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I scan the NOTAMS almost daily. When I see one like that that I think I need to know more about, I'll just read it like this: " in an area from about 32 miles southwest of the Deschutes VOR, to about 32 miles southeast of the Deschutes VOR, to about 29 miles southwest of the Kimberly VOR, to...

Here's another good sight to see a graphical representation of active and upcoming SUAs: https://sua.faa.gov/sua/siteFrame.app

Is he another one of those "social media influencer" type aviation commentators? I've never heard of him before this.

Yes. Aviation Rescue Swimmer and Surface (ship board) Rescue Swimmer are 2 different things in the Navy. Didn't mean to create confusion. Absolutely!

I would not compare Navy rescue swimmers to either PJs or Seals. That's just a whole other level. Rescue swimmers are in the swoop and scoop business.

@MauleSkinner, Congrats to your nephew! It is an adventure for sure! I went through Navy helicopter rescue swimmer school back in 1980. The physical fitness and basic rescue swimmer skills are very similar. The mission equipment and and the actual day to day responsibilities of Navy and CG...

Cheapest option that works and won't attack the finnish: regular old mineral spirits. Best option for discriminating aircraft detailers: Aerocosmetics Belly Soap. https://washwax.com/pages/aircraft-gear-belly-belly-soap

This guy was still an active flight instructor into his late 80s. Age is a number. When to hang it up is a personal thing. 50- ha! That's still a pup! https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/across-continent-homebuilt-distance-180957787/

My first career was as a crew chief on Navy CH-46s and UH-1Ns. Almost all of the pilots I flew with had zero GA experience. We used to use a small municipal airport for refueling, one of us had to drive the tanker from the base up to the muni, about 60 miles away. The pilots were in the...

$14K for an aircraft that only has 83hrs on it? Either the seller, or the A&P that did your annual took huge advantage of you, no doubt! If you can stick it out and get your PP-SEL and instrument rating, your costs might go down. But, GA is an expensive activity, and you've started out at the...

Here's what I've found: If you fly a typical light GA single engine aircraft (C-172, PA28-140, etc...) with average skill, and turn cross wind when you are not less than 300' agl below the published pattern altitude, turn downwind once you reach pattern altitude, reduced power and trim for...

Here's a little food for thought. It all works out just fine as long as everyone plays nice. When someone decides that AIM 4-1-9 and AC90-66b are only advisory (and therefore doesn't apply to them), things can occasionally get a little sporty. The only thing that really trips my trigger is...

Its is an "experimental amatuer-built aircraft". So, no A&P required.

I just rescued a not so mechanically inclined friend who flatted while going to get pancakes at Ellie's last Sunday. New 5.00X5 AirHawk 4-ply $96 New 5.00X5 tube $65 An afternoon spent on the ramp at the "other end" of the airport with borrowed tools and a saw-horse with some old...

Easy, Brazilian aircraft company designs and sells aircraft with German engineering and American design philosophy. A few things get jumbled in the translation, like the concept of a "non-essential" buss. Engineers talk about "load-shedding" in order to conserve available electrons during an...

Happens far more often than you'd think. I did a 3 year tour with the NAS Lemoore Helicopter Search & Rescue team. Got shot at flying over Sequoia-Kings Canyon wilderness area several times. One time, they holed our aft avionics bay with a high-power rifle and destroyed an inverter...

I'm kinda curious about these failures with the Skybeacons. Are they "high percentage failures?" Are you doing touch & goes on the flight you submit for PAPR? Are you flying in fringe coverage areas for the given flight altittudes? If you take off and land in an out of coverage area on the...

If the plugs' have got a case of "the clinkers", that bad mag check was in the making long before you last rented it. And, if your "club" is making you pay the full bill for new plugs, that is really not fair, I think I'd protest.