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I really find it silly that all adsb out “devices” still use a form of pressure transducer (with all its inherent errors) instead of actual gps derived altitude. The FAA lost a good opportunity to standardization the whole fleet that converted to adsb into using gps for altitude reporting...

I believe after the first mile off the coast, It becomes The Law of the Sea. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top.

Have you also thought about keeping a spare oxygen bottle in your automobile as well? From 2004 through 2007, there was an annual average of 384 traffic fatalities in FARS (Fatality Analysis Reporting System) where accidental drowning was listed as one of the causes of death. My guess is that...

I have heard ATC frequently group numbers whenever the pilot is changing frequencies and the initial read back was incorrect, ATC almost always say it differently the second time by grouping the numbers together. For example change to 134.05 if the read back was incorrect by the pilot, they will...

The guys at FF said “If you viewed the FBO's comments while connected to a data source, the comments will display while in-flight for a short period of time. We appreciate the feature request. I will pass your request on to our Product Management team for their consideration” It is true, it is...

This is something that I did not realize with ForeFlight. When you are on a cross country Flight and not connected to the internet, The FBO comment section is not available in flight. There appears to be a software glitch or maybe it just needs to be incorporated with the next update, but when...

Lets continue the debate. I think that it depends on if you are using oxygen in your bird at night. The (red) rods when you compare rods effectiveness at high altitude at night in comparison with sea level performance showed negligible elevations of thresholds for red light response, but at...

You should use your magnetic Gps on the ground to see if your compass is correct.(no wind correction) The Gps has to have some movement for it to work correctly. (Do not run into anything)

After reading all these comments, I now understand why the rate of stall spins mortality rate is so high in Ga. This is from the AOPA “keep the wings” flying stall and spin accidents: “Steep turns in the pattern accounted for 32% of all fatal accidents. Of the stalls, 25% of stalls...

The FAA should require a light signal at the runway threshold of every controlled airfield. Like a vasi “trafic light“. Steady green, cleared to land, steady red, not cleared to land and continue circling. (It would be manually controlled by the tower). It would also be used with every...

I have always thought distance reports are good for the tower to help them spot a plane in the air, time reports are much more accurate than distance reports for pilots given the great variation in speed of different aircraft for example Cessna Citation xyz is approximately 10 miles to the...

This is what it looks like, you have to connect the audio cable for it to work. I have made 2-3 flights with it, so far so good

Stratus Insight by Appareo Pirep (not the Stratus Horizon app) Since there I could not find any information on any of the boards, I purchased the one month subscription of $9.95 (1 year/$100) mainly to try the ATC transcription service. I was hoping it would help with clearance delivery read...

Has anyone tried the ATC radio transcription service in the new App?

I would think flying four legs of equal distance would give the most accurate model. Fly each leg at 90 degrees to the other, you are flying a perfect square Where as at the middle of each point and at level flight and same altitude record both Gps ground speed and indicated Airspeed. Take all...

My guess is that most NDB get pulled out by private pilots who own their airplanes just right before their IFR check-rides. I have know several pilots that have done this. Their thought, it is one less thing that they need to know that can cause them to fail their check-ride.

After living in New Orleans for 4 years, I learned that it is best never to leave anything of value in a locked car. Windows would be bashed in just to get a pencil. Best just to keep the doors unlocked. The best deterrent to having your car stolen was to have a standard instead of an...

An observation, if you still have your plane/s when u pass away, they will be more or less worthless to your estate. By the time the plane is sold and gone through probate, your estate has lost all the yearly hanger fees, it is out of annual, has not been flown in several years, and is...

I agree, Next thing you will see is ForeFlights parent company making airplanes