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Flying Into Forever: Rocky and Sherri Driggers' 1940 Luscombe

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 04:19:39 -0600

National Air Traffic Control Day: July 6

Sun, 06 Jul 2025 08:00:56 -0600

Flying Into Forever | A young couple's 'I do' to restoring their 1940 Luscombe

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 07:57:59 -0600

Ceremonious Changing of The Year on The AirVenture Grounds

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 01:45:28 -0600

SimVenture 2025 by PilotEdge: Real Oshkosh ATC for your Flight Simulator

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 00:29:15 -0600

It's Fun, Fast, and French | Jeff and Nancy Kaney’s Aérospatiale Gazelle

Sun, 29 Jun 2025 02:49:25 -0600

The Fun, Fast, and French Aérospatiale Gazelle

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 11:03:09 -0600

Wright Flyer III | 120th First Flight Anniversary

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 19:34:30 -0600

Vintage Oddity: Piper Clipper with Tandem Landing Gear

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 17:20:39 -0600

30 Days Until EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025

Mon, 23 Jun 2025 01:33:31 -0600

Homebuilt Aircraft Newly Displayed at EAA Headquarters in Oshkosh

Sat, 21 Jun 2025 01:34:24 -0600

C-54 “Candy Bomber” Coming to Oshkosh

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 19:49:44 -0600

Double Wheels, Double Take! | A summer sojourn in the Clipper Calypso

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 07:23:57 -0600

How to Unlearn Flaring Too Early After Flying a Solo?

Fri, 30 May 2025 00:58:14 -0600

I have already done 5 solo flights and have 85 hours flying Cessna 172, but recently I flare too early resulting in heavy landings. I have tried to unlearn this with my CFI, but it doesn’t seem to work. What can I do to unlearn flaring too early?!

PPL Written Test

Sun, 11 May 2025 21:30:51 -0600

For all the CFI’s out there, what are you using to Prep your learners for the PPL written test?

Endorsements

Thu, 08 May 2025 12:48:53 -0600

What endorsements are needed going from ppl single engine sea to ppl single engine land?

FAA or Jeppesen Instructor Handbook?

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 14:21:05 -0600

Is there any difference between the FAA’s and Jeppesen’s publication of the Aviation Instructor Handbook? Im finding the free FAA version to be difficult to comprehend the abstract concepts of psychology due to sub-standard writing, structuring, and flow.

Im still dedicating time to going through the book and create notes and flashcards but was hoping to see if anyone had any insight if Jeppesen’s version was better created and easier to digest.

Thank you.

Hotel Review: Hilton Podgorica Crna Gora

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 09:55:26 -0600

After a great stay at the St. Regis Rome (review here), we flew to…

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Attending The Naming Ceremony For MSC World America

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 09:39:38 -0600

I was graciously invited to attend the naming ceremony for the launch of MSC World America, the company’s largest ship. If you are considering booking travel LiveAndLetsFly.com appreciates your support. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. MSC World America Naming Ceremony As a travel agency owner, I was invited to the naming ceremony of […]

Is This The Most Stupid Diversion of 2025 So Far? Plane Makes Emergency Landing After Rogue iPad Is Found Onboard

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 09:35:15 -0600

Commercial airliners end up diverting to alternative airports far more often than many passengers would probably believe. Often, it’s down to maintenance issues, severe weather, or a medical emergency, whereas other times, the cause of the diversion is more of a head-scratcher. In an industry that takes safety as seriously as aviation, it’s hard to…

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Drug Bust Cancels British Airways Transatlantic Flight

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 08:55:30 -0600

A British Airways long haul flight was canceled after authorities carried out a drug bust on the aircraft, as flagged by PYOK, and documented by a passenger on Reddit. Thats gotta be awkward.

United First Class For 7,000 Points. Economy For 3,500. An Award Chart Even Experts Miss.

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 08:34:20 -0600

The absolute best deal for U.S. domestic flight redemptions (when saver awards are available) is using Air India Maharaja Club points for United Airlines flights. The option is little-known, probably because the points are tough for most Americans to earn.

Continue reading United First Class For 7,000 Points. Economy For 3,500. An Award Chart Even Experts Miss.…

10 of the Funniest Flight Attendant Safety Spiels Ever

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 08:13:50 -0600

We all know the drill…before the plane takes off, the flight attendants have to tell us what we need to do regarding cabin safety in the event of an emergency.…

This Is How a Longtime Amex Schwab Platinum Account Dies

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 08:07:53 -0600

Weeks ago, we decided to close my wife’s Amex Schwab Platinum card. The job is done, and here’s how the chat went.

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100,000 Points For Travel: Chase Just Relaunched One Of The Best Credit Card Deals Ever

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 08:04:00 -0600

We haven’t seen an offer like this in nearly four years. You can redeem the points at 1.25 cents apiece towards travel through Chase’s portal, or transfer them to airline and hotel points.

Continue reading 100,000 Points For Travel: Chase Just Relaunched One Of The Best Credit Card Deals Ever…

A Winter Trip To Tokyo & Niseko

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 07:51:18 -0600

Silver Airways Nears Liquidation, “Fails To Take Reality Into Account”

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 07:17:14 -0600

In very late 2024, Florida-based regional airline Silver Airways filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Executives at the airline insisted that this would be a quick restructuring, and that the company would emerge stronger than ever before in the first quarter of 2025. Well, things aren’t looking so good anymore…

155-Room Kimpton Frankfurt Opens: A Playful New IHG Property

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 06:58:24 -0600

I realize I take more of an interest in the Frankfurt hotel market than most, so if this doesn’t interest you, by all means skip this post. I have family near Frankfurt, so I visit pretty often, and am always underwhelmed by the hotel choices. Along those lines, I’m excited about a recent hotel opening, which should at least be a fun, new option in the city, at a reasonable price point.

Delta Strands Passengers Onboard Overnight After Diversions

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 06:29:13 -0600

Passengers on two Delta Air Lines flights from Mexico were stranded onboard overnight after weather forced them to divert to an airport without CBP facilities.

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Transfer Citi ThankYou Points To Virgin Atlantic With 30% Bonus

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 06:28:38 -0600

The Citi ThankYou program has just launched its latest transfer bonus, and it has the potential to represent a good deal.

17 Tech and Travel Deals at Amazon This Weekend

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 06:21:36 -0600

Some decent Amazon weekend deals on travel and tech gear going on this weekend, including headphones, luggage, locks, packing cubes and supplies, travel books and …

What Is Stacking, and Why Should You Be Doing It?

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 06:13:08 -0600

When I’m talking about stacking, I’m not talking about stacking cups, although that is an impressive, yet useless skill. I’m also not referring to the catchy Anna Kendrick song “Cups”…

As Families Boarded, Mexican Authorities Raided British Airways Flight For Drugs—Passengers Didn’t Get Hotel Rooms Until 8am

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 05:59:36 -0600

Tuesday evening April 8, British Airways flight 2202 from Cancun to London Gatwick wound up delayed more than 24 hours after Mexican authorities carried out a significant drug raid on the aircraft.

Continue reading As Families Boarded, Mexican Authorities Raided British Airways Flight For Drugs—Passengers Didn’t Get Hotel Rooms Until 8am…

30% transfer bonus from Citi to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 05:45:00 -0600

There is a new 30% transfer bonus for transfers from Citi ThankYou points to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club that just started today. This could make some of the best uses of Virgin Atlantic points significantly better if you can find availability that matches your needs. The Deal From April 13th through May 17th, 2025, Citi […]

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Hawaiian A330 High Speed Aborted Takeoff Due To Unstable Nose Wheel

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 05:41:33 -0600

A Hawaiian Airlines jet suffered a high speed rejected takeoff when departing from LAX, as reported by Beat of Hawaii, and there’s even video footage of it…

Trustee Overseeing Chapter 11 Bankruptcy of Silver Airways Calls to Dismiss Case

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 05:40:00 -0600

The trustee overseeing the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of Silver Airways (and its affiliate…

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Wrong: Foreign Visitors To US Must Check-In For 30-Day Stays

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 04:39:56 -0600

In an absurd and disappointing turn, foreign visitors to the United States must check-in for 30-day or longer stays or face a severe penalty. If you are considering booking travel LiveAndLetsFly.com appreciates your support. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. Foreign Visitors Required To Register For 30-day Stays Or Longer In the latest development […]

FEALX SID, KFLL. Accelerate to 250 knots

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 06:36:13 -0600

On the FEALX SID out of FLL, it indicates to accelerate to 250 knots. Normally in a C or D 91.117 limits us to 200 kts within 2500′ or 4 NM. However, closer look at 91.117, specifically paragraph (b), says “Unless otherwise authorized or required by ATC….”
My question is does the note on the SID constitute an “authorization” to accelerate before the normal 2500’/4nm limit. Looking to the AIM, 4-4-12, paragraph (k) also implies ATC can authorize it (assuming you are not under an overlying Class B. In this scenario at KFLL, you are not under a B). I’ve already searched the FAA legal interpretations, and came up empty. Obviously the conservative answer is to simply wait then accelerate, and in many airliners it is somewhat moot because you’re just accelerating around the 200 kias mark around the 2500′ level anyhow; but I’m looking for any definitive answer (outside of asking FAA legal). Thanks in advance for taking the time to think about this!

Soliciting Feedback on Radio Call at NTA

Sun, 09 Mar 2025 15:15:10 -0600

Looking for feedback from CFIs and their students:

If you were flying patterns at Hondo Regional (a non-towered airfield) and heard the following radio call, what path would you expect that aircraft to fly? “Hondo traffic, Texan 21, 3000 feet overhead the field, descending for left traffic runway 31, Hondo traffic.”
Same question except “Hondo traffic, Texan 21, 3000 feet overhead the field, descending direct left base runway 31, Hondo traffic.”

A few months ago, I posted a similar question regarding position reporting flying simulated engine-out patterns at a NTA. Thanks to those who responded. Looking back, I think this is a better way to ask the question.

IFR Equipped vs IFR Certified

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 08:12:28 -0700

A scenario: the TCDS for an airplane (in this case an 8KCAB) is silent on certification for VFR or IFR. The AFM states “VFR-only”. It is equipped iaw 91.205(d) and flown by a current IFR-rated ASE pilot. Can the airplane fly on an IFR clearance? 91.205 implies it can, but does the “VFR-only” in the AFM prohibit IFR flight or only flight in Instrument Meteorological Conditions? If operated in IMC on and IFR-clearance with the AFM VFR-only restriction, what regulation has been violated?

Citations, please.

Radio calls during power off 360 at NTA

Sun, 26 Jan 2025 11:37:46 -0700

I am a military T-6 (TEX2) instructor and occasionally fly simulated forced landing patterns at non-towered airfields. I typically arrive over the airfield/intended landing point 3,000’ AGL then fly a 360 degree steep descent to a short final. This maneuver is described in JO 7110.65 (PCG). I believe the civilian equivalent is the 360 degree power-off landing once required of commercial pilot candidates, and described in previous editions of the Airplane Flying Handbook. An example of my arrival radio call is “Smithville traffic, Texan 25, a military T-6, 10 miles west for simulated forced landing, runway 17, Smithville traffic.” My call overhead the field is “Smithville traffic, Texan 25, 3,000’ overhead, left simulated forced landing pattern, runway 17 Smithville traffic. I have also experimented substituting the overhead “simulated forced landing pattern” call with the following: 1. “descending for left traffic,” 2. “left descending spiral,” 3. “Left 360 degree power-off landing,” and our military call which we use at towered airfields, 4. “High key.” My base/final calls are similar to civilian calls.

My question is this: In your opinion, which of these overhead calls would best communicate with other pilots in the pattern? Also, I’m open to other suggested calls.

Emergency Descents

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 15:13:54 -0700

While brushing up on emergency descents, from all resources (textbook, POH, YouTube, online ground schools), I can’t seem to find anything documented or at least favored when it comes to performing such maneuver at either a constant bank of 30-45 degrees in the form of a spiral, the descending turns from left to right while maintaining a constant airspeed, or a straight dive (for lack of better term) down to the deck at a constant speed. I recognize that the nature of the emergency has a factor (engine fire, wing fire, cabin smoke). However, I have yet to find any cited references, even from the FAA airplane flying handbook, that dictates the course the maneuver (spirals, left to right, or dive). Am I digging too deep in this? Is this just a case by case? Or someone’s (or CFI’s) go-to preference? Any and all views and opinions would be helpful!

Logging cross country time

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 23:12:59 -0700

Can i log the whole flight time as cross country time?

My cross country flight plan is as below:

KRHV – E16 – KHAF – KRHV

KRHV to E16 is 18.5nm

E16 to KHAF is 50.5nm

KHAF to KRHV is 34.3nm

Or i can only log xc time for the E16 to KHAF leg?

Thanks ahead.

Instrument Training in Tandem Aircraft

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:40:50 -0700

Hello, I recently got an experimental Cub with an IFR panel that includes a G3X, GNC355, G5 and a GMC305 autopilot controller. I have no NAV radios. I understand that I will be limited to RNAV/GPS approaches but my home airport has several such approaches and airports in the training area also have many of these as well. I have several questions. Are any GPS approaches considered equivalent to a Precision Approach as required for the checkride? I have a tandem seating setup with no instruments in the back. Do you think any instructor would be willing to instruct in such a plane? Since I have a perfectly good airplane I really don’t want to have to pay for time in another aircraft if I don’t have to. In addition, I really want to learn my avionics and it seems that training in a plane with a completely different panel would be kind of a waste of time.

CFII Checkride

Tue, 17 Dec 2024 09:12:05 -0700

can I take my CFII check ride at night without being night current

Logging Dual Given

Thu, 05 Dec 2024 05:22:28 -0700

Can I log dual given in an airplane that I rented from a local flight school?

Aviation Repair Denver

Mon, 24 Sep 2018 21:04:14 -0600

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Jet Aircraft Maintenance Denver

Mon, 03 Sep 2018 11:33:39 -0600

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Corporate Jet Maintenance Denver

Wed, 18 Jul 2018 20:29:37 -0600

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Aviation Maintenance Colorado

Wed, 11 Jul 2018 17:09:51 -0600

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