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Rolo posted:It’s that time of year! I’m doing an 8710 and hating myself for keeping paper records and not having separate totaled columns for things like PIC cross country and Night SIC landings (come on.) Logten Pro is the best but its expensive.
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Rolo posted:It’s that time of year! I’m doing an 8710 and hating myself for keeping paper records and not having separate totaled columns for things like PIC cross country and Night SIC landings (come on.) MyFlightbook.com
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Jul 11, 2019 01:32
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e.pilot posted:MyFlightbook.com not an emptyquote but almost
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Jul 11, 2019 02:54
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I just use Google Sheets, with a form to enter the flight(s) into the sheet automatically, and then make a paper copy every once in a while.
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Jul 11, 2019 04:05
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I was using MCCpilotlog but it had a recent "upgrade" that has befuddled and irked some of my coworkers. I still use it though (enterprise edition for syncing with my airline schedule)
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Jul 11, 2019 14:47
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I use LogTen, its not cheap but it works well. Their customer support is awesome also. I can import my work schedule and export each leg into my calendar.
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Jul 11, 2019 16:00
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Logbook chat: I use Foreflight and like it a lot. It is paid but has been a solid efb. I've seen a few people using myflightbook as well and it seems solid. Just passed my Commercial ASEL! I'm a big boy pilot now! 
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Jul 11, 2019 18:03
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cigaw posted:Logbook chat: I use Foreflight and like it a lot. It is paid but has been a solid efb. I've seen a few people using myflightbook as well and it seems solid. Congratulations!
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Jul 11, 2019 18:11
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Two Kings posted:Dr. Gleim is a real person? And alive? I figured he was like Mavis Beacon. Or John and Martha King. They're not real, right? RIGHT?
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Jul 11, 2019 18:35
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Cessna posted:Or John and Martha King. That said their Private and Instrument courses are solid.
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Jul 11, 2019 18:44
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John and Martha King were gunned down by police while being suspected of stealing a Cessna 172 in a tragic case of mistaken identity.
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Jul 11, 2019 22:41
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Martha K was doing recurrent while I was training for something else and I got to see her around the center for a week. She was naturally blurry and hated the following: water. Sun. Also thanks for the logbook recs, I’ll look into what’s listed.
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Jul 11, 2019 22:49
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MyFlightbook.com or bust
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Jul 11, 2019 22:53
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Cessna posted:Or John and Martha King.  I work with a John and Martha King IRL but they have no aviation connection
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Jul 11, 2019 23:00
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cigaw posted:Just passed my Commercial ASEL! I'm a big boy pilot now!
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Jul 12, 2019 01:29
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cigaw posted:I'm quite certain every single piece of photographic evidence of their existence has been manufactured by Big Aero and they exist solely as poorly-programmed computer simulations running on outdated graphics cards and an 80s fashion library for reference. I ran into them when they stopped by the FBO I instructed for on a fuel stop. They're about as yawn-inducing in person as they are on the videos.
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Jul 12, 2019 03:38
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azflyboy posted:I ran into them when they stopped by the FBO I instructed for on a fuel stop. They gave a presentation at my flight school about a decade ago. I left that presentation wondering not only how they had become well known flight instructors but how they hadn't died in an airplane crash. They have made a few serious attempts at the latter but haven't managed to seal the deal yet. Also, I use log book pro which works, but is a bit janky. There are probably better, cheaper, options out there but I'm too lazy to switch.
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Jul 12, 2019 14:16
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I love John king. I think the teaching style through comedy is great. I own lots of King materials and they’re great for refreshers on topics.
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Jul 12, 2019 17:18
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I've got my first 'real' lesson tomorrow, after doing an intro flight two weeks ago. Pretty pumped. Been working through Sportys groundschool in the meantime.
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Jul 12, 2019 18:24
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Got a class date at OO for January!
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two_beer_bishes posted:Got a class date at OO for January!
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Jul 13, 2019 13:16
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I was flying the pattern at KPAO yesterday and the plane ahead of me was a T-6 and the one behind was a Long-EZ. Goddamn rich techie assholes. The Long-EZ sure is pretty though.
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two_beer_bishes posted:Got a class date at OO for January! Welcome, and TFAYD! (you'll find out what this means soon enough  )
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Butt Reactor posted:Welcome, and TFAYD! (you'll find out what this means soon enough I miss TFAYD 
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Jul 13, 2019 20:23
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Mao Zedong Thot posted:I've got my first 'real' lesson tomorrow, after doing an intro flight two weeks ago. Pretty pumped. Been working through Sportys groundschool in the meantime. Oh my gosh I really love flying, had a super awesome lesson today. Really pretty early morning flight. I'm sure every day won't be this great, but I'll try to remember it when they aren't.
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Jul 13, 2019 20:58
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Morning flying is always the best. The earlier the better
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Jul 13, 2019 23:52
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I've started noticing a bunch of NOTAMs popping up about UAS activity in these long areas that generally follow roads and power lines: It's only up to 200ft AGL. What are these likely to be? Drone powerline inspections?
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final approach corridor for aliens
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Jul 14, 2019 00:24
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hello aviation people, I was wondering if anyone could recommend a turbulence/weather forecast app for flying (as a passenger on a commercial airline). It's the main reason I hate flying and I find the more info, the better. I have an iPhone and I'm in the US. Two that looked promising were https://apps.apple.com/us/app/turbulence-forecast/id486438834 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/turbcast/id432042668
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Jul 14, 2019 00:37
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actionjackson posted:hello aviation people, Foreflight. Be warned: it is an extremely aviation/pilot specific app. I’ve used th PIREP (Pilot Reports) function to check for turbulence.
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Bob A Feet posted:Foreflight. Be warned: it is an extremely aviation/pilot specific app. I’ve used th PIREP (Pilot Reports) function to check for turbulence. thanks, though that's quite expensive ($100/year). I would only need it once or twice a year. On a related note, do commercial pilots report clear air turbulence? If so do other pilots avoid these areas, or is it something that's so unpredictable that there's no point? I'm in a Delta hub, and I was relieved to find out Delta seems to have a pretty good app that their pilots use https://crankyflier.com/2019/02/26/a-closer-look-at-how-delta-fights-turbulence-with-the-flight-weather-viewer/ I get that this is real time data, but if any app could show anything close to the kind of info that you can see in the bottom 1/3 of the first pic, that'd be pretty cool actionjackson fucked around with this message at 01:23 on Jul 14, 2019 |
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Jul 14, 2019 01:18
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actionjackson posted:hello aviation people, We have a very expensive subscription to an aviation specific weather service that uses all sorts of fancy pants technology to predict turbulence. It cross references radar with known winds, temperature gradients, and fronts. It even predicts turbulence generated from geographical interference. It's probably the best program out there and as far as I know is not available to civilians. It's usually wrong. Mao Zedong Thot posted:Oh my gosh I really love flying, had a super awesome lesson today. Really pretty early morning flight. I'm sure every day won't be this great, but I'll try to remember it when they aren't. Welcome to the club! You'll have a couple of less-than great days but they're they're exception rather than the rule. two_beer_bishes posted:Got a class date at OO for January! Everyone I know in the Mormon Air Force seems to enjoy it over there.
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actionjackson posted:thanks, though that's quite expensive ($100/year). I would only need it once or twice a year. If you want the best data available for free and only need it twice a year, sign up on https://www.1800wxbrief.com/ and make yourself a weather briefing before your trip. You'll need to learn to interpret METAR reports and read a bit about aviation meteorology to fully understand it, but you'll be getting essentially the same information the pilots have. Or, since turbulence is usually not an issue at airliner cruising altitudes, you could just get the TAFs (terminal aerodrome forecasts) for your departure and arrival airports. Again, you gotta learn the format but that's the best information available ahead of time. https://www.aviationweather.gov/taf e.g. the one for KSFO right now says code:There are also some consistent patterns you can learn -- more turbulence over rugged terrain, more turbulence when it's hot, more turbulence in the afternoons, etc. The best data will be from your airline pilots announcing it over the PA, though, because they're looking at their weather radar and deciding where to fly. e: oh and duh you can also look up PIREPs online -- you don't need Foreflight. https://www.aviationweather.gov/airep. Look for the little red hats  
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Cool, thanks for the info. Doesn't clear air turbulence typically happen at cruising altitude? I looked at the PIREP site - can you help me interpret this one as an example quote:PIREP A388 So this happened at 11:59 PM "zulu time" which is 6:59 PM CST. It was light to moderate turbulence It occurred at 37000 feet actionjackson fucked around with this message at 02:21 on Jul 14, 2019 |
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Jul 14, 2019 02:12
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Clear air turbulence is relatively rare. We do all we can to avoid it though by passing on word if we hit it so others can avoid it. Turbulence won’t hurt you as long as you keep your seatbelt fastened.
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Thanks. So with this system Delta has (I have no idea if other carriers have something similar), any turbulence that is really noticeable is probably going to be either CAT, or it's going to be something they can't avoid because it's at the departure or arrival airport? I do okay with takeoff, but I hate the descent part before you get through the clouds. Once I can see the land below me I feel fine, even if there are bumps.
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Mao Zedong Thot posted:Oh my gosh I really love flying, had a super awesome lesson today. Really pretty early morning flight. I'm sure every day won't be this great, but I'll try to remember it when they aren't. Awesome! Flying is, in fact, loving excellent and there’s no reason I would put up with my job if it weren’t. There are days when it’ll be frustrating, as a student and beyond, but overall it’s still worth it. Let’s talk about how you can make as many flights as possible feel the same way, and make your instructor feel just as awesome: 1) Read up. Studying isn’t anyone’s favourite part of aviation, but the better you understand what you’re about to do, the quicker you will learn and the better you will feel. Out of the people I see making quick progress, the number one common factor is that they study and think about things. Try, as much as possible, to figure out the “why” of the exercises you’re doing. NB: this doesn’t mean “watch YouTube endlessly.” If you do watch aviation YouTube, make sure you know ahead of time what you’re trying to learn from a given video, because if you don’t think critically about what you’re watching you’re more likely to just make someone else’s mistakes. 2) Learn from your mistakes. You will make mistakes, you shouldn’t be upset about them, and your instructor shouldn’t be upset about them. After all, if you were good enough to have a license without training, we’d be out of a job. Don’t beat yourself up over a mistake, it’s a waste of time and you’ll fly worse if you’re dwelling on what you did wrong. That being said, make sure you learn from them. Nothing pisses any instructor off more than seeing the same mistake over and over again. This doesn’t mean I expect a flawless landing on your third try, it means if you make a pile of poo poo landings, I want them to each be poo poo for a different reason (easily done, as there are tons of factors that go into any manoeuvre). 3) Have fun! This is our job, this is your hobby, you pay our bills. If you get sick of doing pattern work, and you want to go grab a $500 hamburger, then ask to do that! If you want to fly over your buddy’s cabin, ask to do that. We can build a lesson around that and it’ll be a bit of fun along the way. Our job, in the absence of any instructions from you, is to try to find the shortest path from where you are to getting your license, but especially if you’re doing this as a hobby, try to have some fun along the way. 4) Use your instructor. We get paid for this, we know quite a bit about flying. Ask whatever question you like, and if we don’t have an answer it’s our job to go find it. That being said, as a corollary to point 2, we get poo poo wrong sometimes, and any instructor who will not admit that it piss poor at their job, so don’t be afraid to really dig if you aren’t satisfied with a given answer or explanation. There is no room for ego as a pilot, and doubly so as an instructor, and the instructors for whom I have the least respect are those who fall back on the “I have 800 hours!” argument. It’s meaningless when it comes to factual correctness and I’ve seen 50 hour PPLs that know things high-time instructors screw up.
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actionjackson posted:Thanks. So with this system Delta has (I have no idea if other carriers have something similar), any turbulence that is really noticeable is probably going to be either CAT, or it's going to be something they can't avoid because it's at the departure or arrival airport? Are you okay above the clouds, and it’s just in them that you feel uncomfortable? If so, that’s quite natural. The loss of visual reference to just what the gently caress is going on is one of the biggest issues with instrument flying, because without outside vision, your body is susceptible to a number of rather scary illusions. In the cockpit, of course, we have instruments to tell ourselves what’s real and what’s our brain being a fucker (and training yourself to recognize that your brain is a fucker and the instruments are telling you the truth is the real sticky wicket of initial instrument training). Is there a mobile app that provides synthetic vision to passengers to avoid this? Seems like it could make a decent bit of money.
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actionjackson posted:So this happened at 11:59 PM "zulu time" which is 6:59 PM CST. Yep. And it occurred in the vicinity of KHLN (Helena, MT airport) and the plane reporting it was an A380-800, if I'm reading it correctly. actionjackson posted:Thanks. So with this system Delta has (I have no idea if other carriers have something similar), any turbulence that is really noticeable is probably going to be either CAT, or it's going to be something they can't avoid because it's at the departure or arrival airport? I am just a student pilot so I don't have any first-hand experience of turbulence at those altitudes, but the definition of clear-air turbulence (including stuff like wake turbulence) is that you can't see it. I don't think it shows up on radars either. You just have to use what you know about the weather and the terrain to make an educated guess of where it's going to be, or rely on pilot reports.
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PT6A posted:a pile of poo poo landings, I want them to each be poo poo for a different reason (easily done, as there are tons of factors that go into any manoeuvre). There are 100 ways to gently caress up your roundout and you'll do each and every one. And then one days everything clicks.
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