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I wrote the above in 2019. I'm still active in some standards work (writing this in a meeting in Milan, Italy), but the end is in sight. 2 more years and I'm finished. And not a moment too soon, I'm over 70 now. And jbarrass is right. I'm so busy that I wonder how I found time to work...

Send cash and remind them of the words on the bills. Something like "legal tender for all debts, PUBLIC or private."

I remember a number of years ago I had a headhunter call about a job in Wisconsin. You know, that place where mosquitoes are so big they have N numbers stenciled on them. I ultimately said "no thanks" to the job offer. This just furthers me belief that I was right.

Tailwinds can result in serious ground speed. I remember a number of years ago riding an airliner back from Japan to the US when if our ground speed had been airspeed, we were supersonic. 200 mph on the tail will do that! Another time we got into SFO so early that we had to sit on the plane...

One thing that I don't recall seeing in this thread. Keep your expectations for quality aircraft LOW. I worked with a guy years ago who was a skydiver. I told him that I couldn't see voluntarily jumping out of a perfectly good airplane. He replied that there was no such thing as a perfectly...

I have an IR. I have a friend who is a retired airline pilot. He and I are both not instrument current for a reason. If I had to fly across the state in IMC, I'd drive. Too much work involved in single pilot IFR. Way too much work. I admire your goal, but as you learn more you'll probably...

Sorry to hear this. 90 is a ripe old age, but it still hurts.

According to posts on this board and another one, Henning passed away yesterday. He was interesting. Fair winds and blue skies.

As I mentioned elsewhere, I "knew" Henning for a number of years on a number of boards. If you didn't take everything he said seriously, he was an interesting dude. The trick was to know when to disbelief what he claimed. I didn't have that trick nailed down, so I didn't take much of what he...

I had a guy (who I'm sure was jerking my chain) ask what a chart was in a meeting yesterday. I told him (and everyone else in the room) that it was a piece of paper, one whose batteries never died and one whose display hybrid never quit, unlike the HP-41CV that I use to this day had done.

The only time I remember getting carb ice was in a 182. The engine kept looking power. I finally added carb heat and after the stumbles went away we never had a problem again. Carb heat early, carb heat often.

And if you travel internationally as I do, the extra $15 is nothing. It certainly was worth it coming back to SEA from FRA earlier this month.

I hold an Amateur Extra class license. i started out as a Techician in November 1988, upgraded to Advanced in 1992 and sat there for years. 20 wpm code just wasn't worth the pain for an extra 75 kHz of spectrum for SSB. When the FCC did away with the code requirement I retook the written just...

I would suggest that you are driving in Rome (Italy). But, having returned from Cairo earlier this month this sound more like Cairo, just add horns to the mix. What have you got against cats? Follow the 2nd amendment, all of it!

I tip only at restaurants that have sit down seating. Nowhere else. That said, part of the advice that my wife will give friends of ours when they go to Egypt in March (we were there earlier this year) is to carry a bunch (seriously, $150 or more) of $1 bills as tipping is a big thing there...

I carry the current sectional and tac. There are too many failure modes in the electronic ones to not carry the paper charts. But, then, I worked for a computer company back in the day that was all about fault tolerance and I haven't gotten out of the habit.

He (and I) has until the end of the year (2024) to file the form. And, if like me, he is a sole proprietorship its no big deal. Edit: I filled it out and sent it in. It was a total "nothing burger".

Our step-granddaughter needed a car last year (2022). She had reached the age where she could drive. I offered our 1999 Jeep Wrangler and our son rejected it. He wanted to get her a car with all the safety features. I laughed. The Jeep has all the safety features you could want - it's built...

A lot of it depends on what you are used to. Earlier this month we spent over a week in Egypt. The locals were wearing coats and sweatshirts. We were wearing shorts and short sleeve shirts.

That does bring up a good point. What is all that ICAO soup? I'm not instrument current, so I haven't worried about it, but if I were to become current, what would I put down? IIRC all three of the club airplanes are different.