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• Weather Services

  
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  For METARs, TAFs and ATIS, the wind direction is true north. Do I need to convert that to magnetic north for take off and landing?  Or is it not a big deal?  
  4 days ago

• How is night PPL training done during the summer?

  
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  How is night flight training for the PPL done during the summer, being that the sun goes down close to 9PM? Do I just have a late lesson or how is it done?
  5 days ago

• American Flyers

  
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  I have been reading very mixed reviews of American Flyers (specifically in Dallas/Addison). I’m not sure if this is an appropriate question, but if you don’t mind giving a review without much anonymity, the. It would be great if the community here could give a critical review of the CFI/CFII 30 day program there. ...
  5 days ago

• 2 Pilots both logging hours…

  
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  Guys any idea where i can find another pilot to buddy up with so we can do some intense flying and both log the hours?  I am looking to smash out 75-100 hours of flying within a month to get my hours up for CPL.  Reason for having another pilot is to share costs obviously on fuel etc.
  2 weeks ago

• Strange But True General Aviation News

  
  AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points — Authority: 125
  Better safe than sorry.  A Hawker 4000 jet carrying golfing star Sergio Garcia was forced to make an emergency landing at Ireland’s Shannon Airport after the pilot reported a generator problem, reports the Herald .  The jet was on its way to a golf tournament in Charlotte, N.C. No one was injured. Landing ...
  2 weeks ago

• a cheap and quick 75 hours??

  
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  Hey guys… looking for some advise… I am at 90hours, working on my IFR I have about 20 more hours XC time and 15 hood to meet the reqs for that and my plan was to go full time straight through for 2 months and try to finish that and the CPL.  Is there any forum or place I can go to find someone in the same boat as ...
  2 weeks ago

• FSAddon – Sling 2

  
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  Francois A. Dumas of FSAddon Publishing announced on the publisher homepage they have almost finished the Sling 2 product package. The designer Simon Smeiman have also designed two autogyros to ship with the Sling 2 :  RAF 2000  and the  Magni M24 Orion .
  2 weeks ago

• Episode 247 – Arthur Rosen’s Aviation Opinions

  
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  Arthur Rosen blogs at My Opinion: Thoughts and Comments on General Aviation and he doesn’t hold back on his opinions. He’s a pilot, the AOPA-ASN (Airport Support Network) volunteer for Scottsdale Airport (SDL), past Chairman of the Scottsdale Airport Advisory Commission, he served on the Super Bowl Committee for ...
  2 weeks ago

• 2 written exams for the CPL?

  
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  Guys, I was looking at the online courses for the written for my CPL and Jeppsen has 2 one single and one multi… is there two written exams that need to be passed or just the one?
  2 weeks ago

• Florida Cruising Altitudes

  
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  Is it true that there is an exception in Florida to the cruising altitude rules of east being odd and west being even? If so, why? What I’ve been told is that at some point on a north/south route ATC has you fly odd altitudes if southbound and even altitudes northbound.  Thanks mm
  2 weeks ago

• UAV or UAS in the NAS.

  
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    (This is a repost, I was having problems with the original.)  I have heard more and more about Drones, UAS or UAVs, flying in the National Airspace System.  Over the next few years we are to see more and more of them.  As an active instructor I am intrested and concerned about this.  Does any know of any ...
  3 weeks ago

• Strange But True General Aviation News

  
  AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points — Authority: 125
  This is why we read the bill before we vote, folks!   The bill  that put air traffic controllers back to work was passed by the U.S. House of Representative and Senate, but President Barack Obama was unable to sign it into law. Why?  Because of a typo in the legislation, reports ABC News . Drugs in airplanes ...
  3 weeks ago

• 25nm solo flight to another airport endorsement

  
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  Hi, I’m studying for my CFI ticket.   Comcerning If I give a student a solo endorsement to another airport within 25nm found in 61.93:   1) The FARs seem kind of ambiguous, is this a one time endorsement, or do they need another endorsement every time they are planning on making that flight? Would the repeated ...
  3 weeks ago

• Recommended Route for Aerobatic Instruction?

  
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• Houston’s 1940 Air Terminal

  
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  Pilots and passengers arriving and departing from Houston Hobby’s runways 22 and 17 have probably wondered about the stately white building on the south side of the airport. The tower-looking structure on top identifies at as an airport building of long ago. It is – the structure is the old terminal that served ...
  3 weeks ago

• Strange But True General Aviation News

  
  AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points — Authority: 125
  That was a quick trip!  Commissioner Larry Kiker of Lee County, Fla., found himself in  hot water after FOX4 News discovered he used a county aircraft to make an 8-minute trip to the city of Labelle. The TV station used Flightaware.com to track the movements of the aircraft. Water landing number one.  Four ...
  4 weeks ago

• How Much do CFI’s make?

  
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  I am interested in becoming a Pilot and becoming a Career CFI. I am wondering how much I can expect to bring home. Basically, is it monetarily worth it to completely change careers for this? Christopher
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• Can Scud-Running Ever Be a Safe Practice?

  
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  While working towards my commercial certificate an instrument rating, I have done a number of “low” cross country flights, but they all were atleast 3000 feet AGL with 6+sm visibility, to avoid obstacles and other various dangers of “scud-running.”  However, I’m curious if there are ever situations where ...
  4 weeks ago

• Logging PIC Time / Acting as PIC

  
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  Need help clarifying: Let’s pretend a man named Joe has let his BFR lapse in 2005. He has a friend named Lisa who is a pilot and current on all fronts. Joe asks Lisa to go on a XC flight for a $100 hamburger. He is excited to fly again, will split the costs of the rental, and wants to fly the first leg and log the ...
  4 weeks ago

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