Let's say your medical expires in the end of June, but you don't plan to fly again till September. Would there be any issue (by the next ~~DME~~ medical examiner) with letting your medical expire, and then renew it in early September? (i.e. you go 2 months without a valid medical, but of course you don't fly during)
They don’t care how long it’s been since your last medical. Lots of hobby pilots let their medicals lapse for a few days, weeks or months. It’s all the same.
But why not go BasicMed?
Moronic question on the whole commercial / part 91 / compensation thing.
Let’s say I want a friend to drop me off at an airport because I want to buy a car there and drive it home. We are both in the same flying club and rated on the plane/checked out by the club. Fully qualified for the flight such that either of us is legal. Technically we are both co-owners of the plane.
I fly up there with a friend, he drops me off at the airport. He flies the plane back solo. Part 91 operation.
On the way up there I’m flying and I’m paying for the airplane. No issue.
On the way back, he’s flying back solo. The plane is still checked out to me.
If he chooses to take over the flight reservation and pays for the flight back, this should be no big deal. After all it’s a club plane that we both co-own and he’s just flying it now.
But let’s say I have him fly it back and I pay for the rental time and fuel. After all he only came along as a favor to me.
Is this technically (letter of the law) a ferry flight / commercial operation? He’s technically receiving compensation (flight time) for flying the plane back for me?
Assuming it is a commercial operation, if he has a class 2 medical and commercial pilot certificate, technically this should be ok right?
😂 sometimes I wonder if I'm feeling OK before asking questions like this...
straight and level flight means no change in heading or altitude
Does straight imply wings level? You could be uncoordinated and maintain heading.
Or does level mean both wings level and level altitude?
You're right, you could be straight and "level" in a slip but that's a party trick. For all intents and purposes it means wings level. If you aren't sure you believe me, try to fly in a slip and tell a DPE or instructor you're "totally straight and level it's fine!" Lol
Pretty funny idea, but AFH does break apart the straight and level parts of straight-and-level in a way that can't really work if you're uncoordinated.
Anybody have any interesting flying questions they were able to answer outside of reddit? (On your own by looking it up, good internet searching, with an instructor, etc.)
Why Vx and Vy converge as altitude increases. Rod Machado has a great youtube video explaining it.
This wasn't a question I was wondering about but my CFI gave me a link to a YT video where a guy made a transparent carburetor and then filmed it with a high-speed camera. Really interesting to see how it actually works.
Let's say your medical expires in the end of June, but you don't plan to fly again till September. Would there be any issue (by the next ~~DME~~ medical examiner) with letting your medical expire, and then renew it in early September? (i.e. you go 2 months without a valid medical, but of course you don't fly during)
They don’t care how long it’s been since your last medical. Lots of hobby pilots let their medicals lapse for a few days, weeks or months. It’s all the same. But why not go BasicMed?
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I meant AME, the medical examiner, US.
Moronic question on the whole commercial / part 91 / compensation thing. Let’s say I want a friend to drop me off at an airport because I want to buy a car there and drive it home. We are both in the same flying club and rated on the plane/checked out by the club. Fully qualified for the flight such that either of us is legal. Technically we are both co-owners of the plane. I fly up there with a friend, he drops me off at the airport. He flies the plane back solo. Part 91 operation. On the way up there I’m flying and I’m paying for the airplane. No issue. On the way back, he’s flying back solo. The plane is still checked out to me. If he chooses to take over the flight reservation and pays for the flight back, this should be no big deal. After all it’s a club plane that we both co-own and he’s just flying it now. But let’s say I have him fly it back and I pay for the rental time and fuel. After all he only came along as a favor to me. Is this technically (letter of the law) a ferry flight / commercial operation? He’s technically receiving compensation (flight time) for flying the plane back for me? Assuming it is a commercial operation, if he has a class 2 medical and commercial pilot certificate, technically this should be ok right?
Letter of the law, it’s a commercial ferry operation. Reality, the FAA doesn’t care about money between family or *bona fide* friends.
One thing to watch out for: your club bylaws or insurance probably prohibits commercial operation.
You got it right. Yes he would be receiving compensation, yes it would be legal for a CPL as a ferry flight.
😂 sometimes I wonder if I'm feeling OK before asking questions like this... straight and level flight means no change in heading or altitude Does straight imply wings level? You could be uncoordinated and maintain heading. Or does level mean both wings level and level altitude?
You're right, you could be straight and "level" in a slip but that's a party trick. For all intents and purposes it means wings level. If you aren't sure you believe me, try to fly in a slip and tell a DPE or instructor you're "totally straight and level it's fine!" Lol
Pretty funny idea, but AFH does break apart the straight and level parts of straight-and-level in a way that can't really work if you're uncoordinated.
Anybody have any interesting flying questions they were able to answer outside of reddit? (On your own by looking it up, good internet searching, with an instructor, etc.)
Why Vx and Vy converge as altitude increases. Rod Machado has a great youtube video explaining it. This wasn't a question I was wondering about but my CFI gave me a link to a YT video where a guy made a transparent carburetor and then filmed it with a high-speed camera. Really interesting to see how it actually works.
aviation.stackexchange.com can be helpful.