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Winnemucca would be a great location, if they added some parking. Nothing much to bang into out there... :cool:

That was my first thought. The pilot was possibly just pushing on the pedal out of a reaction to the approaching impact. I have seen plenty of examples of new pilots pressing on the right pedal when they intended to apply the brakes, due to habit transfer from driving cars.

Landing gear up should be on a hard surface, like a runway. Uneven surfaces, like the grass between the runways will toss the airplane up and down and cause lots of damage. A smooth surface and a gentle(-ish) landing will likely only tear up the points of contact. Seen it many times...

Two more crashes, four dead.

What happens if you Meow really loud on 121.475? Can anyone hear it?

Driving is a dynamic situation and adjustments for speed and lane position must be constantly made. Not passing and hanging on someone's bumper is a no-go. I would have taken the first exit and used the time to take a short break. Oh yeah, left lane campers should be [eliminated].

Should I tell the horror story of my high altitude canned cheese spread "incident" again?

It is evidently too much effort to remember and memorize two or more three-character IDs while operating an aircraft. I blame public schools...

The 15 mile call is a holdover from the "Airport Advisory Area" for non-tower airports with an active FSS. I agree, the use of "X minutes out" calls will make a better fit for busy airports, but there are those who rely on their tablets for traffic deconfliction. I'm so glad I have spent most...

In the narrow canyon type airstrips in Alaska, I typically flew into an upwind and used the overflight to examine the surface for bad things, then descended once it was safe to turn final. Some of those strips had a SSFO or RCO to announce position in the pattern and talk to FSS. Sometimes a...

Entering the pattern from the inside at pattern altitude is insanity and a potential mid-air waiting to happen. Some jackwagon did that to me at night and he got reeealy close. Big nope.

Now that I think of it (old age is a bl7ch), I have a remote control fob that operates a four channel relay board. I bought it to experiment with opening the garage door, turning on and off a couple of lights and arming the LIDAR tracked heavy machine gun. OK, disregard that last part. It was...

My sister-in-law has the same Korean made car, but over there, they are Chevrolets. The Encore is the top rated "Compact Luxury SUV," if there is such a thing, so it should have all the goodies. Strange it does not have the garage door buttons. Every car I've bought since 2003 has them...

Yep. That was a tree arrested landing.

Auto key fobs use something called a Remote Keyless System (RKS). In the U.S. these operate at 315 MHz, +/- 2.5 MHz. Garage door opener remotes contain a radio transmitter. The opener unit contains a receiver. When you operate your remote, it sends a radio signal to the opener across a specific...

Oh yeah, pics or it didn't happen.

Just give him a remote clicker thingy for the garage. What? You bought him a car that has no garage door opener buttons built in? Duuuude!

I could tell you all about it, but we would both suffer the consequences...

MH-47G. Special Operations super swoopy version.

You've got that right. I make a point to visit a new BBQ joint every two weeks or so and combine it with some sort of adventure involving airplanes, helicopters and firearms.