he departed from in the news stories." KSEE, Gillespie Field > "How about the nitwits that miss an exit on a freeway, pull over and then try to back up to it." What's wrong with that? o_O

> "I've been enjoying that site for years and have even contributed a little material on one of the airports listed." Me too.

One of the main local channels, KUSI, had Bob Griscom on the evening news to answer questions of the typically sensationalist news "reporters." He was with FSDO here for years and went into private legal practice after retiring and is a local legend among those who know him. With his gravitas...

I've had great luck as well, although I had a sudden, steep learning curve in the beginning. It was good I got my lesson learned early. The young fellow's relatives accompanied him to see my newly remodeled cottage and all seemed well. He seemed healthy and fit and rode a bike everywhere and...

But made my living in the bush for some years flying one (several) of these and is probably what you meant by "tool." It's dear to my heart and will do things the book gives no inkling of. Not only a work of art, it can do things only you'd think a helicopter would be capable of.

> "Some folks enjoy flight, others just use it as a tool." This is my "tool". You'd better be something of an aviator to fly it. It flies with a fingertip, responds instantly, cruises for 700 miles at 13.5 at over twice the speed of the best a Champ or Cub will do, and burns about the same...

I did my last biennial in a Champ and I experienced nothing awesome about this ancient old crate. Aileron and rudder response are "move the stick and wait". It's true you can land on a dime with it but you can land on a dime with a C-310 just as well, and go a lot faster than 70 MPH. It's...

I haven't been on the computer enough to draw any conclusions yet but it seems Ghostery is a very neato program that appears to have eliminated the intrusions - the visible part anyway. It is amazing to see just how many pilot fish are swimming along with me through the internet waters! Thanks...

I've read through the thread on ad blocking and Java Script and most of it is over my head and maybe my question has been answered and I'm just too thick to have understood it when it was in front of my face . . . but here goes: In the last month or so it seems like at least 75% of the sites I...

And where are all the OV-10 Broncos, for that matter? I just wanna know where all these things are. You don't know :-(

I count nine and four of those were in Albuquerque and that's in Mexico and the question really is how come I never see any in this country? They're all over the place in other countries but I just think it's strange that I never see one here. A lot of people don't even know what they are...

How come we never see C-404's in this country?

Hate to say it, but it's Martha's fault.

I'm glad dturri found this. I was recently reading an article which described in words the information shown in this chart, but can't remember where I read it. Might have been Avweb, or Flying. The point was that when things go south it appears conventional instruments are easier to use in...

Yes, thanks for checking. I just needed to look at a chart. Haven't seen white space with hashes in such a long time I had to ask - easier than looking at a chart but then had to look at a chart anyway. It's very clear. Just had to look. Lazy.