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Wow. That seems excessive. I suppose many of those accident aircraft have a canopy similar to the Sonex, essentially a plastic bubble without a rigid frame. It seems that design lends itself to distortions under air loads, and if the latching mechanism becomes compromised, the canopy may become...

When I come across something that includes "PM 2.5," it's time to read something else. Between that silly argument and limitations by government agencies that measure Things That Will Kill People in parts per billion, the Supreme Court ruling overturning the Chevron deference couldn't have come...

The AIB report has been released. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25023073-gundam-22-aib-full https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/08/01/air-force-investigation-finds-gearbox-failure-downed-osprey-off-japan-coast.html

The 28th Operations Group Commander has been relieved. He was in the position for just 14 months. https://www.airandspaceforces.com/group-commander-faulted-b-1-crash-relieved/

It's been over 40 years ago that I went along with a VHPA member in a sorta beat up 204 to set rooftop A/C units on a building in Houston. We approached the jobsite to land around 800' AGL, and he said "This is how we dropped into hot LZs in the jungle." I can't properly describe the maneuver...

Quite a few of his videos are essentially this.

Safe on the ground 95 miles from their destination, and took off into known low overcast and fog to get there. What a shame.

That'll never get old. :biggrin:

Which makes the highly touted hydrogen revolution a bit problematic. It's just the latest Shiny Object.

Having dimly recalled my university days and the rather thick statistics tome jumping up off the desk and beating me about the head, I bow to your work. :biggrin:

My seventh grade chemistry teacher, Harry Herder, drove a Korean War era jeep that was painted a dull yellow. He served in WWII as an infantryman, and participated in the liberation of Buchenwald, a Nazi death camp. He later wrote about it. In the Korean War, Herder was a medic, and lost his...

That's not the typical Florida and Texas pop-up forecast. It was certain the line was there.

Very nice. Thanks for sharing. While "Willy" is a predictable name for the vehicle, the correct pronunciation of the brand's name has been lost to history. It's actually "Willis," with a short "i", not the long "e." WWII, the Korean War, and generations of service members changed it.

Maybe not. Judge Sean D. Jordan of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas cited Loper Bright when granting an injunction June 28 to temporarily freeze the Biden administration's overtime rule from going into effect for the state of Texas, just hours after the Supreme Court...

The law was it was legal to drink alcoholic beverages while driving, but illegal to drive while above the legal BAL. There was no prohibition of open containers. Odd, but accurate. It was overturned at the same time when federal law mandated a minimum .10 determination of intoxication for all...

How sad. My thoughts to her family.

News story from South Carolina: https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/escaped-tenn-inmate-spotted-in-sc-believed-to-have-been-driving-missing-mans-car/amp/

The 2019 South Dakota PC-12 crash that killed nine family members is the all time leader in this tragic category. Hubris and incompetence merged.

Looking at the SIGMET and radar image, then contemplating the horror of the victims' death along with the unbearable suffering of surviving family gives rise to strong emotion, one being anger.

The manner and speed in which misfortunes and tragedy can tear into someone's life is sobering. I hope the man is found safely, but the odds are against it.