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Undoubtedly, that's why such information is considered unreliable unless it can be verified by trusted sources. No one in the CIA believes at face value what anyone tells them, much less an enemy leader. Using untrustworthy sources to confirm untrustworthy information isn't the way it's...

I also remember Colin Powell briefing the UN on Iraqi portable chemical/biological processing facilities that could produce chemical agents complete with drawings of the box car/semi trailer labs. This intel was characterized as unreliable by the intel community that collected and reported it...

Funny, I have no recollection of weapons grade nuclear materials being found in Iraq. There might have been some unrefined yellow cake uranium stockpiled but nothing that could be made into a fission bomb without extensive and sophisticated processing There were some chemical munitions found...

If the logs and w&b are in order, DPEs are not required to ask about specific entries. The OP was talking about an aircraft W&B that was not modified to account for removed equipment. If a DPE passed an applicant who used an aircraft with an expired registration or incorrect official w&B, the...

Is your very busy flight school in the habit of failing to properly document the removal of equipment? If a radio was removed and properly accounted for in the logs and W&B, I could easily see a DPE moving on to something else without questioning the applicant on that particular item. Missing...

Written like a true armchair expert. The vast majority of intelligence successes are not publicized as to protect sources and methods. Many attacks have been thwarted by good intelligence, it's just you don't hear about it. The bad guys only have to get it right once to make the news but...

The DPE undoubtedly will ask to see the logbooks of the aircraft being flown for the checkride. It behooves the applicant to see the logs are in order. It won't suffice to say he's only a renter and the obvious omission of a required logbook entry is not his responsibility. It is if he's the...

5 of 8 studs broke on #1 cylinder of O360 with 100 hours on rebuilt engine. It cracked the case at the cylinder opening. Just now finishing the installation of the repaired engine.

IR training puts so much emphasis on "proper" entry into holding patterns but the reality is ATC doesn't give a hoot how you enter a hold. They only care that you remain within the protected airspace until cleared otherwise.

First do a compression check to see if the valves are seating.

Most general aviation aircraft haven't moved much in one second.

Most chaff carried by aircraft is TBC (track break chaff) intended to break the lock of a firecontrol radar and spoil the shot provided the aircraft is also maneuvering. It is designed for specific frequencies most of which are much higher than surveillance radars. TBC would have little...

Was working the ramp at Chicago O'Hare and witnessed (after the fact) a Beech 18 that was chocked get blown by the wind 'til it's tail hit a chain link fence a 100 yards from where it was parked. This was in a far away corner of the airfield and the Beech was in long term, non-flyable storage...

You Tubers without the remote pilot certiicate who post drone video have suffered the wrath of the FAA in the way of expensive fines. You need the certificate if you realize any monetary benefit from the videos you post. Rather like a private pilot getting compensation for flying--need a...

Last I checked, the flight crew didn't include a linguist so relaying who said what and where it came from becomes problematic. Similarly, ELINT requires an analyst to understand what's been intercepted.

When I got checked out in a J3, the instructor told me it was a very safe airplane to fly as airplanes go--It could just barely kill you.

I served with Ron Levy in the Air Force flying F-111s. Ron started out as an NFO/RIO in the Navy and ended up a WSO in the Air Force. He may have rubbed people the wrong way at times but he's an honorable guy who served his country. I'd say many of his detractors can't hold a candle to his...

I participated in a RED FLAG exercise one year where the Army was invited to provide a GUARDRAIL aircraft to showcase its capability. They sent one but neglected to provide a ground station to process any of the data collected. Without the ground station, the aircraft was pretty much...

They are aerodynamically the same. Your mistaken belief doesn't change that fact.

Made the mistake of thinking AWACs was "controlling" the airspace enroute to Iraq from our base in Turkey during Northern Watch. The earlier push was returning while we were ingressing on an assigned altitude. Would have run into the aircraft on their way back if we had relied on AWACs for...