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  1. X3 Skier

    Seaplane collides with small boat in Vancouver

    If you watch closely, you'll see what is called the "Second Rise" which means the floats are ready to plane or get on the step. The first rise is the plowing thru the water. the demo shows both and as soon as the second rise happens, you relax back pressure to allow the floats to plane and...
  2. X3 Skier

    ANG F-15 into Canal, Oregon, 5/15/2023, no injuries

    One less for the Boneyard next year.
  3. X3 Skier

    LogBook Question. New Student

    The keeper of the paper logbook should sign the bottom of each page attesting to the correctness of the entries for that page. The ones I keep/kept (in addition to FF) has a space for the pilot to "Certify" the accuracy of the entries. Don't know if it is required by FAR but all the ones I have...
  4. X3 Skier

    34, feeling lost, lonely

    But be aware it might be what my late wife used to call a "Pretend Dog" refering to chiuauas or other similar sized dogs. ;)
  5. X3 Skier

    Amazing save in a Grumman AA-1C

    Didn’t see that. Sorry.
  6. X3 Skier

    Amazing save in a Grumman AA-1C

    Nicely done.
  7. X3 Skier

    We flew an L39 Jet but in the style of a Cessna 172

    Ok, no helmet so no chin strap to forget to buckle
  8. X3 Skier

    Who is This

    Dunno but the guy on the right is on stilts.
  9. X3 Skier

    For Memorial Day

    That was and is a great piece of writing about a very good man. Two uncles were WWII Vets. One, Ralph, a Radioman/Gunner in B-25's and the other, Joe, an Infantry Grunt in Italy. When Joe came home, he gave me a cigarbox of German Insignia and Medals that he took off of dead or captured Germans...
  10. X3 Skier

    F35 down

    Reminds me of the comment a former Marine Aviator friend made to me many years ago. "There are two kinds of AV-8B Pilots, those who have ejected and those who will."
  11. X3 Skier

    Glider crash - Winter Haven, FL

    Is it a rotary or a radial or a ?
  12. X3 Skier

    Pilot parachutes and leaves 6 PAX to perish? Cessna 206 KC, MO

    Who are the loons in charge at KSHB????
  13. X3 Skier

    Aviation License Plates

    Still have my TWA FF Number with American after they gobbled up TWA.
  14. X3 Skier

    Airbus (not Boeing) Fire at gate.

    A "journalist" doesn't need a reason.
  15. X3 Skier

    Airbus (not Boeing) Fire at gate.

    https://komonews.com/news/local/seattle-tacoma-international-airport-delta-604-a10-cancun-electric-power-port-of-seattle-fire-department-loading-bridge-chutes-safety-posfd
  16. X3 Skier

    Buying a LSA. Good idea?

    Thank you for your comments on LSA. We will consider them and take any appropriate action that might be advisable.
  17. X3 Skier

    ME 163 Training FIlm

    Rudi Opitz, the principal test pilot on the Me163 program who survived to be picked up in Operation Paperclip and worked in the U.S. aerospace industry for many years. He also worked in the Me110 test program before WWII. He was a noted soaring pilot as well and passed away in 2010 at the age of...
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    ME 163 Training FIlm

    Translation is a little wanky at times but I found this very interesting. We have one at the National Museum of the USAF at W-P AFB.
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