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What outrage? Don’t read too much into it.

Exactly. So the outrage was just for giggles.

The flak is heaviest near the target

Yeahright. And this thread - with its title - was posted solely as a public service announcement

Huh. Another thread complaining about the government. Imagine that… There’s getting to be an awful lot of political cropdusting going on here these days: obviously political posts done in passing with the hope nobody notices the smell till it’s too late.

You’re trying to rationalize the one side we can hear. Again, I have lots of respect for first responders and don’t think it’s sensible to trash them without the facts.

I’d be curious how many on-scene commanders dealing with a helicopter pilot they’ve never met and about whom they have no idea of their actual qualifications, including actual helicopter rescue training, would have handled this differently for a non-emergency situation. The pilot landing with...

I wonder if the red circle you can see on his tablet around 1:09 is a TFR he was supposed to stay out of. If so, I’d hope most pilots on here would have a different take on this…

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If one’s going-in assumption is the government is incompetent (at any level and in any “color” state/region, by the way), that’s what one will see. Similarly, if one’s going-in assumption is that all PoA members are douche-nozzles, that’s also what one will see. We should be careful with...

As with getting your PPL or Instrument rating, the books are an essential but by no means sufficient part of the training. DO NOT read the resources that others have provided and go try this with a friend without proper training! As with most technical skills, learning how to do the “routine”...

Another GDL 50/Aera 660 user here. Actually, two sets: one in my Warrior and one in my gyro. For the latter it’s actually a GDL 50R (remote) and the 660 is my glass panel. The 50/660 is a great combination. Great traffic and weather plus the 50’s ADAHARS makes the 660/760 a plausible ADI...

The barriers to entry are pretty low for aircraft insurance, which means if it was lucrative there would be lots more participants. The lack of competition is most likely because of a lack of worthwhile payoff.

….or books banned in Florida….

I think you mean "6 foot prop is still (35ft wingspan/2=17.5 plus 3ft separation wingtip to wingtip minus 3ft (half the prop length=) 17.5 feet from prop tip to wing tip"? I have a fair amount of formation time (and am actually a carded Lead with RPA). Three feet wingtip to wingtip is close...

State’s rights - right? If a deadline for ADS-B hadn’t been set, its use still wouldn’t be widespread. Sometimes you need to give a deadline to the adult kid to move out to get them to move out.

I may be mistaken but I think they were headed home from a weekend event in northern CA where more “dynamic” things were done/taught/practiced. I’m pretty sure this was a 2-ship en route home, meaning it was very unlikely they were “playing aggressively”. All the more curious how this happened...

The pilot who was killed was definitely experienced at formation flying and in that aircraft type. He was a part of “Tiger Squadron”, which is a group of RPA pilots who do even more advanced stuff. He’s about halfway down this page (Ryder Adams): http://www.tigersquadron.com/our-team/

I’m in Redstar Pilots Association (RPA) and got an email from the recent President. The deceased is Ryder “Hammer” Adams, who had just assumed the role of interim RPA president. No other details. Very sad to hear.

Also, having served, I chuckle when I see people of a particular, umm, leaning complain about civil servants and especially military and how under-performing they consider them to be when, in my experience, those under-achievers are of the same leaning.