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There are specific mountain flying courses around here, so I would not recommend heading into the mountains without that kind of experience. Colorado Springs itself is located in a semi-bowl, so you get fairly close to mountains just flying in and out. It is not close enough to be concerned if...

I try to fly twice a month, but with winter weather is has gotten hard to do that in the last few months. So I am more in the 30-50 hour per year range. I am sure my use would go way up if I could own, and that is the plan in a few years.

My #2 is Saltwater fish. Currently have 3 tanks going with a total of around 500 gallons of salt water. This hobby also has the equivalent of AMU pricing. When I bought the first tank I was very concerned with the price of the glass box and the living things that went in it. What I was missing...

When I search in google and hit the link they provide I get to Amazon just fine. No scam page. Could be your DNS server pointing to the wrong page.

I agree that flying is flying. Having airports you are familiar with, or terrain you want to practice is great. But in the end flying is about reading maps, charts, plates, and being able to use the equipment in the plane to follow specific paths and instructions. I am a new low-time pilot, so...

Actually starting on Dec 27th is expands to cover a lot of the Western US if you pay a few more bucks. If you stay on the normal plan you lose SFO as a destination at that time as well. SFO will only be covered for those that upgrade to the new plan. The new plan add Seattle, Denver, and a few...

Sorry, not to derail this, but I really wanted to help this guy out... They are MUCH more expensive then the pedals the big names offer, but check out the Crosswind Rudder Pedals. Or if you really want something that can handle the pressures of your feet for hours at a time that will last for...

I really wish I had something aviation related to offer in the place of that. I am planning on ordering a few of those items specifically for building out my cockpit here at home, but just do not have anything I would consider of relative value to pass along to PoA members. Great idea, and I...

The game seems to pretty video intensive as opposed to CPU intensive, so I left those out. Running 16GB DDR3 on an Core I7-4790 CPU.

Running XPlane 11 at almost full max settings with no add-on planes or scenery at this point. Everything installed on an SSD drive to increase texture load speeds when needed. Nvidia GTX980 with 3 monitors for total screen of 7814x1440 (This is with bevel offsets, 7680x1440 real). Using Warthog...

Not only survive, but do not have to hide the purchases from my wife either. I was a good boy and just picked up a new SSD drive for my computer.

I am thankful that we moved away from Denver to a small town in Colorado. My son started Kindergarten this year, and they actually allow the students to make gun hands and say "bang" to each other around here. I am guessing it will not be too many more years until the PC mentality begins to...

Got my replacement N7 the day Verizon got them in stock. They will pry this phone from my cold dead hands.

I am sure every case is a bit different, but for my asthma they forced me to do a Pulmonary Function Test (PFT) as part of the SI. Expensive test that was not covered by insurance since my doc did not need it to diagnosis or treat anything. I really hope they do not make you go that route...

My advice is much the same as a lot of the others here. Call out all your moves as if you were telling the CFI what you are doing. It keeps you on track so that you don't skip something in the excitement. Other than that just keep doing exactly what you have been doing since you started all...

I reached them from the ground three weeks ago. Just to be clear, I was in the parking area in the rental plane there and could hear the controllers at CAE just fine.

If I lived in CA I would go out of my way to give you a lift just because you have proved by your comments that you are indeed an interesting person with a good sense of humor. :) Keep right on giving these guys hell. :D

Watching this with great interest. I live too far away to use them very often, but based solely on the number of planes they have for rent I was thinking they may not be a bad choice for when I am in Denver a few times a month.

Here was my example and how my CFI had me log things. I had to do some training with another instructor at the end of my PPL before the checkride. That trainer is based at another location which is 47 miles away. She signed me off to go there, but I could not count the trip as a XC because the...

So this is for the knowledgeable guys, or better yet if Dr Bruce could chime in. My wife was thinking about getting flight training since I just finished my PPL, and my brother is as well. Both of them are in the same boat with this question. Both have been diagnosed as pre-diabetic. Neither...