Recent content by midwestpa24

I guess if the choice is a broken leg or burning alive... In this incident, I probably would have drank my coffee and waited on the responders to get me a ladder.

Have you met many people lately? This statement alone is why a lot of social media exists!

I'm also curious to know if that is the old PFAS laden AFFF or the newer friendlier, but less effective, F3 foam. I see it all the time though in videos of gear up landings, the ARFF guys hosing a non-burning aircraft down with foam. As an 18 year ARFF guy myself, I don't understand why...

When I was on the Keto diet and shed all of the carbs from my diet, my caloric intake drastically dropped automatically. I'm not a regular drinker by any means, but the occasional Jack and Diet wasn't enough to derail the losses. Unfortunately my job changed and I went back to stress eating...

Whiskey has no carbs. :cool:

Why is it bad tastes so good, and vice-versa? Why are the "pretty" flowers so hard to grow and maintain, but the ones that sprout up and thrive on their own we call "weeds". It is like nature is against us from all angles. Kind of leads to the human alien theory. Humans just aren't designed...

First thing I noticed was the trucks flowing foam. I don't know why, no smoke, no fire, and definitely no fuel leaking.

I wonder how much the treatments actually delay the inevitable. My old F-150 was probably just as bad if not worse when I traded it in for a new F-150. I'm curious to see how the new aluminum body ones fair in a corrosive environment.

I never did boy scouts, but was in the Aviation Explorer program in high school. It helped me get into this industry. As others have mentioned, I think there have been many issues leading to the downfall of BSA. One was the abuse scandals. Two is the draw of other activities. Another I...

Last I knew it was true. As Brad said, they are called sweep or swing flights. Aircraft that are only lightly loaded are given a routing that "sweeps" across the country and are able to land and pick up overflow or replace a grounded flight. The justification is the cost of the extra flight or...

I don't think the big difference between a 600 and 605 is handling, its updates to the cockpit and avionics. Its the buttonology that will get someone not experienced behind, not the raw flying characteristics. Still, the biggest issue here is not the stall characteristics of the aircraft, it...

Overshooting final and stalling the airplane was the last and most simple part of the accident chain. This chain began before the engines started when these two pilots were paired without a clear PIC.

I would recommend you "GoFly" before you get stuck here like the rest of us!

Just unbelievable that this type of thing can happen with two "professional" pilots in the cockpit. The poor passengers had no idea what was happening up front and their fate.