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Your are a great man. I'm very happy that the 4 of you were able to enjoy that experience. The universe colluded greatly

Huh! Auburn was private! Wonder what the hangar rent was. Don't ask what it is now.

https://www.aceaircargo.com/jobs/?search_keywords=&selected_category=flight-operations This is a good place to fly for!

Okay, I'll have to admit that's kinda badass. OP, your flight is also badass. That's a great skill to pass on to us mortal knuckle dragging propeller heads. :) My old man taught me that skill. His 65hp J4 he learned to fly in was working hard in the summer with 2 corn fed linebackers...

Oh how do I love hollerin "tally-ho!!" every time ATC calls traffic or when the wife points it out. I holler it especially slow and loud enough to over modulate my mic when flying the work planes. Makes me sound.... This is all BS, I can't use that term and not feel like a total donkey...

I am very sure of it. I was regarding engine power/use alone, and not relating anything to airspeed.

....... Because, that engine is making sea level power at whatever DA the airplane feels. I do not lean any engines at full power while it is at SL regardless of what the altimeters reads.

Well, it ain't no Bo' or 'Stang!

If the engine is healthy, probably will go way past 2000 hrs. The oil analysis trend, filter inspections, and engine IRANs in the log will give good indication on the engine's health. Plus, is it being flown regularly and correctly? Too many engines get euthanized because of the OWT TBO...

Paint job only an owner can hardly love.

Maybe. Depends on the airplane and climb requirements. What airplane are you taking about? Some, (most?) airliners have some system limitation that requires a trick of the system to allow operations at high alt airports. The ones I've flown at high alt required a bleeds off takeoff. So, the...

Hmm. Now I'm interested in the camera rig, telemetry, back story, decision to use a black Sole :) I fancy a belly rig for the same thing on the Sierra. On an angle, fly 360s and gain data for real 360 3D stuff.

RC10 still in production! And the BlackFoot? I remember building them with my dad about 33 years ago. Best winter project to this day. Literally drove the tires off them. Learned all sorts of stuff, soldering, charging, bearings, and - patience. Ugh. That's the worst as a 10 year old. I...

Well, shoot. https://www.flyingmag.com/nomination-to-head-faa-stalls-in-senate/

What a shame. Right when the company was starting to take off, too.

Nothing wrong with sun block on the arms, too. My first year as copilot, my right arm needed some funky stuff burned off by the dermatologist. After a year in the left seat, back again for the ritualistic arm burning. Turns out, the side windows in millions of dollars priced airliners do not...

Pride, ego, maybe the man card, definitely the wallet?

Walked around Lake Hood yesterday just to look at the owl perched on the top of the prop. This Cub hasn't moved in many moons and no bird poop anywhere on it. So it's settled. Plastic owls work. :)

Isn't "pushing the envelope" a logical endeavor in of itself? Thomas Wolfe wrote about it in The Right Stuff regarding the engineering idiom that got us to the Moon with relative safety. Is safety in the eye of the beholder? Now, if BC182 decided to try this in my Sierra, I'd pause with...

Is it safe to say, "good thing they make airplanes the way they used to in the good ol'days!"?