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A few weeks ago, I was talking to an older gentleman at a golf course, and I mentioned my 40th birthday was coming up. He smiled and asked "It went by quick, didn't it?" Yes, it did.

I want to see Student A's short landings one more time. Then we'll do a couple maneuvers, then finish up with the last hour of hood. It's going to be a long lesson, but we'll get everything done. T

The battle begun today on my attempts to order Bell Sympatico DSL service and receive my $200 gift card for such, as I detailed yesterday. My first call

*NOTE TO PILOTS* This following post contains nothing new that you haven't already learned. Feel free to skip this one. It is simply an explanation of Density Altitude to enlighten the non-pilot reade

There is a term in multi-engine flying called balanced field length. The balanced field length is the length of the runway required for a twin to operate safely with an engine failure at any point dur

I doubt I will find any dissenting opinions but I wonder just what is the point of the knowledge test. I understand that is supposed to test one’s knowledge of some aspect of what it takes to ge

This cartoon from

AVweb was kind enough to post this video to YouTube:



It's from 94 so it has been around the web for a while but it is nice that someone found it so we can all look at it again,

I recently learned that the flight instructor that I flew with for my entire duration as a student (short of one single flight) recently landed a job with a regional airline. Without saying too much,

I've decided to slow down. I was pushing to finish up and do my checkride by Jan 26. Losing 4 days last week for personal reasons, and now not having quite as much daytime flexibility as I had hoped

Dr. Chien answers a question from a pilot with a Corneal Hole.   Corneal hole Corneal infections Eye surgery Corneal transplants Medical Certification with monocular vision <

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I saw this photograph today and had to share. You can see the full story at Snopes at

Seriously thinking about moving flight schools. Nothing wrong with where I have been training, but it's impractical as it's about a 40 minute drive in the opposite direction to work, so a morning flig

I just walked across the living room into the kitchen and back. Without crutches. And it didn't hurt.

It was very slow, though.

I don't know if my surgeon was just being

I'm working on a coffin corner post, but I'm not done yet, so you're getting a few notes from a movie I saw instead. One day I watched the DVD extras from the movie The Incredibles (an animate