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Just...wow.

Do unmanned aircraft count? https://aerovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Laima_the-first-Atlantic-crossing-by-unmanned-aircraft1.pdf Exact figures elude me on speed, but they crossed the Atlantic in 26:45 using 2 gallons of gas and a 1hp powerplant. In 1998.

That's certainly the closest match (and, as others have pointed in this thread, maybe the best fit for that magic ratio). It's a shame they didn't keep making it.

Discovery or History or somebody really ought to give him a production team for a year and then just figure out how to edit it into a show.

Jason Miller (of The Finer Points) is flying out of Auburn now on occasion. I'd pitch in $20 to watch those two make a video together.

Not perfect, but the seemingly obvious "should have been built" one that might check the 150kt/4 real pax/under $75k (used) box: Cherokee et al. - 172/177 Arrow - 177RG Dakota - 182 THIS ONE HERE - 182RG Six - 205/206 Lance et al. - 210 In...

Fairly recent pilot here (2013). My primary training and my club instructors have generally approached this somewhere in between those two extremes. Establish your stabilized descent starting at the numbers (reduce power, flaps, etc.). Once that descent is established, start the turn to base...

I'm not a homebuilder or engineer, but some of you are :) If we assume he's using 55% power and the GPS track shows something in the 130-145 MPH range (roughly trying to average the upwind and downwind legs via FlightAware's observations, which jumped around quite a bit), and we assume the...

Totally understood on the statistical significance, but I'm not talking about comparing the quantity of accidents or the rate at which they happen (per hours flown). I'm saying the fact that the lethality % was quite a bit higher for pilots with more training rather than less when those pilots...

Maybe. It'd be interesting to cobble the stats together over time and find out. I flipped through the last ten years or so and as between ATP, Commercial, and Private they seem to have flipped. From 2009 to 2013, the Privates were usually highest on lethality. After 2014 (including preliminary...

...and then crashed in a neighborhood nearby. I can't be the only one struggling to picture this. http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2020/12/vans-rv-6-n69hf-fatal-accident-occurred.html

Original post (on Twitter) here, but I would guess a lot of you may not see it there and am curious what you think. The final version of the 2018 Nall Report is out (here). One particular set of stats really caught my eye: These are isolated from the pilot-related causes, so there shouldn't...

What is this, and why should you buy it (wrong answers only)? https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/cto/d/mountain-view-jet-powered-volkswagen/7241823593.html

Surprisingly, he was one of my favorite Twitter accounts to follow. My favorite quote from that medium: Q: Sir, any advice for me as I'm about to head off to Navy Flight School in hopes of accomplishing goals similar to yours? A: Know your systems,esp egress,better than guys who built...

Just because nobody seems to have linked this gem yet...

Admit it, @Tantalum. It's beautiful.

Correct. Just a suction cup to an interior window with an audio adapter. A battery stick/puck is helpful if you want any endurance. I talk through my thought process the whole time (if I'm solo) - makes critiquing easier and I think it helps me fly my best anyway.

I do. I want to put together a little debrief worksheet or checklist or something to try and make it a consistent evaluation but haven't yet. I don't want another acronym to memorize or something that'll bog down details...just something repeatable so I can look back and judge performance over...

I've got a friend looking to get into one of these - ideally used, if that turns out to be feasible. He'd like to talk to some owners about what to look for, etc. I haven't been able to find any specific owners' groups that have been updated since 2017 (the official one hasn't, except for a...

By now I think we've all seen and either bought or drooled over Garmin's aviation-specific smart watches. I noted in the recent iPad thread that more than a few of us are using Android-based tablets for EFB purposes. As I look through the app store for my WearOS smartwatch, I can't help but...