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A hair over 4 years of database updates = 1 G100UL STC for my plane. I'm salty at the need for the STC at all. That's a different and well-worn thread though. I intend to pirate the fuel if it becomes the only source available to me here. I have also made duplicates of the wing sticker that...

at least he said please. nobody tell him monday is a holiday either :)

cool story

Which has the higher body count? Are you pleased with how this whole thing shook out? Seemed like a basic day in general aviation, or something preventable and pressured into being?

vilifying youtube influencers is its own reason. I would argue that the narcissism involved in starting up a "hey look at me" channel led straight to the death of this pilot.

guess we'll need to like and subscribe to find out :)

So was our influencer friend, presumably watching this go down, thinking "oh no I may have killed someone" or "oh man this is gonna get so many views"

Emails addressed to "Respected FAA" will surely bounce. Which might be the best possible outcome here.

Ugh, somehow I missed that. That word "autonomous" seems overworked then. This is just a fancy drone. :)

https://timesofsandiego.com/military/2024/02/14/air-force-oks-autonomous-cargo-flights-across-california-after-successful-test/ Anyone know how they're dealing with radios? The fields quoted in the article are all towered. I don't think a "2800 flight mile test" is all that rigorous to get...

You should look on Zuckbook, there is a group with an active spreadsheet of planes, rates, locs, etc. If you don't find what you are after, you can add it and discover some other like-minded pilots. https://www.facebook.com/groups/bayareaairplanepartnerships

I went and dug up my old TCO for our 141 school. Our TCO predates Basic Med, and it did indeed require third class medical to be an applicant to our 141 Private Pilot course. Our TCO was a template from the Cessna Pilot Centers when that was a thing. Item 2 on our CPC boilerplate is what is...

Yoke's on me for reading this entire thread :P

My favorite bit of this is the people I talk to "waiting for prices to go back down" before they buy an airplane, when I'm pretty confident the current price regime is "the new normal" and people need to adjust their expectations. Particularly for blue-chip planes like 182s and bonanzas. Some of...

Wait a minute, are we calling Usher's music hip-hop now? Or is that some sort of all-encompassing euphemism like when my south african acquaintances say "ze blecks" ? :P

This popped up on my morning browse, and it was a long and interesting read about commercial aircraft manufacturing. I thought some others might enjoy it as well. https://www.construction-physics.com/p/a-cycle-of-misery-the-business-of

Aha, nuanced and I get it now. Bravo. :)

This seems at odds with your "It's a great job in either seat" claim.

I thought you were a techie. https://www.mturk.com/ third world human misery is on hand to solve your captchas for you, for pennies per captcha. Your second solution would do it though :)

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