I’ve been having trouble getting both ears of my Bose A20s to work lately and its really annoying. I’ve had this adapter for a while and I primarily use it between 3 172s. They are all owned and maintained by the same company but every time I go to fly them only one ear of my headset works. I went up in one of my buddy’s planes and boom, it worked. I’ve tried 2 different adapters , maybe I go in on the official Bose one. Has anybody else had this issue? I can’t tell if somehow 3 planes have the same issue for just me or if my headset/adapter is broken.

C182T with G1000, Garmin Pilot on an iPad, and a Garmin D2 Mach 1 watch. Not in the picture is a Garmin GDL52 ADS-B/SiriusXM receiver providing weather, traffic, and entertainment.

I'm considering flying from CA to Pacific Mexico around Puerto Vallarta, on a semi-regular basis.

Does anyone have any specific insight about places to avoid, or where I could minimize international fees? How much could I expect to pay, ballpark, for a single-engine prop plane (non-commercial)?

Curious is anybody has bought direct from, eg, Czech factory, flown around Europe for a couple of months and then hired somebody to ferry back to N America?

I’m in the process of acquiring my PPL but have recently felt disheartened. I’ve always wanted to fly around the country over the course of a month or so, but it seems that unless I’m willing to invest in buying my own plane or paying $100’s an hour, there’s no real option to “rent” a plane and fly it at a reasonable cost. Seems a shame that the most I’ll be able to do is fly around my own area for recreation. Is this this the case or is there something I’m missing?

Looking for right seat GA work in the Charlotte, NC area. Anyone know where to find gigs?

Hi everyone I am 18 and have recently gotten my ppl. And looking to go further in my ratings. I have the gi bill and the option to go to a cadet academy ( just waiting on applications to come back) or I also have family in Lynchburg Va I can live with and parents live in northern Va near an fta. My first option of all would be the cadet academies bc they are more in the south and with this harsh winter it wouldn’t affect my flight training. I hear liberty fta gives you only one semester per rating.But if I can’t get into an academy liberty is the next choice. I’ve heard pros and cons from residential and fta just wondering what everyone else thinks

Guys I am thinking to join TCFS for India DGCA program. It is giving 0-CPL at a very cheap rate of 35k usd.

Is this flying school good???

Looking to buy my first GA aircraft and I am considering a co-ownership with others, however I can easily afford the plane in ALL aspects. But the financial burden would obviously be improved with a co-op. So is it worth the 'hassle'? Or is it a good financial decision?

I have a regular A&P for my plane, but sometimes I need an on-the-spot repair, so end up at a local shop. I always try to print out the relevant sections of the maintenance manual for them, along with the parts list, but I strongly suspect they never look at the material. Later my regular A&P often finds minor discrepancies in their repairs that could be avoided if they'd actually read the instructions in the manual and followed the parts list.

Is there a requirement that A&P's download and follow the maintenance instructions and parts list for the type and model of aircraft? Or are they allowed to "wing" a repair based on prior experience? How do other owners handle this situation?

Hey there!

I’m a student pilot and doing my PPL in Europe right now. I want to know where can i get the document that says what are the required lessons in flying like the “PPL exercise 1 - Walk around”. This is just out of my head so it’s not legit but where can i get it? I checked EASA and CAA but couldn’t find it. I would appreciate some help…

Best regards!

I plan to get my PPL in the next year and have considered purchasing my own airplane in the next few years. I browse "local" for sale ads and see plenty of 172s, Beechcraft, Pipers, etc., available for under $200,000.

But what is the actual cost to own and operate a GA airplane like this? How much are hanger costs, overhauls (are they required annually) and regular maintenance, landing fees, insurance, upgrades, etc,?

Im looking to buy a handheld radio transiever as a backup. So far ive stumbled across the ICOM A16. Not sure of the bluetooth option.

What would you recommend getting? Buget is between 200 and 300 euro/usd. Any advice?

I'm currently at a 141 school, have been going for exactly a year, spent around 20-25,000$, and have almost 60 hours. in theory im about 2/3 complete with lessons and have about $4-5k in remaining lesson hours.but after a year of training and somewhat jumping into the program after having a quarter life crisis im not sure if its where my true passion lies which i've heard is a key factor (like any career).

I've been in a stage 2 lag loop with maintenance, weather and my own lacking motivation. I'm starting to get intimidated with the entire process and lifestyle of becoming a professional pilot.

it was really fun and exciting at first, yet also super stressful and anxious leaving my back is soaked in sweat after most lessons. id tell myself familiarity with the plane and seat time would slowly allow me to enjoy flying whole not being so stressed.

i also got fairly deterred in the stage two portion of flight planning and calculations. is that something that just takes practice to become tolerable?

Im curious what other jobs than charter or commercial transport may be out there with a commercial rating and moderate hours that are more lowkey not as grueling and still pay well?

Any advice or relatability to hitting a wall in the training process ? what did you decide? was it worth it?

Best thing of the job? worst things? would you trade it? would you do anything differently in the training process? How much did it cost to get all your basic ratings? (ppl cfi comm cfii)

Sidenote: I also heard if you fail more than one checkride airlines won't hire you ? (again im somewhat deterred from this route anyway but not sure if everything kind of funnels you into it anyway at some point in your career...)

Any input appreciated!

Just started flying an aircraft with a G3X and figured, like other Garmin stuff, I'd download the sim.

Though it's been around for a while now, it doesn't look like Garmin is going to ever release one.

Does anyone know why?

My assumption is just that the dev costs to create the sim aren't recovered, but that likely would have held true for the others they built as well.

I fly here often. Nerded out a bit with labels of mountain formations etc. Full video in comments.

Been a wild 1.5 months of deciding to buy (2 days), buy, then move an entire unfinished RV-10, but here we are. First night I'm out in the garage doing more than just putting parts away, making spreadsheets, and handling logistics of moving stuff (engine, wings, fairings, a billion parts).

I couldn't image starting at 0%. This is 40-45% done and still so much to do.

I'm giving myself two years to have it flying. We'll see! Never thought I'd be building a god damn airplane.

Anyone mechanics in Mississippi that I could hire to do a pre-buy? I'm out of state and have been in contact with the seller.

Hello. I have an ATP certificate, with ratings of ATP, Airplane Multiengine Land and Private Privileges Airplane Single Engine Land. The ATP multiengine allows me to legally fly IFR in multi-engine airplanes. Can I also legally fly IFR in single engine airplanes?