Recent content by Catvet

Steve Thanks. I agree that flying near a towered airport is a whole different experience. Fortunately most of my flying is around non-towered fields in Class G airspace. It appears in my situation, once I am certified, I don't need to contact anyone to fly. Having a radio to keep track of...

Dave, Thanks. Glad to hear someone agrees with my interpretation :) I'm hoping to pass my exam on Wednesday and get my certification as soon as the FAA will allow. I'm beginning to just stare at the study info rather than read it.

Thanks for the reply. Do you have a reference for the 5 mile rule? My thought process is that 107 goes into effect on Monday and at that time 5.8.1 is valid. My local airport is 4.7 miles from my home and is in class G hate to have to tell them every time I fly. They would get tired of hearing...

working on studying for my PIC exam. Looking at Part 107 5.8.1 it would appear that we do not have to notify an airport located in Class G airspace of operations any longer. Thus eliminating the infamous 5 mile rule. Does anyone have thoughts on this? I can certainly appreciate that notifying a...

So if you are using a two operator setup. Do you calibrate separately with both devices? Does it then work no matter which device you focus with?