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- New to it all flying
- Pilots Needed for Study on Meteorological Weather Displays
- Seating Dilemma
- Gliding in Baja
- rich and lean mixture
- SR-22 vs DA-42
- SR22T short field perrformance
- Garmin 530 night display
- Free VFR Kneeboard Flight Planner
- Advice for transitioning from CPl(H) to turboprop or jet?
- Where can I find a Diamond to train in? Minneapolis area
- Why was the world speed record held by a seaplane for 5 years?
- Learning to fly in an SR20...Good Idea?
- Working on a laptop with autopilot
- Buying a SR22 for the chute
- Question on Contract Negotiation
- R22 and R44 Special Tools
- Feasibility of commuting from MD to NH via private plane
- Mirage v Cessna 400
- $75k Learjet..how much to make all this happen?
- Oxygen for dogs inflight
- CLIMMING FAST IN A WWII PLAIN
- The light bulb, chain reactions, lessons on safety
- Robinson Helicopter Insurance
- Can you identify this early aviator?
- R44 article
- Helicopter training
- Pilot Training, Boundaries of pilot license
- Life Insurance - Yikes!
- How to fly multi engine helicopters
- need help with design of light aircraft glass cockpit
- Thoughts about Synergy Aircraft?
- CEssna vs piper
- General Aviation Pilot Safety Database Record
- Instrument approach peculiarities
- Is Mirage Engine really that bad?
- Piper Seminole Propeller Synchronizer
- Will I be able to fly the Mustang?
- taking dog to Baja
- Part 135 Certificate
- Size comparrison between 2002 and 2006 DA40
- Am I insane, or is this doable?
- helicopter selection
- Malibu?
- Part 141 IFR Training with own plane?
- IFR training. G1000 or classic nav/com?
- Logbook fees during annual inspection?
- Tipping FBO Personnel?
- difference between pylons
- Aircraft Depreciation and Revenue Share
- accident aftermath
- New student - motion sickness
- FADEC for the PT6?
- Garmin G1000
- Plastic planes on unsealed runways.
- Katana DA20 A1
- Aircraft call signs changed by tower?
- 3G iPad in the air
- Flying LOW over the OCEAN
- FAA Form 337
- Aviation Maintenence Programs
- pilot license
- Single Yoke Flying Lessons
- Can you fly being blind in one eye?
- trip to the caribic
- Ditch and flip?
- State of aviation software recommendations
- Simple Nav Log Web site
- Terrafugia Transition
- Advise
- LSA Maintenance Certification
- Separate LLC for Each Aircraft?
- Can I Descend to MEA/MOCA if Cleared for Approach before IAF?
- Should I fly in a small Cessna?
- Thoughts on Handheld VFR GPS units
- Turbine Cessna 210 Centurion Silver Eagle
- halo headset
- Is $16 000 a good price for a Tomahawk?
- Tie down / hangar rental fee web site?
- Lean to Fly--Light Sport vs Private Pilot
- How to become the next Kelly Johnson
- Goodyear 505 Tires on a Christen Eagle
- Solo/Rental Insurance - Insurance Co. subrogation rights
- i want to fly like this. how many hour untill thes skills
- Is newer technology necessary for IFR flight?
- Sunglasses
- Piaggio Avanti
- cirrus auto pilot
- 1998 Mooney Encore Glass Panel Retrofit
- Runing costs for a Robinson R44
- Flight Planning
- DA40 Storage in a 42' side hangar
- 1.Gas turbine engine RPM 2. condition to maintain same altitude for increase in engine thrust.
- R-22 -- Governor / Correlator
- TKS Fluid Toxicity
- Updating Instruments or Renting from school
- Upgrade from a 1974 Bonanza A36
- Raven ll w a/c overheating
- Buying a Plane - Defunct Manufacturer
- Dealing w/ Tornados
- effect of rich and lean mixture on engine performance
- Flying with Kids
- Opinions of Mosquito XE Helicopter
- Guidance on Choice of Flight Training Schools
- Pressure alitude ?
- aircraft training crash
- King Schools Material
- Anyone experienced with G500 or G600?
- How can I become a navi pilot?
- Tax Accountants
- Meridian Pitot heat switch
- How many gadgets do ya need ?
- R22 maintenance
- Update on Headsets
- Cirrus SR22 or Piper Saratoga
- Flying With Dogs
- Lowest stall speed of production aircraft
- reason for the stall strip on the da20-c1 wing ?
- Deducting use of plane for charity
- Are flt plans public ?
- Meridian vs Jetprop
- Complexity of RNAV procedures
- Rent vs. Purchase
- Radio communications gettin stepped on ?
- Choosing a Flight School - Follow up
- Mode C 30 mile circle around Class B on charts ?
- mooney rocket vs 252
- Length of class III Medical certificate
- How to deal if crosswinds kick up ?
- A good lowtime personal minimum checklist ?
- Revive US PPL or Piggyback ?
- What is the fair value of an R-22
- Latex class for kneeboard printouts
- High altitude flight planning
- Value of Various Safety Features for IFR Flight
- Cessna 182 And 206
- FAA mtg tonite on GPS WAAS in Bedford Civ Term
- Garmin car gps ?
- Piper 6XT
- IFR in Class G
- Old rental planes ?
- Why need steep 60 degree turns ?
- Using GPS as Nav Source for ILS and Other Approaches
- Seattle to Mexico city
- CPL Training in the US
- Piper Meridian training in the US
- Cessna 206H Stationair - Icing
- Flying to Baja, how safe is it?
- avidyne for the SR20
- Diamond DA50
- Eclipse sale of new aircraft
- Want to Become Commercial Pilot
- GPS 430
- DA 40 - Tall Person
- Best First Plane, Budget Class
- Landing a Cirrus
- Cirrus purchase
- Need Help Learning To Land The Plane!
- DA40 weight/balance
- And you thought President Obama's visit to MVY was bad for local aviation...
- Does interior noice for single/twin/tp really matters?
- Piper vs Cessna stall speeds
- choice of a used twin engine to own
- Enhanced Vision Systems (EVS) (Night Vision)
- letsfly.org
- G1000 on Cessna CitationJet
- TKS on a 2007 Cirrus SR22?
- Sunblind or Sunvisor for single piston?
- Time to get Instrument rating
- Choosing a Flight School
- is there an airplane like this?
- Personal Aircraft
- Steering wheel for piston aircraft?
- Importance of aircraft manufacturer
- Buy and learn in a DA20?
- Are there any piston aircraft using Diesel/Jet-A?
- Prospective pilot questions: plane sharing? second career?
- Fying to the Arctic
- Cirrus SJ50 doomed?
- Have a plane, need an instructor
- Aircraft for instruction by an independent CFI
- Diamond DA40 air vent noise
- Why so many crashes lately -- many with CFI's?
- Best Private Pilot Course Materials?
- SR20 for initial training
- SVT is now out for ALL Cessna G1000's
- formulas for performance calculation
- Single-engine IFR in IMC
- Average Cloud Tops
- A way to receive certification from FAA?
- DA40 turbine conversion
- Cirrus SR 22 G3 Turbo
- The LSA Route?
- Plane purchase via small business pending early retirement?
- Safety of light aircraft and seaplanes
- plane shopping
- starting a charter business with a Cessna 172
- SR20 Hot eng start
- LSA training Boston
- DA-20 C1 vs. DA-40
- DA40 purchase - issues with XL?
- S-TEC 55X Autopilot
- An unusual plane
- Airplane Finance
- Future For Fuel
- SR22 GTS G2 vs G3
- DA-40 Depreciation
- mustang gas comsuption
- Best EFB Solution
- Fluid vs Thermal heat De-Icing
- Choosing a flight school
- STOL Conversions
- best 4 place plane under $200,000
- How to afford becoming a pilot?
- Conquering fear of flying solo
- Choosing a 206 or a Saratoga - New or Used
- What drove each of you to learn to fly?
- Vans Aircraft
- Aircraft Painting
- garmin 296 vs 430
- Turbo Vs. Normally Aspirated
- Will BRS system make me feel safe?
- Writer needs help with plot point
- Rebuilt plane after “bird strike”: safe for long flight?
- Old Jet vs Turboprop
- Glass Panels
- Older Beech Debonair or Bonanza Owners...???
- Cessna 340 - good CFI in Northern LA or wider SFO area?
- ferry pilot for DA40 across the Atlantic
- Use of utility vs normal certification?
- Delivery
- Change of CFI
- Backup equipment
- Schweizer 300 vs R44
- VLJs Single Pilot Oxygen Requirement above FL350
- Non-CFI Opportunities to Build Hours
- Hot Starts C182T
- Yet another Mooney-low time pilot scenario
- Sightseeing Flights in the Boston Area?
- Bendix/King new handheld GPS - AV8OR
- STOL plane landing on ultralight strips
- Multi Engine Time Building
- FAA PPL vs. JAA PPL
- Buying a DA40 from Dealer
- AirNav.com censuring
- Fractional Ownership of DA40
- Sources of Accident Data?
- Sandel vs Aspen Comparison?
- A few flight training questions for NJ
- Lightspeed Zulu vs. Bose X
- STEC55x and Garmin 430W
- what airplane for grass airfield operation
- Future of GA and Rising Fuel Costs
- mountain flying course
- Cirrus Perspective
- Lancair IV-P, any experience?
- Summer Flying
- Cirrus Spam
- DA40XLS vs. SR20G3
- Career change to Electrical Engineering
- Getting in the way of approaching airlines
- Student Pilot and Emergency Parachute
- Thielert 2.0 reliability vs. 1.7 in the DA42
- Staying Current
- What to learn in?
- What airplane should today's student pilot/renter expect?
- Stall/slow turn training
- General helicopter instruction question
- Class B clearances - Cape Cod
- What is the best ANR headset for DA-40
- Best plane for 450 nm commute, 80 nm over water
- moving map software on tablets or PDAs (APIC etc.)
- Older Vintage Cirrus SR-22
- Crosswind Landing DA-40
- BOSE Aviation Headset X compatability with a 2005 Cirrus SR22 GTS
- AOPA working on future avgas
- Student Questions
- camera bag on a Cessna 402
- Cirrus Chute Replacement
- Independent CFI vs Flight School, suggestion in New York Area
- DA40 (early) vs. DA40 XLS
- Instrument training in DA40/SR20
- sr20 G3
- New pilot questions
- Which set of keys do you most reach for; rotor- or fixedwing?
- The MIG factory
- Which plane for a new pilot?
- how to get specific model experience
- r44 vs jetranger vs eurocopter
- Cirrus or Diamond
- The LSA Option?
- transition to a mooney
- cirrus tks vs mooney bravo
- If An Annual Says A 1956 Cessna 172 Is Safe Is It?
- lancair pressurized
- Flying with one hand
- Cessna Stallion
- G1000 waas upgrade
- 172 vs 182
- Best two seater for a ... family?
- DA40 vs 172sp
- DA 40 Versus SR20
- flight instructor rec republic airport,ny
- avidyne pfds
- Glass cockpit manufacturers comparisons
- mooney bravo vs rocket
- Questions about Garmin GNS 530 and Collision Warnings
- GNS530 WAAS COM problem?
- SR20 v. SR20-G2 - What's the difference?
- Thanks Mike.....(MU-2)
- Single Engine vs. Multi-Engine
- cirrus parachute
- Garmin 530
- Glass panel or not?
- Former Pilots
- GA safety
- Thoughts on VLJ?
- Health and Physical Requirements to be a Pilot
- DA40 new or used
- Heli cost : Canada vs US
- Part 135 start-up...
- single engine safey
- Flight Instructor Recommendation - Chicago
- ditch and flip
- Total heli time to self-sufficiency
- Epic, Spectrum, and Eviation...
- Entegra - stable release
- G1000
- Composite airplanes and hangars
- flying the alcan highway
- Beech 33 safety
- Is there software available to allow you to map out a flight plan on PC and upload it to a Garmin 430?
- Future of Avgas
- DA40 in Las Vegas in July
- turbine (prop/fan) questions...
- practicality and costs of flying oneself instead of airline travel
- How safe are airborne geophysical surveys (plane/helicopter)??
- Rotor inertia
- in-the-ear headset --good or bad?
- Twin vs single engine with parachute for cross-country
- GPS substituting for Marker Beacons?
- Leasing a plane to a flight school
- Is a Private pilot lic. required prior to getting a commercial heli rating?
- Student insurance during helicopter flight training
- Does anyone have any insight or tips to share on how to land a helicopter on a dolly?
- DA20-C1 Forward Slip with Full Flaps
- Malibu safety record
- Logical progression of airplane ownership
- I have an Airplane Instrument rating. What do I need to get Helicopter Instrument rating?
- Vision requirements
- Justification of helicopter for personal and business use
- Diamond DA42
- help with dilemma: 3 small kids/ need 5 seats in single engine
- Piper Meridian
- new flier, married , concerned about safty and cost
- aviation headsets most comfortable with glasses
- Aerospace Engineering...
- Hours vs accidents
- Prescription Medicine and Operation of an Aircraft
- Charity Airplane Ride Donations
- Expected operating costs?
- At what altitude will a piston engine run coolest-high or low
- what are influence of air conditions on piston engine power?
- Diamond D40 vs Cessna 182 for new pilot?
- robinson heli 12 year limit
- American Flyers
- Would I need multiple Jeppesen subscriptions for 430/480/530 stack?
- Landing DA40
- FCC radio license to fly international?
- Landing a DA40
- White circle around ENE
- Landing DA40
- Is the height very important to be a pilot?
- Flight Instructor Recommendations around Madison Wisconsin?
- Ground leaning the DA40
- How far can smaller jets fly
- Take off and landing
- G1000 Feature Function Questions
- quiet take-off and landing condition
- LIGHT IFR PANEL
- GNS 430 vs GNS480
- opinions on economical light twin
- Garmin vs Avidyne
- FL210 versus 21,000'
- Can a STOL CH 801 be used for commercial purposes?
- Difficult Parents
- plotting 2 sided sectional charts
- Worthwhile to get instrument rating if VOR, NDB, ILS decommissioned 2010?
- What does it cost to get a private pilot's license in metro Boston?
- vfr to the caribbean?
- Writer in need of help
- Speeding too fast
- Trip to Venezuela and Columbia
- speed
- Best plane for private pilot licence training...
- VOR Receiver Theory of Operation
- Anyone seen this movie by a flight attendant?
- Intentions and teaching
- online ground school
- DA40 Vs SR20
- for making a plane with plastic matarials
- Is Chelton EFIS superior to G1000 and Avidyne?
- GARMIN430 GPS
- Air crash survival, land or sea better?
- piloting job security
- Deciding which Plane/ Mountain Goat
- Mountain Goat Airplanes
- details of aeronautical engineering
- IFR Training
- do you recommend garmin 430 or 530 for ifr
- Why the SR20?
- learning to fly ultralights, floatplanes, etc.
- Restrictions for aerial photography?
- Cirrus SRV
- DA40 Reliability
- Will Cessna respond to Cirrus by adding parachute to their planes?
- Garmin 430 for single-pilot IFR ops?
- Rotorway Exec 162F: any opinions?
- Requirements to become a commercial pilot
- Becoming a Jet Pilot
- Garmin CNX80 - Any other users?
- The coming devaluation of Mooneys?
- safety
- Hanscom Aerobatic Lawsuits
- Leaseback DA40?
- Light Turboprops
- de Havilland Comet design
- Charting Solutions...
- Learning to fly a floatplane
- Good instructor in Seattle?
- Put flight routes on a map
- how hard was it to learn the Commercial maneuvers?
- boat hull or floats?
- cabin noise: single piston, single turbine, or twin piston?
- Interesting places to stop between Oshkosh and San Francisco?
- Any tips on flying into Oshkosh?
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