Tag: faa

I have flown over a quarter of a century by now, and I still don’t feel super comfortable every time I do a checkride with the FAA. I have done more of those than I can count over the years …

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While I doubt that this technique actually works on fouled spark plugs (although it might be worth a try, haha), sometimes problems actually do solve themselves when you do nothing. That approach works particularly well with other peoples’ problems that …

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I know we have talked about checklists before. And the last time there were some quite strong feelings on the topic. Of course, we recommend to always use a checklist, no matter how small your aircraft is. Do NOT do …

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Isn’t it funny how Chuck suddenly knows the regulations when he might be able to use them to his advantage? And not only does he know the FAR’s all of a sudden, he must have some knowledge of the FAA …

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