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    New Students – Choice of Airplane – SportStar (LSA?) versus C-172 My son and I are both beginning our journey into the world of flight! He’s 17. I’m 6’1, 205 and he’s 5’7, 120 lbs. We met with a nearby school, talked to a couple of instructors, and took our intro flights in a SportStar. The...
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    Reason for Rotating Propeller to Vertical When Done

    Under "Securing Airplane," in addition to items like tie-downs, chocks, control lock, etc., my flight school's Cessna 172 checklist says "Prop... VERTICAL". Why does this matter? Is there some substantive reason for proactively doing this? I'm not super excited about hand turning the prop...
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    Question about Non-Standard Class E Floors

    Hey all, Hope this isn't a dumb question, but I have been studying airspace and, for the life of me, cannot figure out "why" the FAA is differentiating Class E floors beyond the normal 1200 AGL, 700 AGL extensions, or surface area extensions. I'm talking about the Class E floors that are...
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    Help with Naviation Question on FAA Knowledge Test

    Help with Navigation Question on FAA Knowledge Test Hi, wondering if somebody can help me figure out how best to fix some apparent error in my approach to a navigation question in the Sporty's test prep system. Here's the problem, which I got wrong because I chose "63 min" rather than "59...
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    Changing VFR Altitude While Getting Radar Services

    I have a dumb new pilot question re best practices for changing VFR altitudes when making a course change while on flight following. Yesterday I flew from French Valley (F70) to John Wayne (SNA) via Oceanside. F70 to Oceanside is a course of 169 degrees magnetic – so above 3000 AGL, the...
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