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Can you tell me tomorrow's lottery numbers? Because you mention this, and then it happens. The FAA just published the NPRM in the Federal Register, effective 12/1/2024, that will phase out the expiration dates on CFI certificates over the next ~2 years.

The Moss Interpretation holds that an A&P has to physically be present at the point of inspection/repair and can't just be available for a video call. In other words, "in person" means in person for the purposes of 14 CFR § 43.3(d). Which hardly seems groundbreaking and the kind of thing to...

A recent ForeFlight update asked for access to iDevice accelerometer data, so I expect the fleet of devices capable of reporting turbulence to expand substantially in the not-too-distant future. Every device running ForeFlight could be a source of data, and not just those connected to a Sentry.

Yes, and I do it for a club with different (aircraft-specific) currency requirements. In my Profile --> Preferences, there is a section called "Custom Currency Rules." At the end of the first line is a block "Click to Show." Click on that and it expands to let you define a custom currency...

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I did the Michters “tour” in their downtown location a couple of months ago and would easily repeat. We had reservations for the bar upstairs. Cool space, nice service, and good cocktails and bourbon flights.

Reservations required/encouraged, and it’s French, so no drinking within 50’ of the airplane. (Schedule an overnight, and stay fancy at the 21c hotel in downtown.)

I was there for a stop on the way to OSH last year, and then again during a visit to Louisville to have dinner in the restaurant at the old terminal. Flying was easy in-and-out, and I loved the art deco of the old terminal. Both ATC and the FBO were easy to deal with, and I quickly got in and...

It's been the rule as long as I've known; Order 8900.2C, Chapter 7, Section 2, Subsection 15, Paragraph (a):

The DPEs I work with charge the same rate for every "half-day" checkride: Private, Instrument, Commercial, CFII, Multi, MEI They charge about 1.5x that rate for the CFI-Initial because of how much longer the test is, and they tend to only do that checkride on a given day. If a checkride is...

A parallel issue I've discussed with DPEs is that they can't use "bad weather" days to do the oral portion of a checkride. There's no starting the checkride unless the weather forecast is good enough to allow it to be completed. We've squinted real hard at weather forecasts to support a go...

BBQ at SSI (5 minute walk down the street, good food) Barnstormers at GA2 (gorgeous grass strip, restaurant on the field) You can see a couple other places (not on the straight-line path) on https://pirep.io.

I talked to a controller ~5 years ago about this, and his view (as he was retiring) was that ATC never recovered from the PATCO firings in 1981. His view was that the brain drain was substantial, and rebuilding the expertise took more controllers than could be hired and staffed. The quality...

Oh, that’s what you mean. Yes, that makes sense. I’m glad that I have a checklist for these things that don’t rely on my memory, because I end up throwing a LOC into the mix.

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I had to go back and read the current ACS, because this confused me. I don’t require pilots to use ground-based aids on IPCs today, as long as the approaches they want meet the performance standards to count for a precision approach (DA <300’). That doesn’t immediately seem like it’s changing...

You mean Arcline Investment Management cornering the propeller market would be a bad thing for aviation? Surely private equity consolidation in the aviation industry hasn't led to higher prices. It's all about unlocking value.

That looks like what I have in IACRA for my AGI. Issued via a Zoom call with the Atlanta FSDO.

If a G5 or GI-275 were installed as an HSI replacement in the 6-pack, the other CDIs can stay where they are, and the GPS can feed the CDI presentation on the HSI. That might be the "fewest moving parts" type of Frankenstein replacement, and your grey matter will need to handle looking at the...

Today would be an amazing day to go up for IMC flying in Atlanta. It's widespread IMC with varying ceilings, no cells, and the weather is warm. I can find an airport where we have to go missed, where we'll shoot an approach to minimums, and one where we would have to circle to land, with VFR...