Sport Pilot Talk

My wife will fly with me, but there has to be a reason and a destination. Saving two hours by flying instead of driving to visit my Mom? Check! Flying from Georgia to Michigan to visit her Mom? Check! Flying in to a small airport for lunch? Check! Flying "around the patch" on a beautiful ...

Bowlus does last awhile. And, it comes in different widths.

I have owned 9 or 10 planes since 1974. Unless you are buying for business purposes, don't try to "justify" it. You will usually be disappointed. I did luck out with a C-206 I bought in 1983 for $37K and sold run out in 2002 for $117K. There are probably many owners during those years that...

I have been flying for almost 52 years Most of that in Alaska where I lived most of my adult life. From age 18 to age 60. Now 72. Currently we live on a residential airpark in Oregon. Hangar attached to house. Have owned 9 airplanes. Life is good. Although I know the time will come, it's not here ye...

Good job! I enjoyed that.

Dave - agree. For sure these are not "one size fits all' situations.

Agree with Andy. At uncontrolled airports with more than one runway, taxi transmissions are mostly unnecessary. Another call not really necessary at a single runway airport is stating "clear of the active". Unless the runway is 3 miles long, arriving traffic can see the runway is clear. Al...

Wm.Ince wrote: "there but for the grace of God, go I"

Bill,

I was about to post the same thing.

I've had the iFly 740 for some time now. No problems. Love it! As I did the 720 and 700 before. John, have you ever had an opportunity to compare the IFly 740 screen vs Android tablet vs IPad? Are you a beta tester? I am not a beta tester and have not compared it to android. From my observation it ...

I've had the iFly 740 for some time now. No problems. Love it! As I did the 720 and 700 before.

I've had Telex Stratus 50's for 6-7 years and love them. A couple years ago I got a Lightspeed Zulu.2 and have been disappointed with it.

Don't over think it. Just trim to fly hands off. No matter what phase of flight you are in.

How do the Chinese--and Harbor Freight--both make money at that give-away price? I haven't a clue. Ask again in a year when that tool has become an inert paperweight. ;) When I was building my Sonex I went through three HF pneumatic rivet guns before giving up and buying a quality one. The HF stuff...

I have heard it is because some installations placed the oil tank too high. But, I don't know for certain.

I pull through a couple of times, mostly because that is what I have been doing for 50 years now.

I can't tell the orientation of the runway but if he was taking off at 4:00 p.m. and into the sun he may have had trouble seeing the trees??

Just a possibility.