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And Mister Magoo at the controls..... Ron Wanttaja

I used one in the original Fly Baby (unshielded ignition) once. For the kids out there, this is what the spark plugs looked like: The...

I was thinking more Leeroy Jenkins. Back in my no-radio days, I told folks who complained that, "I'm the NORDO your instructor warned...

At one point in the past for my homebuilt accident database, a fairly large portion of the midairs involving homebuilts were associated...

I do appreciate the comments and pushback from folks. One recent example kept me from making a real embarrassing mistake in a magazine...

Yes, and it's difficult to make such assumptions. We all assume that every flies like WE do...but in my case, my typical flight is 50%...

I did a study on midairs last year, covering 2008 through 2021. Total of 144 midairs. One odd result is that only a third of them were...

The flip side of that is drivers who think if they announce their actions on the radio, it makes it all right. Back in my NORDO days, I...

Ron Wanttaja

I have an open cockpit airplane, but can't see behind very well. There's a limit to how far I can twist with the harness tight, and the...

I'd love to see the algorithm that implements, "Rubbin' is Racin'"...... Ron "Rock-em, Sock-em" Wanttaja

I think most of these VCs literally have money to burn. They would waste it on women; they could waste it at the casinos. But they...

Edison would hand new engineers the glass envelope from an electric light, and ask them what the internal volume was. They'd spend...

I was once at a picnic where I was introduced to the head of a college orchestra. Pointed out we had both an engineer and a...

Ron Wanttaja