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It is a two way street...they are gonna keep you outta the way of IFR traffic in return they are gonna provide traffic advisories. You also need to communicate what YOU want..."NorCal, Skylane 345 request higher when able"...often times they will give you an altitude restriction but fail to...

Be flexible...on my 182 flight from FL to CA I would flight plan every leg but rarely would we actually stop at where we planed and just adjusted to real time conditions which got us further each day then we thought. Pack a cooler with some drinks, snacks, and PB&J fixins and have at it and aim...

Name him Shark. ...then take him to the beach.

Yes if you pay full retail for just the battery but there are always deals, bundles, and clearance sales where you can get a tool and battery included for almost the cost of just a battery alone I have been supper happy with the Ryobi 40v line for home use...not sure I would invest if I was day...

Look at Goole Maps satellite view and you will see the tie down spots down at the south end of the field then you just pop though the pedestrian gate and you are right at the Harbor area with tons of restaurants and eateries...don't park at the terminal unless you are hitting the on field...

Depends on context...here ya go: Night Flying Safety remember the three different time periods we need to be aware of: • Sunset to sunrise for having the lights turned on. • That period of time between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twilight for logging...

I bought my 182 from a Broker and had a positive experience dealing with a professional vs a run of the mill owner...now about to sell off my 182P as well and probably gonna use a broker just cuz I don't wanna deal with all the tire kickers and lowballs so debating if it will be worth the 8% off...

I did fly but Waze went bonkers a few times...

I always took "No Delay" instruction as I best be putting that instruction into motion as I key up the acknowledgement call. Aviate, navigate, communicate applies here as well...not communicate, check navigation, flip to a clean page on the kneeboard, get you backup pen from the flight bag...

I use "we" all the time...typically right as I rotate it is "weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"...

If only the AIM had recommendations on how to make an initial call up... Contact Procedures Initial Contact. The terms initial contact or initial callup means the first radio call you make to a given facility or the first call to a different controller or FSS specialist within a facility...

Close their hangar and put on a combo lock with a note that says "when you agree to stop blocking my hangar, I will agree to give you this code..."

Agreed this is the "safer" route and what I now do headed out to that area from NorCal unless it is a dead calm day. I have gotten into some SERIOUS up and down drafts as well as turbulence on the proposed route when the winds are moving. It is easy peasy to stay East of BUR and North of the...

There is the ol' drop the pen...ask passenger to grab it...and while he leans down drop into a steep dive while screaming "OH SH!#!!!!!"...but yeah, I might do that with an unsuspecting passenger but not a CFI...ANY in flight prank will depend on the relationship and demeanor of CFI as that...

When I use Bill Pay and bank sends an e-check the bank pulls the money from my account and send the check...it is the bank's account info not mine on the check so if there is fraud it is not taken from my account. In this day and age I can't believe checks are still a thing...I have a vendor I...

Other than where you keep the plane may require insurance as part of their lease agreement there are zero requirements to carry any insurance on personally owned GA part 91 private aircraft. Check your exclusions of the personal liability coverage with aviation...every carrier has different...

Took a stepped approach at purcahse...I did a "pre buy" with the mechanic then told him if it passes with no obvious red flags to then proceeded with a full Annual...pre buy was good but during annual found about $2500 worth of squawks which seller covered. No surprises after that.

Fun story...quite a few years ago a disgruntled but knowledgeable comms worker cut a major fiber trunk in the Bay Area in an act of sabotage...it took down everything across almost every carrier and ISP...land lines, cell, data, internet, ATMs...everything electronic and communications ground to...

While I throughly enjoy the mastery of the jargon and unpacking what they are saying and why over coms with ATC while flying...NEVER be afraid to use plain 'ol English on radio to say what you need or if you don't explicitly understand. While ATC may often rattle off like an auctioneer to a...

For FF your are either gonna be talking to TRACON (which is App/Dep surrounding C and B airspace up to around 10,000 -ish) or Center (which is all the rest of the airspace in between and above D/C/B and TRACON airspace) One of the challenges is that none of the actual frequencies for any given...