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I saw one of these going down the road a few days ago. It looks like a shipping container on wheels. I hope the rest of the industry doesn’t adopt this design language. I think this is worse than the Pontiac Aztek.

Textron did build 39 NA Skylanes and 27 Turbo Skylanes last year, so at least there are a few additions to the fleet.

Ride in a U Haul? Did the Kenosha Kickers offer you a ride?

There was a while where I could routinely pick up a commercial FM station from Toronto in and around my home in Roswell, Georgia. 15 miles to the east where my office was, I couldn't get it. I mentioned this to a coworker who lives near me, he had the same exact experience, near our homes we...

My wife and daughters wanted to go to the Blue Lagoon, so we did. I’ll spare you the pictures of wet people in steaming water. It was quite relaxing. Today we did boat tour is the glacier lagoon, quite spectacular. Amazing ice floes This one got the seal of approval. This afternoon we did a...

My eldest wanted to snorkel Silfra, so I volunteered to go with her. I volunteered to go with her. Because I’m over 65, I had to get my doctor to certify that I’m healthy enough to do this, and if I was 70, they wouldn’t let me!

Four years later, we finally made it. Landed this morning after a five hour flight, and spent the morning getting a car and then scouting for lighthouses. On the agenda for tomorrow is a visit to the Blue Lagoon, and a drive to the south coast.

What do you do if you need a password and you’re not at home?

A while back I was talking with my boss and he asked me if I had done any thinking about when I would retire. His thinking was that it was good to retire early so we could still go out and do things. If I retired now, I have no idea what I'd do with myself. I've been thinking that I'd like to...

Thanks. When I was a teenager, my family did a two month summer tour in a 24 foot Winnebago. I really enjoyed it and would do it again, but my wife is strongly anti-RV, and really wants a lake house. I'm a little reluctant to take on something that will require too much maintenance, I'll be at...

That is Social Security Normal Retirement Age, although I believe that the Social Security admin folks refer to it as full retirement age. So, what does that mean for me? Nothing, for now, I'm still working the same job and hope to continue for four more years, but as my mother used to say, if...

I have 200 something passwords in my password manager. Every one is different, and are what LL Bean's website adjudicated as being "wicked strong". I printed the login information on a sheet of paper and locked it in my safe. That way, if I suddenly kick the bucket my wife can access...

Looks like fun! I'm looking forward to your updates.

Ours went down a tiny bit. Car insurance is up, though.

Watching that clip made me sick to my stomach. The aircrew didn’t stand a chance. Condolences and best wishes to their families.

There were approximately 70,000 student certificates issued last year, so the answer is no. How many of them are career wannabes we don’t know.

No question that the commercial ops have switched to turbine equipment. Looking at FlightAware here early on a Sunday morning, there are 17 each of Caravans and PC-12s flying, one Navajo, 7 Cessna 402s (5 are Cape Air), and one Cessna 421. I think this changeover was pretty well finished in the...

Earlier this year I started grabbing some numbers from FlightAware on which and how many general aviation airplanes were flying. To be more specific, I was interested in those that are typically owner/renter flown, or user for tra. I pulled down the numbers from FlightAware's Airborne Aircraft...

The Feds have released the U.S. Civil Airmen Statistics are now available. I'm a numbers guy and find this stuff interesting, and if you do too, this should make for an interesting discussion. First up, the total pilot count: The pilot count is up, pretty much across the board, save for the...