Sport Pilot Talk

The Gobosh Aero AT-4 carries it's 18.5 gals. right behind the firewall

drseti wrote:Ah, Jim, but a wife provides far greater return on investment, with significantly better resale value than an airplane.

Ya mean I can sell her?

i'm in the middle of getting things together to do the same thing. i know for a fact that, unless i hit the lottery i'll never own unless i build. my choice of plane is the zenith ch 750. http://www.zenithair.com/ with this design you have more of a choice of power plants. sure i'd love to be able t...

I have 25 hours of training in a chute-equipped LSA. Not ONCE has the CFI mentioned anything about how/when the chute should be used. Not ONCE have we pulled the pin to make it even possible to deploy the chute. That nonsense stops now! in the ctls pulling the pin is part of the pre-flight checklist

yea that one

gibraltar airport has a road through the runway. don't know how to attach a picture

your good, last time i checked italy wasn't a communist country. Whew!!! Thanks - that's good to know. Now - is it OK to use my iPad and/or iPhone in the plane? I have especially become dependent on the iPad for landing! :twisted: you do what you want with the gadgets. if my instructor sees me look...

FastEddieB wrote:
My Sky Arrow is Italian - is that O.K.?

your good, last time i checked italy wasn't a communist country.

i think you misunderstand me. i don't care that the sc is not made in the usa. my problem is that it's made in COMMUNIST CHINA. so many leave that part out when referring to china. ignore it if you like but it's still a communist country who by the way just completed a brand new aircraft carrier and...

cessna may be a U.S. manufacturer but the fact remains the skycatcher is made in china which for me is the first strike. most of my training has been in a flight design ctls which i find very comfortable. if i were to hit the lottery my first choice would be the ctls. Where did you say the FD was b...

cessna may be a U.S. manufacturer but the fact remains the skycatcher is made in china which for me is the first strike. next as you pointed out the useful load isn't there. and finally it's cramped inside. i'm 6' 200 lbs and my knees were almost against the panel. most of my training has been in a ...

great write up. shows if you keep your head, things will work out
http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?t=82447

Welcome, it looks like you'll be flying with tony. I just took a ride with him in the j-3 cub last sunday at robertson (4b8). It was a blast, though a little cramped. He's the sport pilot DPE so you'll be in good hands. I was thinking of giving the tecnam a try myself. all of my training so far has ...

so what your all saying is my instructor gets none of the $70 an hour i'm paying?

just saw this story today, but it happened a while ago. what it boiled down to was the wing fell off due to poor maintenance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt_yazNRvY8