I need to go to DC tomorrow and I'm looking for the easiest airport to fly into. I'd love to fly into National but that just isn't going to happen anymore. What's the next best choice for getting downtown? (I'd prefer to get to a metro stop vs renting a car) I'm looking into KHEF and I've done...

Hello all. I am getting closer to checkride time and I was wondering if anyone has any recent experiences (good or bad) with examiners in the Atlanta and/or eastern Alabama areas. I realize that checkrides should be comparable regardless of the examiner, but an examiner's demeanor can go a long...

EFlybook arrived yesterday, so here are a few observations: Small grey tablet sized- see their website for actual dimensions. PRO: Light weight- I plan to velcro to a knee board. CON: somewhat flimsy IRex plastic shell don't lose the stylus, expensive to replace cheesy...

One of the things I do when planning a long trip is to plug in the start and end points into the flight planning software. In the route portion I place an intermediate airport if the route has to take a jog left or right for weather or obstacles. This then gives me the leg distances and times...

Mary and I spent several long days at OSH this week, researching our in-cockpit weather options. Because the manufacturers of our current GPS receivers (AvMap and Lowrance) have stupidly decided not to pursue in-cockpit weather for their hardware, our options were extremely limited. They...

I'm planning my first acorss the country trip from Seattle WA to Rochester NY in a single engine Grumman. I have already figured out a way to cross the Rockies (the northern route). Now the question is which route to navigate through the summer storms in the midwest. I'm instrument current, but...

When I got home from AirVenture, I described the GPS 496 and its capabilities to my wife. Her first comment in reply, "Sounds expensive."

We all know about the tradition of cutting off the shirttails when a student solos... What traditions are out there when a student passes his checkride?

Got one this week (or last week, I've been out of town) that says that new rules for CFI's have been implemented, etc, etc, etc. The odd thing is, it looks like it was printed on a $50 printer and wasn't even in an official envelope like I'm used to seeing from the FAA. It really only had a...

I am in the process of trying to buy life insurance for the first time and I was wondering if anyone had any advice for me. I am sure many of you have gone through this already. Here are the details: I finished my private license last novemeber. I have flown a little since, but only every 1-2...

So far they is still no TSA agent at my hangar waiting for me when I arrive for my flight. Thank GOD for General Aviation in America! Private Air, the only way to travel.

Our flight to Lansing, MI Wednesday was a good example of how XM satellite weather can really help the average GA pilot. The plan was to fly due East to Valparaiso, Indiana, just east of the bottom of Lake Michigan, and then hang a left toward Lansing. We've made this trip a dozen or more times,...

I had to laugh. :) Jay's aviation video web site is famous now (well, about as famous as you can get on the Internet), except that it's being touted as specifically a web site for aviation crashes. http://www.boingboing.net/2006/08/10/plane_crash_video_ub.html But they do say, there's no such...

I was playing around on video.google.com, and found some interesting (and unintentionally humorous) FAA films. Go to http://video.google.com and type in "faa public domain" as the search terms. The film on Density Altitude is a good starter, since it has the old high schoolish film music and of...

--Why should you have charts on board? And can you fly without them? --What would you do if you come to the end of your clearance limit, and you are unable to contact ATC? (ATC is still online, just not answering -you-)

We're planning to fly into West Yellowstone airport (WYS) in a Grumman AA-5 Traveler with stock engine. The landing and takeoff will be about 200lb under gross and we plan to take off in early morning. Densitiy altitude is of course a major concern. Has anyone flown to that airport in similar...

Well, after 20 years of flying GA I finally took the time off in the summer to do a coast to coast trip. Left the east coast of NC to flew all the way to L.A. and then up to San Fran. Headed up through the mountains of Montana and Wyoming before heading back the northern route across MN and...

Hi All, I'm looking recommendation for a video camera that would stand a VFR in a Piper 28 Cherokee 140 or a katana DV20. I tried already with a JVC with Hard Drive (Model Everio G Series). It didn't work so well, it seems that the vibration was too much for the hard drive, so it gives recording...

I would like to make my 1960 Cessna 172A IFR. Currently, I have only venturi vacuum. My A & P stated that as there is no STC for a vacuum pump intall, I need a form 337 field approval...I think it is form 337, I could be wrong on that. Does anyone have information relating to STC's and field...

With the news that Piper will produce the Hondajet, I am wondering if Piper will be able to produce the finished product to meet Honda's quality standards. Piper has not built anything bigger than a Malibu for 20 years. The Cheyenne IV/LS-400 was the biggest aircraft Piper has produced.