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Ive done preflights in yuma that were so hot that by the time you were done you had no interest in climbing into the steaming cockpit.

Ever wonder what it'd be like to race rocket powered ships around a closed course? If you have then you are not the first. From the creators of the X-Prize comes"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Racing_League

Yeah, it's cool.

A good enough simulator will do a great job of recreating the disorientation of suddinly finding yourself in hardball IFR weather. I've felt it in my own sim a few times, and in both the 727 & Lear simulators. It takes some practice to get used to. Then just when you do you try it at night and y...

Kieth, is your plane pressurized?

Just because you have your ticket, don't drop PE. Keep practicing and learning or you will get rusty. There is a high tendacy to slack off after getting a PPL. People get busy, or money gets short, kids, wives, work, next thing you're hardly flying and you wind up in one of those FAA after-reports d...

That's a bummer. I build custom maps for at least 2 of those airports. Not sure about KRAL, might have but not sure. WJF had some great spawn points and was good to fly to Mojave Spaceport from.

Wasn't KFUL already uncontrolled?

Sorry I missed it. Simulator was in R&D mode, no condition to be making serious flights.

You can download XP8 & 9 aircraft from x-plane.org, and use the tool in Builder to bring them up to current format. Sometimes you have to do a little work on the panel, but most aircraft convert to the new format. So you can really go shopping. I have planes in my livery from 8.5. The aerodynami...

Back in the day you used to introduce yourself to approach and ground by mentioning which ATIS info you had; "Cessna 76888 to ground, I'm parked at Sporty's Pilot shop, request taxi to active for touch and gos transponder equipped, information alpha." Do people still mention which ATIS upd...

I got my CRJ200 off the org. Pretty good. Lotta work to stay ahead of it though.