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Have your doctor prescribe Ambien for you. It is a very fancy/strong prescription sleeping aide. It works very well for me. I worked last summer in Athens for NBC on the olympics. On top of the travel, they changed my working hours several times with a 12hr offset! I was sure glad a took a...

Many boards have taken care of this problem by creating a new forum for political discussions. The rule is to keep all the political stuff there, so that we can choose to take a look if it interests us. Keeps it out of everything else too.

Wow, I think we need the story to go with that pic above! To me, the scariest is near midairs. I've had a few, and I'm surprised others haven't mentioned that. It also sucked when I was non instrument rated and ended up in the clouds, low, at night.

There are several things that can cause a cell phone to work not-so-well in the air: 1. The ground antennas don't point up 2. The switching systems are confused because you are hitting so many sites at once. 3. Speed. The biggest problem is speed and the doppler effect. This is why they work...

For some reason, I've never been too impressed by the Grand Canyon. However, I found Bryce Canyon to be amazing. Be sure to plan at least a short hike through Bryce. Also watch out for density altitude there,... it can be major. -Erik

Thought I would share some more footage with the group. This is some really great air-to-air footge that was shot for an upcoming general aviation series that will be shown in HDTV on The Outdoor Channel starting in July. I pieced together some of the footage to put on the net because I just...

Are you crazy??? You should never, ever, ever add up all those numbers like that. And if you do,. don't share them with us!!! It gets me thinking about it way too much.

This is what I did, and it works great. Go to an avionics shop and buy a headset plug, the kind you can solder your own wires to. Go to Radio Shack and pick up an RCA male plug you can solder to, and get an attenuating adapter that goes from RCA to mini (this is a little red adapter that is...

That will be a fun flight, finally getting to put your IFR skills to use to go somewhere! Mine was on a super cruddy low IMC kind of day, low pressure system, high winds, etc. It was quite a workout, especially with all the bumps and solid IMC. About halfway down, when it was especially...

The simple fact is that you will need at least 4 or 5 different planes to really be happy with your options. Maybe a helicopter too!

I would like to get everyones thoughts about what electronic flight planner they like, and why. I am using AOPA's planner, and I like it, but would prefer more options, such as auto routing for best altitude. So I am thinking of upgrading to the Jeppesen planner, but there are so many other...

Its a 1965 S-35 Bonanza. It is in great condition, it was redone top to bottom about 7 years ago and is still a 10. If you click on my avatar I think you can see a picture of it from the outside in my profile. There is a 1/4 share for sale in it too by the way. -Erik

Neat! Where is block island?

I asked for the hold, it was sort of a training flight for me. One things I'm finding is that I am getting pretty good with all the approach proceedures in my area, but am a little bored with them, yet I find myself not totally as ahead of the plane as I should be when I fly an approach outside...

Thats a great use! Where do you find red tagged stuff cheap?

Hmm,.. That's news to me, I'd sure like to know if that is really the case, I'd never heard it before, unless it is specific to your model. The GPS is supposed to always be checking for RAIM and alert the pilot if it isn't available. Infact, I have had one or two ocassions where it has...

Yes Regal is still there, and is a regular stop since they have good fuel prices. I ran out of battery before we could tape the approach, but I will do more videos in the future. I own the Bonanza in a partnership. It's a great plane, and an amazing value to fly. The operating expenses...

I have only owned one, a Beech Bonanza in a partnership for about 7 years. Prior to that I flew 152's, 172's, 172 RG's, 182RG's and a Commander 112A. I can't imagine selling the Bonanza, I am very happy with it. It's a huge step up from any of my previous planes, and costs less to operate...

Where did you find your little soap dish things? I've been looking for those. As for the GPS RAIM, isn't it supposed to tell you if RAIM wont be available when you load the approach, automatically? It sure would be a pain to dig through menus every time for that.. or am I missing something?

I'll have to shoot some video of the ILS 13R at Boeing field so you can compare what it looks like for real. I too used the sim to practice there. When I was early on in my instrument training we were about 40 miles out in light IMC and my instructor said "your flight instructor has just...