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Thanks for all the replies. I did consider just a normal go around but to be honest, I had no idea when he was going to firewall that 700hp Cessna Caravan. I assume he didn't know I was there and was afraid he might fly right into my undercarriage. One thing I didn't mention, we have a grass...

Rod says lean enough so when you firewall it for takeoff it stumbles if you forget to go back rich.

I'm a low time pilot but I feel like I should know the answer. Saturday was a nice day to fly and there were lots of planes taxiing, taking off, landing, and in the pattern. Everyone is announcing their intentions and everything seemed smooth. I turn final and the jump plane announces he's...

My flight school required me to get renters insurance. It wasn't too high. I got mine thru AOPA.

Two weeks from today I hope to be waking up in a tent (for the 1st time in 25 yrs) at my 1st annual trip to Sun and Fun!!!! Still planning on being in the air from NC at 5am on the 13th. Hoping for good weather.

About a month ago on a nice Saturday, I flew my wife to Pick N Pig (dozens of other pilots had the same idea). I announced inboand to land just over 10 miles out. I announced at 5 miles. I announced my intentions to enter the 45 downwind. I followed behind another plane and announced my extended...

If I could fly lower and lower and maintain visibility, I would do that to a non controlled field and land. If I got caught in IMC I would call ATC, fess up, and get guided in. I do have a wing leveler which I would use. I would turn it off just briefly to make turns. So, how much trouble would...

Yes, bring paper towels and Windex to clean up when you're done.

Never had that happen to me. Got cancelled due to weather a few times. My cfi was retired Coast Guard (an adult). Just out of curiosity, how old is your canceller...I mean cfi?

FAA test questions are written by the same people who write exam questions for Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Contractors license exams. They know little about the topics, they are psychologists. They take the material (FAR AIM and POH's for example) and make questions from it without...

You don't need to bug your heading, just follow the magenta line. I bug the wind direction and update it with each weather check. I'm a low time pilot and I constantly look for places to land off field. Bugging the wind eliminates that concern should an emergency arise.

I fouled plugs twice early on in my training when I wasn't leaning at all. Now I lean on the ground pretty much the same way I lean in the air. Pull it til it starts to cut out then back in just enough for smooth operation. I takeoff and climb at full rich and cruise at 65% and lean as described.

Thanks for the responses. I think I may be one of y'all that the IR comes easier than the ppl...we'll see. I'm just at 140 hrs now and enjoying flying freedom (more than 25 miles) but will start IR training one day. No simulator time. I look outside all the time, seems natural now, not at...

I'm curious, has anyone thought instrument flying would be easy and it actually was? Or do the people that thought it would be easy always get surprised? I wonder this because in my pp training I had to force myself to look outside. Early on my cfi was constantly telling me to look outside, scan...

I'm planning on going to Sun and Fun for my 1st time. Plan on being in the air by 5am from KLHZ on Friday and leave KLAL Sunday am.

Rule #1: always fly the airplane. I watched the video. Horrible, horrible crash. The only comfort anyone can have about that is death was instantaneous. For the plane to impact the ground in that attitude they either had linkage/control issues or didn't follow rule #1. Losing all thrust on one...

The Piper pilot says "suckers" :p

I think I can speak for my cfi. I'm pretty sure he felt safer in my 3300 hr tt w/ 200 smoh than he did in the 20,000 hr 172 which we had to declare an emergency in when the engine stumbled while turning crosswind at power reduction. Damn school wouldn't send an available chopper for us and we...

I got it right, never heard of Ronald. I'm used to incorrect questions though...I'm an hvac and electrical contractor. You wouldn't believe some of the questions on those two contractors license exams. Some of the answers to pick from are all correct, some are all incorrect. You have to pick the...

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