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^^^ This One of my favorite Musk quotes is where he defines the most common mistake an engineer makes as optimizing an unneeded...

Perhaps this will clear up my POV on the subject...

I'm going to offer up another opinion on the PIC state of mind. I suspect, the PIC knew he was going to leave Avalon airport when he was...

As you said, the airport mgr told them the runway was closed, but he didn't have the authority to stop them from taking off. I don't...

Is the airfoil on the short wing a NACA 65-415? I don't know much about either the Cher 6-300 or short wing fabric Piper, but I though...

Broadsheet printed newspapers. As a young kid, I recall grabbing the intl section of a newspaper one morning. I learned what went on in...

I never make my status known. Except for discounts. My kids were in 3rd and 4th grade, and the elementary had a vet night on Nov 11...

About 30 years ago, I spent 6mo as a GS-13 on a 'special project' that was going to revolutionize computer use in combat. There were...

I'm sure you believe this. Meh - it's a semi free country.

Ashtray in every room of every building. Including most hospitals.:cool:

I found a $11,000 cashiers check in a 1987 Porsche I bought. Sadly, it was drawn on a bank that went out of business 16 years ago, and...

From my reading of the tea leaves, Musk's anger and frustration with the FAA dealt with delays, and picayune attitude of the 'crats he...

I seriously doubt DoGE will make it down to the FAA level let alone the DoT. They’ll be lucky enough to finish with the EPA, IRS, DoD...

Not generally. The internal resistance of the battery when discharged plays a part in this, as does the regulator on the alternator. In...

Well it went In without injuring anyone on the ground. 'N everyone got Out with their lives.