Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Individuals can attend training classes to obtain an LSA repairman certificate that, with the right endorsements, allows them to perform maintenance, including annual inspections, on their LSAs. So the temptation is to fly too fast and float down the runway, which the RV-12 will do for quite some distance.

Airplanes 98

Airplanes Knot Pitot Tube Gross Weight 98

Air Facts

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Now, instead of showing up in flight ops and finding my flight planning had all been done for me by my dispatcher, I was now the dispatcher. KMPO is an non-towered field as are several other places I fly to and from on an IFR flight plan. My learning curve was not steep , it was vertical!

Clearance 96

Clearance Airplanes Annual Inspection Pilot 96

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

It was fun to realize that I hadn’t filed a flight plan, I didn’t have a release signed by a company dispatcher and me, and I really didn’t know where I was going and didn’t care except that it was west. I heard one chap ask about an airport’s size, runways, etc. It was about 300 feet.

Weather 75

Weather Airplanes Lift Pilot 75

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Individuals can attend training classes to obtain an LSA repairman certificate that, with the right endorsements, allows them to perform maintenance, including annual inspections, on their LSAs. So the temptation is to fly too fast and float down the runway, which the RV-12 will do for quite some distance.

Airplanes 98

Airplanes Knot Pitot Tube Gross Weight 98