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Join Plus One Flyers, right here in SD ... largest flying club in the world with a fleet of almost 70 airplanes at 4 area airports. $34 monthly dues and affordable rental rates, even compared to other parts of the country. You can rent a 60HP 172 for $100.00/hr. Pick a flight instructor, lots...

Oh and the reason I asked my initial question was because eventually I'd like to stop renting and start owning and was wondering what the options were then. Thanks for all your answers. Much appreciated.

Thanks. Yes that is my habit in all the club planes I'm currently checked out to fly (Cessnas, Archers, and Arrows). They all have a rotating beacon and strobes. Strobes are off until taking the active (or when crossing a runway). However, I'm looking to transition to the club's Diamond and...

Not sure it matters. But maybe it does. Let's pick the Diamond for example since we have one in the club.

Is it legal to have a rotating beacon installed on an airplane that doesn't have one? Most experimentals don't have one. Neither do Cirri or Diamonds. Not a fan of taxiing around with strobes on.

SkyVector has a "send to" ForeFlight function as well. If you're working on your plan on a PC, you can send an email link that you can open on your iPad; if you have the plan open in SkyVecor on the iPad, then it can open it in ForeFlight directly.

Private pilot flying an airliner (737-200 full motion level D simulator): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JosrpU8BCRY Non-pilot and private pilot landing it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7y7WVW0qLM

Let me help you. He's being taken for an expensive ride. He's performing to PTS, he's soloed and done his xc. What's left is to get that checkride done and then worry about mastering the radio ect.

Stories like this really pi$$ me off. Flying lessons are not designed to make you perfect but to make you safe and meet the practical test standards. I suspect you've long been there and you're your instructor's cash cow. Fire him and get one that will finish you up in a weekend. All you...

I signed it (or something similar to it) a few months ago and just last week received an email from California's senior US senator: [emphasis mine; typos hers]

I find it useful to set my heading bug to the ATIS/AWOS wind direction.

Good news? Bold emphasis mine.

To get a certificate number that goes into the airman database. Just a guess.

As an IR student I'm currently learning tons about weather that is overkill for VFR pilots. For my VFR flying I want to know about winds/gusts and about low clouds. For this information I have found no better source than https://www.windyty.com It gives you the current situation and the...

Incorrect. Refer to the CFR that I posted above.

14 CFR Part 61, section 1.b.3 (3) " Cross-country time means--" ii "For the purpose of meeting the aeronautical experience requirements (except for a rotorcraft category rating), for a private pilot certificate (except for a powered parachute category rating), a commercial pilot...

Very true. Have experienced it myself. Just recently with an eagle at 12 o'clock same altitude opposite direction. They dive you climb.

For VFR for me, it's ForeFlight on IPad as primary navigation and IPhone as backup. I tune the VORs in for practice only.

Agreed. I like the Apple Watch for flying as well. Although I do think ForeFlight can do better than their current incarnation of their watch app. I've pinged them about including frequencies (atis/gnd/twr) and they said they'll put it on their list of requests. Another aviation app I like on...

FAR 61.1(b)... (3) Cross-country time means (b) conducted in an aircraft (it won't let me put an upper-case b without changing it to a smiley of sorts)