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Well, we're up to five pages now, but he in message 167 he did do the boiling water test on the plane and it pegged the temp gauge. So I'm not sure what would be gained by doing the 250 degree oil test.

Nope. It's a Veloci. The raptors cancel each other out.

Corsair, or P-40.

or hunting with Dick Cheney?

I get up in the morning and dust off my wits I pick up the paper and read the obits If I'm not there, I know I'm not dead So I eat a good breakfast and roll back to bed.

Amphibious. Ambidextrous. Just don't get confused when you land on water...

I am now IR current and one landing shy of passenger current in a twin as prep for this MES rating. Next month I go bac out to Jones Bros for a couple of hours in the C-185 amphib to be seaplane current as well before I show up. I'm looking forward to both!

I find your term offensive as it's not inclusive of amphibious planes...

So seeing it spin around means it 1) wasn't locked or 2) locking mechanism was broken? I do not have a tailwheel endorsement but I understood you locked the tailwheel on takeoff and landing and unlocked to taxi? Am I correct?

Does the Electra have a locking tailwheel?

His advice was fine if you're landing on an airport with a functioning engine. But the thread context was a crash & fatality with questions as to whether egress was cause. So the advice didn't seem (to me) to apply to the context of the question. As helpful as "Just don't crash."

Sound advice. Unless it's a forced landing on unhospitable terrain.

You might not be typical...

Amatuer. Longish story to follow... My dad was an electrical contractor and I worked for him in my late teens and early twenties. He had a very distinctive Datsun pickup truck with an orange home made ladder rack and a bright yellow tool box. One day I was headed back to the shop on I-4 through...

The MEI did a variety of things. The DPE failed it before we started the approach.

But just think how much better trained you were…

Or an automatic. My son’s girlfriend just bought a Honda 1100. She was adamant that it be an automatic.

Nice! All those power levers! So cool!

Outlaw onions and Only outlaws will have onions.

And #3 as noted...