PilotDAR, I'm glad that you're able to tell us about it yourself! I have taken the dunker course even though I live on the prairies. Getting some decent life jackets is on my wish list too, for when the plane inevitably gets further from home base and encounters some bigger water. Thanks for refresh...

Sault to Winnipeg in one day? That's 14 hours with no pee or food stop. If your looking to see the country, Superior North is a great place to start seeing the beauty and not have to speed through it. Tbay to Sault is less exciting, be better to leave Tbay at 6 am, gain the hour and still get to Wi...

I have heard previously that a plane might be flown "hands off", using only power, trim, and rudders for control. Just over a month ago, out of idle curiosity, I tried it. I did use the yoke for take-off and landing but spent most of an hour flying without it: to, from, and around in a practice area...

... you might not get the clearance at all. In that case just fly east towards the Fraser River/Mission and step it up as you get out of the area. It's pretty easy to do completely uncontrolled if you like. That's how I brought a new-to-me C172 from ZBB to Alberta last December. 9500 seemed like pl...

Less than 100 hours, PPL with day/night VFR, sole pilot of medium condition C172i ('68), more than half the hours on other brands but a recent check out on C172. I'd have to look it up but as I recall it was between $1200~$1300 / yr for full in motion coverage. I'd expect that to start coming down w...

... So definitely have the skills to maintain equipment. I really want to build my own but I dont have a garage or any place to build... If you have the skills but no space, find someone with a similar desire who has space but would benefit from skilled help. I know of a diverse group who all start...

Two arrested for bogus distress call.

http://medicinehatnews.com/news/provinc ... ress-call/

Doesn't add much though.

My apologies if this has been posted before. It seems the video has been around for a while but I'd never seen it before:
http://www.flixxy.com/mid-air-airplane-repair.htm

cgzro wrote:i use same account on my ipad and iphone. works fine.

same here

The thought that so many of you put into threads like this is really appreciated. Like HiFlyChick's friend, I'm fairly recently licensed, with a night rating, my own plane now, and a similar desire to avoid becoming a statistic. I went PPL over RPP partially because I first started lessons long befo...

I can only offer a sample size of one, but I have had a few hours of tailwheel training in a plane with brakes on the left. I sat in the right seat and, at least in my case, the whole left/right picture thing was a non-issue. YMMV.

... At any rate I am currently failing my, "Fly once a month." Plan miserably. So buying is a losing proposition because you needed to fly about 100 hours a year before you are breaking even. ... Not breaking even financially is not necessarily "losing". Actually, I think saving money is pretty low...

AirFrame wrote:Two.

That was my first "knee jerk" reaction as well. I imagine it depends on how much plane you need/want and how many partners you can afford to do without.

Is this new again? I've been seeing this issue for a few weeks (months?) now too, not always but occasionally. Holding down the back button for a list, as described above, will work. It's often easier to just click back to the board index and start again. I have also tried to "machine gun" the back ...

... They classify people in a manner in which everyone in the same classification is paid the same regardless of their actual experience and capability. ... Not necessarily true. I work under a union, though not in an aviation field. My job classification is sub-divided into multiple classes: 1, 2,...

I got less than 20 hours when I was in my 20's. That took over a year and a sequence of three different instructors, still without soloing. When the third instructor moved on, I decided to quit until I could afford to do it all at once. Of course, that never happened. I started back in my mid-50's, ...

It might be too late now but, if you haven't left yet for your flight, relax. My initial solo was put off too when I was struggling with a windier than usual day. It got done the next time and probably went smoother for the extra practice. I'll tell you another little secret ... most of the guys get...

If I get off this site and go finish checking out the AD's, then the first annual should be about done. Who knows, I may even be looking for an excuse to fly up your way sometime. The W&B in a 172 is pretty accommodating.

... FANTASTIC! What did you make an offer on? I don't want to jinx it (or attract competition) until it's a done deal. 8) Well, what 'appen? Seems I can't afford to stay current, rediculous. I'm gaining weight too. Pretty soon I might be my pre-AvCanada self. [insert profanities here] The deal I po...

I came in on the low side of these estimates and I was doing it wrong. My first 17 hours took over a year, mostly flying once or twice a month but sometimes skipping a month. In that time I flew with a sequence of three different instructors, roughly five or six hours each. Fast forward to my mid fi...