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I was on this jury. Car crash, multiple injuries and vehicles. Traffic at a total standstill, and a K9 officer decided his car was too hot for his dog, there was an overpass a hundred yards ahead, so he walked toward the shade. The dog stopped, and sat next to a car with three occupants. The...

Local to Washington DC PLEASE FLUSH TWICE. IT'S A LONG WAY TO THE WHITE HOUSE L B JOHNSON was president

Generally, any State Trooper who is willing can close traffic for a takeoff. Divided highway is preferred, but one was on a gravel country road. His excuse for landing was a towering thunderstorm behind him, another developing in front, so he landed. I personally know two pilots who had this...

I wonder if he had water in his fuel? "He drained something into a cup" Water from the gascolator? "He did something to the carburetor". Drained the float bowl? With highways like that one, straight and minimal traffic, much better prospects of a fine outcome than in my part of the country...

Flying boats that came to my mind, the China Clippers. 4 big radials engines, galley and dining room on one level, sleeping quarters on another. Google for amazing details of these magnifi8cant flying hotels. The Germans had huge passenger liners for the South America travelers, the wings...

Way back at post 23, flyingron said there was a transmission from 295 to ground "We have an issue, we need to stop and check something out". Their attention was in the cockpit, solving a problem, and they had not stopped. Presumably, that means they had an issue that needed to be corrected...

Second the hotline. Rich people have good lawyers, and can track down the open source, and sue you. You should win, but if his lawyers are better than yours, you may lose. Can you afford lawyers good enough to be sure of winning? At 6 PM, Christmas eve, the president of a company listed on...

I believe that the interim solution is a rental. Pipers have enough spar issues without taking off and landing with no shock absorber.

For the student pilots here. When I was a student, I would not have flown with such weather around. Period. After I was a pilot with many hours, weather much more benign than that, I parked the plane, bought airline tickets home. The plane was recovered later. My major instructors would...

The resolution of the video is poor, but the flaps appear to be at least partially down. Full throttle for the go around would result in a severe nose up attitude and stall at a very low airspeed. The pilot seemed to be fighting the controls, should have been trimming nose down to ease the...

Never argue with a policeman, or a DPE. Those are ways to have a bad day. Even if you are sure that you are right, and the POH is wrong. I documented that I had burned enough gas before landing to get us 5 pounds under max gross. I could have explained that by rotating a few knots faster, we...

Large buildings near airports with white circles painted on the roof, arrow pointed to nearest airport, miles in the center. These were especially common near Air Mail fields, such as College park, MD. If lost, land at the nearest airport, fuel up, and find out which way your destination is.

Domenick, that is the fuel lines leaving the tanks. Since Pipers do not have a Both, that is easy to do. At altitude, my Commercial instructor had me demonstrate that, and the proper recovery.

At pattern altitude, a sudden nose drop, and loss of 20 feet of altitude, is a non event, but on short final, 20 ft AGL, it is a crash. I never slipped with full flaps below 50 feet above all fixed objects between me and the runway. Up higher, I probably have slipped full flaps an accumulated...

The reason that is in the POH is that slips with 30 or 40 degrees of flaps can blanket the horizontal stabilizer with turbulent air, causing an uncontrolled nose drop. Most of my hours are in Cessna's, 182 and smaller. On short final, that has killed pilots, many years ago, according to my...

Old school, 1958, Army, Italy. Officers Club, very nice, table cloth and servants (Italian) Details of the bar, I do not know. Never personally inside. NCO club, Formica tables, very little food, burgers, dogs, fries, serve yourself from the bar. Drinks mostly beer and wine. Enlisted men...

While Ford built 24 B 24 bombers a day, the Military and contractors were training 48 pilots, 24 bombardiers, 24 flight engineers, 24 navigators, and a large number of gunners, every day, just to crew those B 24's. From raw recruits, never even had been a passenger in an airplane to their first...

"Dude" did not exist, WW 2 or earlier with todays meaning. It was a style of dress.

If the FAA has a rule against camping on airports, but does not enforce it, do not complain. The local manager has the best view of the potential problem, and can call in the local law enforcement to remove problems. On the other hand, if the FAA changes the rule to allow camping, airports...

JimK said: The twin tail is its only redeeming quality. I guess the roll up bomb doors are pretty cool too. For the aircrew, those roll up doors were the most hateful feature of the B 24. They constantly rattled and banged, open or closed. They let in copious quantities of frigid outside...