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If owned even something slow I would never get on a commercial jet again when flying domestic. It **SUCKS** as an experience from A-Z.

I don't understand the rush to get on a plane. Don't you want to spend the least amount of time in it? First Class folks should get on last, that's a nice perk. We're both crazy! All these people rushing to get on the plane are the first ones who stand up the minute the plane stops in row 52...

Icon, in a sense, tried to do this. They missed the mark in a few key areas, costs rose, and we all know about how their publicity went. BUT, their initial outset had the right idea. A fun, affordable, safe plane. They hit the objective components on what is needed, yet it'd be hard to say...

(1) It would have to be $50,000 (2) it would have to be easily financed or leased (3) there would have to be some kind of guarantee of ease of maintenance (4) must be easy to fly (5) has to have the Tesla or iPhone wow factor (6) you need a group of people with the intellectual capability...

Fair point.

..PS, the media sleeps in the bed they make. Can't fault us for trashing a headline style that more times than not uses hyperbolic language to garner clicks. Maybe the transition to 6K was an aggressive zero or negative G push. Maybe it was a controlled smooth transition. We don't know. But I...

What plane? In the Aztec the VSI pegs at 4K, in the Duchess at 2K.. I believe you, just curious as it's more than what we did in both.

he didn't like that I had a gentle slip. It was a more of a nit than a full item, as I passed, but, it stood out to me. Same DPE comm and CFI "don't be teaching your student's like that" was the exact words.. "stable" is generally up to the pilot's judgement to maintain a constant glidepath...

I've often been surprised by how much things have changed just in the 20 years I've been flying.. ..while not an old f*** yet.. or necessarily, sure why not, here's what I've seen :) -I was taught the same, as a CFI I teach the same as well. However our airport has a couple of the huge schools...

Apparently was NOT a hard landing.. 1.7g vs the 2.2g limit:

@N747JB I'm a well known high wing hater on this forum, BUT, the 210 series of planes are probably my favorite single engine piston, I believe it executes best what a single engine piston can ultimately be. AOPA did a fly off a few years ago with two very well maintained planes, a Bonanza and...

The 210L in our club feels properly big and comfortable inside. Even the third row, while not a true third row, is more than just a little seat.. in my opinion it feels much bigger than a 182.

My rule with just about any pilotage question especially as it relates to check rides and maneuvers is to go with what the POH says, if that doesn't have it go with the AFH, if that doesn't have it then review the ACS and use your ADM to understand what the ACS is testing for and achieve that...

I could be wrong, but I was under the impression that 60 day window was after the date of the 'action', the reg states below. I get the 'innocent until proven guilty' and all that, but, the FAA is not judicial and the reg clearly states written notice after the motor vehicle "action" - the third...

Reminds me of the time my favorite type, TU-154, landed in a field, mowed down a bunch of small trees and brush.. everyone got out safe, and they flew the plane out!! https://fearoflanding.com/accidents/accident-reports/the-lucky-landing-of-the-tupelov-tu-154/ and was subsequently flow...

..came to post that the F15 in that incident was not FBW, but people beat me to it! (I posted it anyway) I was trying to guess this from the ADSB track. Huge grain of salt with that data but none of the speeds seemed crazy. I must admit, flying small planes now 15-30 hrs a week, nearly all of...

Wow

I have always flown into OAK and used Kaiser and never had an issue. Uber was easy.

Love it! They're not as large in person as they appear in photos, was surprised the first time I had a chance to see one up close near a DC-6. I don't care what anyone says, nothing in aviation can beat the prop giants

PS.. I meant to add this above, but maybe better asked in a separate statement: there already are multi Velocities out there. Is Vmc still a factor in these? Sounds like a stupid question but does the canard design have any impact on this? IE, the canard stalls before the Vmc so no real threat...