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from the regulator's perspective, that sclerosis isn't the bug, but the feature.

Given my own bias, I try to be a bit more charitable on that point; I think of it as just a preference. To wit, I wouldn't have become a pilot if I couldn't physically and legally solo. I've even made - much to my wife's chagrin continue to make, highly concessionary (my euphemism for...

if it's a conti made lyco-clone jug, chuck it for an overhauled lyco for the offending one. Dispatch rate is worth something, especially for you as a long time plane commuter. You've already saved the bulk of the labor with the R/R, but it's sunk now that you tore into the engine. Forget about...

It also depends on how you represent the conveyance to said spouse/kids/friends. In a lawnmower it's easy to have an all-weather claim falsified/laughed out the building by any pedestrian, but when you start stepping up in moola to private airline cosplayers, that's when people get enough rope...

welcome to the junk that is the market. Overpriced as all get out too. For my part I am biased towards high time engines (they're all largely calendar timed out anyways) with a demonstrated 24 month recency amortization of 100 hours of better. The sitters don't strike my fancy, regardless of the...

Oof, as I suspected. Yeah, def getting a quick-releaseable one; I don't like those odds with these plexi canopies. Problem with the sliders is they'll slam shut on ground impact. I do hear they can be modified (EAB FTW) to accomodate quick release pins on the track in order to push up and...

This accident profile is rather common, as is the reality of risk compensation, by socioeconomic proxy in the case of these airplane types.

I believe same database, just the 250XL omits approach/STAR submenus within the RTE button functionality, which in the 300XL are of course available for approach/SID/STAR selection. But I could be wrong, last time I flew behind a 300XL was my CFI-A checkride in a rental 172RG in 2005.

it probably separated or is rolled under and behind the cabin floor.

Meh. I flew a nuclear bomber non-stop from the East Coast to the south pacific, unofficially with a Garmin 496. Dead nuts while the self-loading baggage downstairs kept fiddle-fugging with the approved EGI that was trying its hardest to get us to start nuclear war with Russia. This reliability...

sounds like a cartel.

Personally I don't consider LA2213 the standard by which we should be waiting for before responding to this "seasonality of imprudence" SWA happens to be on. As such, I welcome the unmoderated public pressure.

Reminds me of the senior enlisted nonners [and their lame duck O-6 supervisors] who think my apathy towards worn/UV-faded patches and scuffed boots in my duty uniform is indicative of lack of proficiency or trustworthiness in the conduct of my primary duty. Don't conflate $ willingness with...

Standard conti. Even when literally cloning a lyco jug, they still end up with conti jug life.

budget friendly? In this hobby? That ship sailed with the rest of the monetary policy in 2020 ime. As was mentioned, cheapest you can get that's still in production is the 175, and grab your ankles on labor anywhere you go, unless you roll your own wiring. Add more for G5 et al. If you come...

Since people were going on about "context"... Legend retired as a member of one my sister squadrons. Typical modern journalism getting it wrong, he didn't retire active duty, he was a reservist, though he has earned an active duty retirement. Actually had it for decades, which is a point of...

from a cost recovery perspective, it'd probably be cheaper and quicker to just get another airplane and salvage what you got at whatever a la carte price you can shed it. With wing replacement you'll still have to carry the TT on the fuse in spite of the wings being lower time. But perhaps you...

no, that's my wingman's job...though I'm a 'servant leader' and have been known to pick up the thicker one at the bar. And that's how I met my ex....o_O:fingerwag:

Reading the thread prompted me to review my auto coverage last night, and quickly realize the Fed's currency debasement has yet again externalized costs for those of us not judgement-proof. Given the prevalence of overpriced cars on the streets these days, I chose to double my property damage...

tip up or slider? Picture caption said the body was still entrapped. Makes one wonder if the canopy design may have been a contributing factor on the fatality. Looking at these for a forever airplane, the egress opportunity costs with the gear pole-vaulting history and the canopy do hover in my...