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How much time in actual IMC did you have when you took your instrument checkride?

Did anyone see the AOPA Aviation EBrief in the last day or two that claimed that Global Warming is going to change aviation? It stated that wings would have to be redesigned and flights would have to be scheduled after dark for cooler air. For a few milliseconds I thought it must be April 1st...

I started watching an old movie "The Aviator" yesterday. In a scene he was taking off in an old biplane, I backed it up on the DVR and watched carefully. It appeared that it really was him flying the plane. I paused the movie and googled around to learn that he indeed was a pilot and was one...

I did a search, but couldn't find anything. I am a student pilot with a taildragger and I am ALMOST ready to solo. Coincidently my instructor and myself BOTH had colonoscopies, his Thursday, mine Friday. Fortunately both of us came through with no problems whatsoever. The doctor told me not...

I flew much of my Private Pilot training 20 years ago and then have taken it up again recently with the same instructor I flew with 20 years ago. He studied my logbook and said that all requirements were there except for three things; long XC, 2 more hours under the hood and night XC...