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His design criteria specifically excludes fuel issues. It's centered around the engine itself failing.

Assuming that the engineering could work: I think the main problem is that most scenarios I can think of where I would want a back-up option wouldn't be helped much by only ten minutes. But the engineering is hard. I can't think of any way that you are going to be able to pack enough power into...

A hundred years ago this contraption set a new world record, stay aloft for over eight minutes... Raúl Pescara, Moulineaux France.

Yep. Took a wrong turn at Dulles once and ended up nose to nose with a big United jet resulting in me getting taxied through the passenger ramp before finally getting point back to the FBO. I still wonder what the passengers waiting to board thought when they saw me coming through...

Wait, only people who fly around making cooking videos have a colander with them? Who knew! And, YES, the trees are super cool!

Many people think there is magic. Basically anything with a round hole will let you safely view an eclipse. In 2017 we had fun trying to find the goofiest way. A pasta strainer with a paper plate was my favorite.

As others have said, the difference between a near total and a total is quite large. My plan is to wait until the day before, look at the forecast and fly to somewhere in the path of totality.

It wasn't over money. It was over declining mental health, which slid further and further over the years and, perhaps, manifested in the end as blaming money. But it was never money. He was way more broken than that. For a long time now he's been convinced that... Well, here are his some of his...

It's so crazy how variable the market is too. Can be hard to really gauge the market and the investment potential without a lot of local knowledge. For example, your land rent alone is well over double what I pay to rent a t-hangar. I'm only paying $125 a month for my hangar. Someone building a...

Yep, tons of people ship stuff in. Information on how is on this page under "Shipping Services": https://www.eaa.org/airventure/plan-your-eaa-airventure-trip/guest-services

Yeah, anything that drives down the cost or increases the viability of off grid solar is also going to drive down the cost or increase the viability of utility power because scale will always matter.

Very well said. And with the off grid solar, you also lose the reliability of utility power. So you pay the highest possible rate for power and still end up not having it regularly.

Here's where it is: https://airbnb.com/h/casa-isa I have 14kw in panels and 40kwh in batteries. I'm running lead acid batteries, because sometimes you have to buy what's available and understood by local suppliers and maintenance people. My electronics are from Outback Power. Batteries are...

I'm off grid. Hate it. Would never do it by choice. Fingers crossed that this will be the year that utility power comes to my neighborhood.

Probably cultural differences between Texas and the northern US as well. In any case, as soon as the US and Canada can agree on Basic Med standards, I'll be happy to do a firsthand investigation. I regret not going to Canada when I was still third class.

I've spent well over a decade living in Mexico and traveling to the US, mostly during the summer. Neither side is great, but US CBP and Immigration is the worst. The first rule is follow the rules to the letter. The second rule is that following them to the letter is only a defense, not an...

Yeah, that seems high. Trent did a very, very nice hangar build for tons less than that.

Definitely not apples-to-apples, but a lot of the last mile amazon delivery stuff in Mexico is done on motorcycles.

Yeah, but the headliner!!!!