Aviation Forum / General / Learning / March 2006

I've been up with my instructor twice since I busted my checkride and
he's rescheduled for this coming Friday (7 April). One small
complication: My medical and student cert expire today. I scheduled my
medical exam for next Wednesday to push it into April so I can get that

Anyone here crossed the puddle to tassie?  I would love to do this at least
once. Would plan to go via Cape Otway, King Island , Wynard ( or is it
Smithton  that is closest? , I dont have a Tassie WAC yet).   I  know and
accept the risk involved but wondered whether any flying ...

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15G21. My gut said don't go. The examiner said it's my call. It was my
call. My instructor told the examiner (in my hearing) "He can handle
this. We've been out in worse." He told me "I think you should go." I
went. I got pink slipped. It was _my_ call.

Why do you hear (non-pilots) say things like "he/she made a 'perfect' three
point landing" when in fact that is NOT a perfect scenario for a landing at
all.?
BTW, CFI stuff is going fine... The only catch has been getting flyable days

I've been lurking on this forum through my PPL training at PAO, and
learning a lot from the wisdom of others by reading way too late into
the night :-)
A few days ago I tried to schedule my PPL check ride (I've already

Well, after two years, ~55 hours and a lot of sweat, my instrucotr is
calling the DPE today to schedule my checkride. I've scheduled the
airplane (for Friday) and we'll see.
I actually feel pretty confident (right now). We've spent a good bit of

I just learned today that a mode c transponder rely on the standar pressure
(29.92) instead of the actual corrected sea level pressure and that the atc
find our actual altitude. This sound like a good thing.
Now I wonder if the transponder use the same "static pressure sensor" as ...

Yesterday (Sunday march 12th).
Went to Padova airport at 10 o'clock to meet a friend of mine, hop on
his SuperCub and go fly to Asiago airport. Very strictly VFR, given
that none of us has instrument certification (Not that the plane has

     MEI at Sheble 3/22/2006 at 06:50:53
     Last week, my wife and I took a week off and spent it flying the
Honeck family to Las Vegas.  We had an awesome time.  The flying was fun and
adventurous, the people we met were wonderful, and Vegas was... VEGAS!  Jay

Well I've been fairly quiet over the past few months because I've been
trying to finish all my written examinations so I could start the cross
country phase of my training.  Well the good news is that not only did
I finally pass all my written tests,  I went on my first solo cross

Movie trailer for upcoming film "Snakes on a Plane!"
This might be just the thing for your friends who are afraid of flying.
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00samuel%20jackson
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I wouldn't invest the time and money in a degree for it, although you
will find the mechanical background of being a competent mechanic will
likely pay for itself several times over, just in jobs you can do
yourself around the house....  I agree with the previous, lots of heavy

If you have discovered an engine problem during runup, did you decide to
return to the ramp?
What did you discover (symptoms)?
What was the cause?

Would anyone care to comment on the accuracy of this illustration of how
wing dihedral works from a 1981 Jeppesen Sanderson book.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?B25A35DCC
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