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True, the CFI is mostly about teaching, not flying. My company decided to create an in house class system to train newer employees the most important duties. 5 departments, 5 Training Supervisors. They contracted with Maryland University to teach us to be teachers. They knew nothing of the...

It has been a long timer since I was at Catalina Island, but my recollection is that there is no obstruction at either end of the runway to prevent continuing off the mountain, and into the air. As described above, the terrain falls away, and you would be flying.........if you were above stall...

I like my Keurig sweet and rich. When there is a complimentary K machine, I select Cocoa, don't know if it is decaf, but it is hot and good.

When you are ready to build, and have the money, there will be a new president, and the tariffs may be gone. Do not borrow for a future dream, it seldom matches what the future brings.

Trivial issue, arrive a mile from the hold entry point in level flight, airspeed the intended procedure speed, and trimmed. That takes a whole lot of side issues off the procedure. You are not fighting the altitude while dealing with the entry, and following that, fighting altitude while...

I predict this will blow over quietly and quickly. Neither party has a long term gain in forcibly winning this one.

She may have exceptional technological skills that are near irreplaceable. In my service in the Army, I committed a serious security violation, brought it to my superiors to prevent higher authorities from having a chance of detecting it. Fortunately for me, they had no replacement for my...

Congratulations! My check ride was an Arrow, told the DPE not to expect 3 green lights until we crossed the fence. No flaps used.

tobnpr, exactly my point. Multiple people had to make bad judgement calls for this pilot to be flying that aircraft, that day. That pilot was the most important one. No flame suit, WW 2 style steel helmet.

The security procedures may well prohibit all but designated personnel into that space. The General may have a problem, which will go away easily, unless he hassles the airman. In my other life, in the Army, a new Lieutenant decided to inspect the high security guard site. As he approached...

From my personal point of view, a glass cockpit is the hardest kind of display to troubleshoot of all. The Colonel had that problem. second, the only plane that I have flown with electric trim is the Piper Arrow with autopilot. That device was full of potential problems, some manifested...

He had the equivalent of an enhanced 6 pack, fully functional, and a functioning auto pilot. This is a problem with the fully computerized aircraft, the pilots are short on actually flying the plane with partial failures, With the few hours he had in this sophisticated plane, he had inadequate...

The .mil guys here will not like this, but the entire backup, fully independent display was working. That display, mentioned as being near his knee, has far more flight information than an old standard 6 pack. My instructor took me up one night, under a hood for instrument control practice...

Too much toe in took the tread off the outside edge, and produced excessive heat. Too low tire pressure increases sidewall flex, very much more heat. Severe turns at speed, again sidewall heat concentrated on the outside sidewall. Speed? Lowering air pressure to get softer ride, or better...

Manhattan to JFK shuttle 3 batteries, one eVTOL's. Takes off from Manhattan, flies to JFK using battery 1, unloads passengers as the automatic tug runs under the plane, releases the battery, lowers it, and backs out. Second tug runs under, raises and latches battery 2 in, backs out, New...

Probably none of the advanced trainers were side by side. Once they were sidetracked to bomber or transport, side by side prevailed. Prime students continued in tandem and fighter planes.

Wait until the rebuild is complete before going lawyer. You want to have EVERY failure documented before negotiations start. Then there is no chance of compromise settlement before an additional big ticket item is found.

Is the idle smooth? If so, that cylinder is firing, you have a failure in the measuring system. Try the hand test of the cylinder head temp after a minute or so of running, see if it is close to the other cylinder heads. Start with comparing the valve covers, then cooling fins of the...

I have met a Golden Eagle at 500 feet, Bald Eagles at less than 1,000 feet, and they all dived away. I met a red tail hawk at 8,500 feet, we passed within about 300 feet, it held its altitude. Dozens of buzzards at modest altitudes, and pulling up is the only safe move. My wife said one...

I would expect the thermals to rise much higher over the Saudi desert where there is little humidity to condense and stop the rise. I found that true over our southwestern desert. My normal cruise when there were no wind or clouds to influence my choice was always 7 to 10 thousand feet...