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There are reasonable arguments to be made both for punching out and for flying it out of danger. Me? Sounds like punching out was the better answer. Low altitude, slow, spatial disorientation, IFR, and the ship's instrumentation is failing? Lots of things stacked against a successful recovery.

Ha, can't remember what brand ours is, but the water line for the ice maker runs through the door. When it starts leaking, there is no access inside the door, so your options are (in order of expense): 1) Turn off the water to the 'fridge. 2) Buy a new fridge. 3) Replace the door. We haven't...

Probably an R44 with an IO or O 540. The magneto drive bearing and boss are <apparently> an all-too-common failure point. Ask me how I know...

My rules have (largely) become: - I'll work tirelessly on hobby items. I almost never pay to have work done on my toys. - For everyday stuff - our cars, appliances, plumbing in the house, etc. I'll evaluate the job and take on jobs that appear easy to me. Sometimes I'm fooled, but rarely. And...

How do you leave an online, constructive, review of a sub par restaurant without coming across as a jerk? One of the semi-upscale restaurants near us is always a disappointment. SWMBO is the one who usually wants to go there and always leaves less than pleased (I'm less than pleased going...

We (my 3 person family) have T-Mobile cell service and use one their services for an office space we rent. We don’t stream TV, but have been satisfied with the services we use.

Headed home from Oshkosh one year in the RV-10 we saw 200 KTAS (going slightly downhill) plus another 35 knots of tailwind. I was pretty impressed that an airplane I built in my garage could carry 4 people that fast...

Unless they have figured out rapid charging, more capable batteries, and/or battery swapping, won't the eVTOL's be limited to a handful of trips in the morning and another surge in the evening ('cause they need a 4 hour charge between their hour long duty cycle)? They absolutely have to figure...

They may be a decent idea to move a (relative) few people, but they are not a mass transit solution and the battery technology isn’t there yet. I just don’t think the concept is widely practical without better batteries.

I have something like 1400 tailwheel hours and 600 nosewheel hours. I took the RV-6 down a while back to install some landing gear (welded) gussets because there is/was a fleet history of cracked gear/engine mounts. The airplane was down for much longer than I expected, and in the meantime, I...

More like ran out of Baloneyium.

I don't worry too much about what other people do unless it impacts me. Masks fall into the "doesn't impact me" category.

Did you use Lycoming's case splitting tool (or a homemade version)? If not, how'd you split it?

When I built my RV-6, I used red shop towels to clean the tanks, my hands, etc. during the assembly/sealing process. After the first few hours on the airplane, I was shocked at how much red lint was in the gascolator screen. Based on that, I'm not using 'em anywhere near an engine or fuel...

That one was parked in the Replica Fighters Association area, wasn't it?

The airplane was a D.VIII. Otherwise, Ralph’s comments are spot-on.

I went to a small gathering of high school friends/acquaintances on Saturday. Some of those folks looked rough, rough I tell you... I, on the other hand, just looked 15 pounds overweight and grey headed..

...hit the ball, drag Bob.