Samuri Husky

still trying to figure it out too i actually put my Cirrus up for sale and trying to figure out how to afford something with pressurization. Outside of that, i have been thinking about contacting Jorgensen Labs in Colorado; They make vet supplies and more specifically ICU cages. They make a canvas travel version that weighs about 35#; http://www.jorvet.com/product/buster-icu-cage-large/ I was going to see if it would work at altitude or if the cage is to porus to hold O2 levels; I would imagine that since it can be used for anesthesia , it is sealed enough to hold pressure in.

Im just going to keep this guy and see how it goes, if he stops the check ride for another technicality then i will take issue. i was told he is very fair on the check ride part and thats all i am looking for.

Yea, lots of hoops. I wasn't kidding when I said this is a challenging area. But I don't need night flight or x-county for solo, thought I did, but don't. There was a crash last weekend. Solo student went up in cross wind beyond his endorsement. Got rattled around from the unsettled air an started to panic. Came back to the air port with the mind set of he had to get the plane on the ground. Ended up porpusing twice before stalking, breaking off the front gear an smashing the cowl into the ground; plane is basically totaled. He's fine, but i think he's to affraid to fly again. overall, I think the club wants you as close to ppl before solo as possible. So my hope is that after almost minimum solo time, I will be check ride ready. This is considered a pre test to ppl. Gone are the days of kicking the chick out of the nest an making them learn to fly, we are in the days of lawyers an no one taking responsibility. i've gotten pretty good at landings at Palo Alto, even power off landings. Today I had a perfect 10, with about 15knt wind. So I think I just have to clean up my tendency not to hold alt in 30d+ turns; 25d, np, 30+ I end up +/-100ft, normally at the end when I'm turning out and for a second take my eye off the screen. It doesn't always happen, but more than I feel comfortable with.