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AA-1 or AA-5? I've always been interested in the -5s but have never sat in one to see how they fit.

6', 260 here and I wasn't the largest instructor by any means where I used to fly. We used 172s and it was only an issue with other larger students.

Sounds like his neighbors already have.

Leadville in a 150 with 2 onboard? That's bold :oops:

Where did you get 10' above roof tops?

10.1.2 - Sounds like a permanent dock type of situation, not a clip 10.1.3 - No, a Stratus is not an aircraft system, it's a portable system, too. A Garmin panel mount something or other would be. Something like this: installed, it's tied into aircraft systems and displays information directly...

A similar concept was successfully tested a few years ago, cooling rocket engine not required. https://www.space.com/nasa-inflatable-flying-saucer-mars-heat-shield-reentry-test

Oh damn, didn't know anything about that. I have the Alpha/Bravo combo as well, also in a tote somewhere packed up.

That's kind of what I thought, too. Roswell is a bit of a haul from everywhere.

That's one word to describe it :lol:

Only way it works out for me is GI Bill funding.

Southern Seaplane. They have a Part 141 combined course now. http://www.southernseaplane.com/part-141-proficiency.html

Beat last year's flying time (0) in January, so already ahead there. About to finally finish up MQ-1C qual. When I get back from that deployment, CFII and hopefully ASES/AMES in NOLA by the end of the year.

And has nothing to do with the type of RPA being discussed. Pretty sure even the smallest military grade RPAs have some type of forward looking camera and flight instrument display for the operator.

Info is correct. Some of the aircraft have auto takeoff and landing now, but for the most part there are still launch and recovery crews downrange while the mission element is usually stateside.

There are far more operators of them now than just the USAF.

Aircraft has transmitters on it. That's one of the newer versions that has onboard "detect and avoid" systems and doesn't have to fly with a chase aircraft. Pretty gucci setup from a pilot perspective compared to the rest of the RPA control systems...

Cool!

Ever do snow sports when it's below freezing? Because you can.

Well, it already takes a bit of a different mindset to willingly jump out of the plane in the first place. So yeah, I could see yanking the key being considered a fun prank on their part. Full disclosure, I have my freefall jump wings and don't see the humor in it.