Recent content by Old Geek

About 4 years ago there was an article or series of articles on building an airplane for something like $15,000. Does anyone have the issues dates?

What to expect? Any particular areas to brush up on ahead of time?

To anyone involved in FAA enforcement, has it made any difference?

What's up with the semantics here? I learned that a "request" was not the same as "commanded" or "required". Yet on any sectional, there's areas and text blocks where "pilots are requested" to do such and such and it's pretty clear that bad things can happen if they ignore the request. Does...

I picked up a 6-pack of Clausthaler along with lunch and drank 3 of them while I worked. I don't like water or soda and I didn't have beer because I thought I might go flying later that afternoon. When I was ready to go, I noticed I was a little lightheaded. I keep a breathalyser at the...

Do I have to report it?

Teleran, ADS-B in 1947 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/teleran-television-radar/ I heard rumors of this system years ago. This and a couple of RCA ads are about all of the concrete information I've found. Looks like RCA made a huge bet and lost.

Suppose a fella was crazy enough to build one of these: http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/9/4/6/0925649.jpg Would he need a multi engine rating to fly it?

So where's a thoughtful and complete analysis of perhaps the most important GA legislation in the last 50 years? I've listened a certain AOPA husband and wife lawyer team talk in detail about how to deal with FAA entanglements ever since I've been a member. And their answer is usually ends...

On the back of my PP certificate? Does anyone have something different on theirs?

I flew from the Columbia river to Sacramento on Monday. The ***-whipping started around Redmond and continued all the way to Lake Shasta with a brief respite over Klamath Lake. First time I ever rode a 1000 f/m thermal without a glider. Any preferred altitude or season to minimize the pain?