Aviation Forum / General / Learning / October 2006

This came up in another group and I thought it might be important to you at
your stage of the process.  
https://flighttraining.aopa.org/apps/student/ft_free.cfm?priority=SX06BC
I recommend it and you can't beat the price.

Ok... I give up.  I just spent 43 minutes looking for the lost
communications procedure for arriving at a towered airport.
You would think it would be pretty easy to find.  I tried the AIM/FAR
index, Air Traffic Control chapter...  my Gleim's books then the internet.

Well, did another lesson today. Circuits. I can see I'm going to be on this
phase for a while. It;s the final approach I'm having trouble with.
Everything else is pretty much text book, with the exception of a tendancy
to creep up to 1050 - 1100 on the downwind leg. My radio work is ...

I've read that it's possible to take (and hopefully pass) the FAA
knowledge test before ever even stepping into a flight school, and I
had a few of questions about this.
- How realistic is it to expect to pass the test through self-study?

I flew my first solo xc today from KEKA (Eureka, CA) to KCEC (Crescent
City, CA). I took off at 10:45 to beautiful weather. That's a somewhat
rare event on the northcoast of California. I headed north, climbing to
my 4500 foot cruise level. In my Ercoupe that took me about 10 ...

I have a question about how you would enter the pattern for this particular
airport, and the AIM seems kind of vague in this area.
I will start with "Yes, enter the downwind on a 45..." as that is pretty
obvious, but my question is more about how you would overfly the airport to

Reading my student manuals this morning, I came across an air law that
confused me.
I can't remember the exact wording at the moment, so I'll try to paraphrase
it here in my own words as best I can.

Nearly a month ago I scheduled a dual XC for tonight. This morning the
instructor called to say he was flaking out on me, he has a better
offer.
I don't expect anyone to do anything about this. I'm just ranting. The

I have an ATC question concerning a trip I'm planning to Fairhope, AL
(4R4) that goes through Mobile, AL:
I want to fly over the battleship in Mobile Bay. It is within Mobile
Downtown (BFM) class D, and just barely outside of Mobile Regional

Hi, sometimes, a little helping hand wont hurt...
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The situation is this: I am flying a Cessna 172 on short final, Rwy 27,
when the 172 on the ground announces taking the runway for departure.
She apparently has her radio turned down and does not check final for
traffic. I initiate a go around and sidestep the runway to the south

In a Cessna 172 the deck angle in a power-on stall (at full power) can be
quite unnerving to a student pilot seeing one for the first time.   What do
the CFI's out there think about first introducing the power-on stall at a
lower power setting (like 2300 RPM or so) so that the ...

no postings in 24hrs?
interesting.. maybe the news server was down
BT

On the ligher side of the radio.....
http://airplanepilot.blogspot.com/2006/04/marriage-proposal.html
Allen

Well, had my fourth excursion into the aviation world today! We did stalls,
and we also did some circuits. Stalls in the Gazelle are almost a
non-event. It stalls at about 42kts, and rarely drops a wing, if ever. Did
a few of those, and some revision on climbing and descending turns ...