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Thanks @Lowflynjack. If I were to guess, I would have said probably 500 mm, with a very sharp aperture like f/4 and at least 1/250. You do have a steady hand, shooting those photos at 1/60 or 1/80. What I really like is the positioning into the light, and the perfect time of the day to capture...

Excellent photos. Could you please share some technical details as to focal lengths used, shutter speed (I am amazed by the frozen airplane and the moving propeller), autofocus or manual (I guess, auto) etc? How do you coordinate with the other pilot in terms of positioning? What's your...

I am in, planning to depart 06C around 9 AM. This will be my first POA fly-in, so how do we connect once on the ground?

It's a bit tricky alright. The runway lights are not clearly visible until you are in the downwind. It takes some faith in your GPS to fly into 06C's pattern. By now I've identified a few landmarks that make the approach a bit easier but I remember the first time I flew solo back into 06C. I...

Patches received today. If you see a goofy looking guy at an airport within 300 NM of KORD wearing this patch on his 25-year-old, moth-infested fleece, come say hi to me. (The moths are well-behaved. Don't let the ham radio hat scare you off either.)

I am in as well. Plenty of time between now and Thanksgiving. I'd rather not fly on weekends because rental availability out of 06C may be tight. Also because Bessie's gets very busy on weekends, and the wait for a table could be quite be long (making my rental window even tighter).

I'd like to second all the good stuff that has been written about Bessie's at KJVL so far. I flew there today and I loved the place. The new terminal is spacious. Access from the ramp requires an entry code which is the ground frequency for the airport: easy to remember since it was the last...

When visiting another airport, once on the ground, I call to ask if there is a particular area they'd like me to park. Sometimes I get no response. At my home airport (06C), I have called unicom a few times to alert the (sole) FBO to a visiting aircraft parked a bit too close to the taxiway...

FWIW, Gleim logbooks have two columns for xc: one for any kind of xc, and a second for those > 50 NM.

Folks, the dreaded moment has arrived. My mother-in-law asked me when can I take her up for a flight. Seriously, though, she is a lovely lady and I am delighted to take her up for a flight. She is wearing hearing aids and I was wondering how comfortable she will be with the DC H10-13.4 and all...

For sure. But this was my first encounter with a cloud, and I think those 40 seconds that separated me and the Delta felt more like 15 :-)

I had it written on my kneeboard, together with Gary's ATIS, but I had not tuned in on standby because I was planning to just fly over their airspace. As I was typing my OP, I kept asking myself: why did I go through the Delta? I could have just flown around it. That way I would not have to...

Last week I flew with a friend who's a helicopter pilot, from 06C to 05C for lunch. There is a very good Mexican restaurant (Mi Tierra) at 05C and it's a short flight from the home airport. The route is quite scenic, just south of Chicago's skyline. 05C doesn't have an AWOS station, so after...

Last week I took two friends on an aerial tour of Chicago in the 172. Here're three pictures: 31st Street Harbor, Chicago's newest harbor just south of Soldier Field (and north of Comiskey Park); The skyline with Sears Tower (or whatever they call it now) to the right, as seen from the...

If you are comfortable with grass runways come up to 2P2 -- I will be there the from 10/3 through 10/10. (Message me directly for contact info). There is no restaurant at the airport but in all likelihood, the courtesy van will be there for you to drive 10 minutes to a nice place for a meal. The...

The Cherokee is a good airplane to learn and a fun one too. Your skills on a low wing airplane can be easily transferred to a high-wind airplane: you may have to fly for an hour with an instructor and that's it. Having said that, I should mention that once you start training with a low-wing...

Folks, I am posting his for a friend. He has a commercial pilot license from Equador and currently lives in Chicago. He would like to earn a US CPL. Reading the regulations, especially 14 CFR 61.75, it seems that he can use his Ecuadorian license to obtain a US PPL, and then continue his...

Stalls can be scary until you actually do them. Yes, they are potentially dangerous but when you practice them at a safe altitude and with an instructor, they are becoming a valuable learning experience. And in the 172 stalls are gentle, and very easy to recover. Really, the moment you let go of...

Do I surrender my certificate to the nearest FSDO, or do I mail it back to FAA HQ, postage due?

The airport I fly from (06C) is under the lateral boundaries of KORD's Bravo airspace. My airport is at 801 ft. The Bravo sector above us starts at 1900. TPA is at 1601. When departing or approaching, I maintain 1700'. That gives me some separation from TPA and also a 200' buffer below the...