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Since I don't have any deice equipment I don't play with icing. But curiosity forces me to ask, "Since you can't see the ice building on your prop how can you tell it is getting ice?"

We fixed that.

Exactly. Under Ohio law you're only engaged in transportation if doing so for hire, so PPL has no worries.

If I'm going to be above 10,000' I always use oxygen. On my one day trip to KPHX it was 14 hours of flying and I was good, but the air was smooth! Getting beat up by turbulence really takes it out of me. Also, I find I fatigue a bit faster if I'm doing a lot of hard IFR flying versus a clear VFR...

Correct, but I would've had to stop in Canada for fuel so the passport thing mattered. Recalling that KIAG was my original plan's fuel stop and their METAR was BLECH (yes, I think that should be an official METAR code) I'd have had to gone further west, after detouring north into Canada, to...

Mostly they slept (Dramamine in them). When awake, they appreciated the smoother ride of a car but even then we were getting buffeted by the howling winds.

Your caution is admirable. Try gently pushing your envelope to become a better pilot. As advised above, if you're really worried fly with a CFI the first time out. OLD looks like the perfect place to do engine out and crosswind drills! Solo in a 172 you should have plenty of performance...

The other weekend we took a trip (myself, wife and another couple) up to Burlington, VT. I'll relate the details because the decision making was not trivial. Background: C-182E with /A equipment (VFR GPS onboard iPad on yoke, iPhone back-up) 54 gallons useable fuel (always full on departure)...

Our airport is in the process of a wildlife study and such things as discussed in this article are included. We're fortunate to not have any big open water near the runway for waterfowl to be near. There are other things you can do, like let the grass grow to 6-14" in height. People...

Ohio has plenty of low VIS and low ceiling days. Plenty.

With an oil filter it is extended to 2000 hours. My bird has a filter.

Two instances, over about 300 hours of flying, and you'd stop flying??? Especially since neither resulted in engine stoppage and both with tons of altitude to play with? As "bad stuff" goes in aviation I think my experience is pretty darn minor. Now would I prefer a fuel injected engine? Sure...

I have a 182 and have only ever experienced carb ice twice. Both times were at cruise, above 8,000' and over Texas in October/November VMC. I do not have a carb temp gauge. The first time it took a minute to figure out why I kept having to trim nose-up. Finally looked at my engine gauges...

General aviation is as alive as you make it. Quit worrying about what/why/how everyone else is doing and go fly. I went up today with a couple of friends for 1.5 hours just to stare at the fall colors. Wishing for the "good old days" is about as useful as ailerons on a boat. Tales of...

I've heard lots of tales about the Vari-EZ and Long-EZ being tight for bigger pilots. I'm 6' 2" and currently weigh just under 210 pounds (down a LOT from what I was, but that's for another thread). Does anyone have one of these canard planes that I could "try on for size"? Ideally, it'd be...

I stayed down at 4000ft westbound as long as I could due to headwinds. Higher up got worse fairly quickly. So at 6500 it would have taken longer. Generally I like to get up high, run WOT, lean it out and suck Oxygen. But I'm not going to do that if it slows me down. The only time I...

Cessna requires that they be placarded, "27 Gallons Useable," per side if you replace the bladders. Not my call, but I understand how Cessna got there.

I've never met Ted, but I can give my brief answers for myself: Age = late 30s Experience = 350-ish hours TT, IR rated and current Physical Condition = good (dramatic improvement last 6 months, but that's for another thread) Weight = low 210s (6' 2"), but geez, it's a C-182 and I was solo...

They didn't take away any gasoline capacity, they took away useable capacity. The fear was that replacement bladders would have wrinkles on the bottom that could act as fuel dams, keeping the last 5 or so gallons per side from flowing down to the feed point. Considering how replacement...

Yes, weather permitting the return trip will also be done in one day.