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The question that's got me stumped is, how did the guy still have a first class after a double bypass? Media is now quoting family sources in reporting it was a heart attack. Yet the FAA doesn't want sport pilots flying with stents.

Then, also clean the bottom of the fuselage.

Lawyers take the blame, but they're only serving the wishes of greedy citizens. Lawyers wouldn't get away with half as much without jurors ignorant of the fact that all settlements eventually come out of their own pockets. They think big awards are punishing faceless corporations, but they...

I've wondered why it isn't more common to pipe some checklists in audio form through the music input of the newer intercoms. It could leave both eyes and both hands free during busy times. Now, where did I leave that great old Sony cassette player? ;) I know one pilot who has his non-pilot...

The episode on the Reliant Robin is one of my faves. I only wish I knew more of the British celebs making cameos in that one, so I'd get the inside jokes.

I recently bought a new machine with Win 7 specifically to allow continued use of a legacy 32-bit application which, in later "updates," got bloated and abandoned its original mission, then finally went to a subscription model (CoolEdit Pro 2.0/Adobe Audition). The last thing I need is an...

Fuji Heavy Industries, Subaru's parent, did make aircraft engines, but the Subaru boxers are not descendants. That was imagined by someone and has been repeated enough to stick, but it's not true. The EA-81 is an old design which was originally rated below 100 HP in cars. It's heavy, but could...

They mentioned tonight on my local news that the purse for the fight was more than the GDP of 29 countries.

The "sudden stoppage" verbage sounds like what's in the Rotax two-stroke manuals. They basically warn you not to fly over anything you can't land on, day/VFR only.

The euro tandems will fly at 90 knots solo with a 912. It's in takeoff and climb where they're marginal. I flew the long cross-country requirements for the Private/Gyro in a Sport Copter Lightning (open single-place) with a dual-carb Rotax 503. At our elevation here in Utah, in the summer...

The post office won't let you use accumulated sick time for days spent in a federal penitentiary. A postal carrier in Portland a few years ago was caught dealing drugs from his mail truck a few months before he was due to retire and lost it all. It sounds like Doug had 11 years in, so to...

Few gyros, even most marketed as ultralights, actually can make weight. Their owners count on the fact that the FAA never shows up with a scale. When so-called "heavy ultralights" crash, the FAA usually looks the other way and considers the accident to have occurred during Part 103...

I got a Raspberry Pi as a Christmas gift, and its two options are 640-x-480 on an NTSC analog screen or HDMI. I just bought a Samsung 24" 720p TV to use with it as a monitor, because I intend to do mostly coding and other low-res stuff and it should be great for that, and the TV tuner makes it...

The mailman's gyro was built a few years ago by a guy in the Charlotte area for $5K. He was a great scrounger of used parts, including the front fork from an old go-ped, but this represents the very low end. CFI availability is rapidly improving. The explosive sales growth of the European...

Whoa! A few misconceptions here. Those videos of untrained pilots backsliding into the ground are caused by pure, old human panic. They don't stall like a fixed-wing, but there's still a power curve, and if you're far enough on the backside of it, more back-stick is a recipe for going down, not...

He started blogging about it two years ago. Local media in Florida carried the story about a year ago. The Secret Service interviewed him six months ago. He was a 61-year old guy in a 50-knot aircraft on an hour-long flight, and he still caught them by surprise. So...what are the odds...

I'd ask the boss to be named interim lead, do the job to the best of your ability, and see where it goes. The two big risks are giving the company what it needs without giving you a raise, and the political issue of returning from leader to coworker if they make someone else the permanent lead...

Re: HD Radio It's like FM in the 1960s. Not enough listeners yet to pay salespeople. Most subchannels are repeaters for content which pays for itself elsewhere, and the additional listeners brought in by the HD simulcast is incremental to the main signal. There are some markets where HD...

OK, how 'bout the real question - Can my AME issue my third-class in-office with my new head, or will I need to call Dr. Bruce?

Or, getting all the participants to prep adequately before the recording, so they can keep moving forward without the "ums" and "ahs." I found that I edited least when the guest was well-informed and passionate about the topic. When I had the...um, other kind of guest, I eventually gave up...