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Thanks for your help and advice. I'll try again. I understand now that although sometimes ATC instructs to stay clear of the class B until cleared into it sometimes they don't. And that just because ATC does not issue the instruction to stay clear, you can not assume you have clearance. I mistakenly...

I failed the Cat 11 because I busted the San Diego Bravo. Here's what I think I learned: 1) I thought that because I was under positive control via communication with SoCal approach and he did not instruct me to remain outside the Bravo, I was good to go. I was wrong. 2) I was instructed to report w...

Thanks, I tried it a couple of more times without success but now I think that how busy the PE controller is has a lot to do with it. In their defense, the PE controllers sound really busy, wearing so many hats at the same time. I used to fly the old "VFR cooridor" often (real world) both ...

I found Keith Smith's response to a similar question. He suggests climbing out of Hawthorne's airspace and then holding while waiting to be cleared into the Bravo, that makes since to me but what about the instructions I already received from Hawthorne tower about joining the miniroute? Maybe reques...

Cat 10/ Miniroute question. Following the instructions for the Cat 10, I planned the first leg North via the Miniroute. Cleared out of KTOA, I requested an early frequency change to have time to contact Hawthorne, request transition through that airspace and be handed off to LAX before reaching the ...

I don't know about today but I remember when a new Cessna with a list price of approx. $200,000, 50% went to cover liability insurance for the manufacturer. Just another example of how over-regulation and our super-litigious society takes fun and freedom away. It used to be that if you crashed, it w...

I earned my Private Pilot ticket in the early ‘80s with primary instruction at Van Nuys (the busiest GA airport in the county at the time), soloed at Whiteman and belonged to flying clubs at VNY & BUR. I flew from about 10 years, both for work and play and had a great time. Then kids came along ...

Thanks! I did not realize the Ident button on the PE com panel would work with the transponder (although what else would it be for? duh...)
Thank you for your help.

I discovered that the transponder Ident function does not work on the Lionheart Whittman Tailwind (an awesome little plane, imo) when requesting flight following in PE. Apparently a common issue in many FSX planes. I found the FSOpen addon file that enables the Ident function. Has anyone tried this?...

Issue Resolved. The PTT button assignment in Squawkbox was set Scroll Lock, which worked except when FSX was on, then the FSX ATC Menu box would override the PE PTT function. I reassigned the Squawkbox PTT button to Cap Lock and it works fine. Thanks for your help and advice.