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Not much detail, but I heard on the traffic report they had I-75 closed for awhile this afternoon to remove the airplane from the southbound lanes; pilot was on the cellphone immediately after landing. They loaded the plane onto a flatbed.

Me too. I'm dam tired of feeling like the bad guy for obeying the law. I hope they all get tickets. Or worse if they hurt a worker.

Why does this stuff always mysteriously get videotaped and end up on TV? Someone's going to get killed trying this one day, all for 15 minutes of TV fame. I will never put others at risk if my landing gear gets stuck. If I see a truck on the runway I'm going to find another airport.

Sometimes the weather is nice enough that it almost feels compulsory to go fly.:D :D :D

Here at sea level lots of people never lean it out. I've had a rough mag (drop within limits but higher than the other side) and been able to clear it with a full power runup at takeoff 100% of the time. By the way, I try to do a mag check at the completion of the flight. Don't get me wrong...

Mine is from Airtex and made specifically for aircraft. The fit is good but the center hump had to be cut to fit the trim wheel and flap handle (manual flaps on the early 172). I used a few Velcro tabs on the center hump which needed quite a bit of trimming. Besides the center hump, everything...

I purchased a new carpet set for my '58 172. Does anyone know how you're supposed to stick the carpet to the floor? How about the center hump? The old carpet was stuck down with household flooring adhesive (the carpet was '70s shag) and it took hours to remove all the adhesive. I was thinking...

Hmmm... lesseee.... Do a complete annual, not a prebuy. I just bought an airplane and got a prebuy, then an annual six months later. It was like paying for 3 annuals. If you have lots of money (I think I must be the only one who doesn't) this won't matter to you. If you're in a community...

Just what we need, another ridiculous law. And the public will love it. Confiscate a mortgaged aircraft (usually property of the bank) and set a fine no one can pay. I'm OK with it too-- as long as motor vehicle violations (which kill 40,000 people a year) are dealt with in similar fashion.

I put this question to my son, who builds and flies models and is currently taking flight lessons. He says, "This is a very common misconseption. In many books, it says that lift is created by diverting air down. This is commonly considered to mean that the bottom of the wing forces air...

You've got that right. There might be a lot of people "supporting" this and that on the internet but I go to a lot of township and local board meetings and there's NO ONE there. Everyone makes a big deal over loss of private property rights, for example, when that's been going on for years at...

There used to be an "honor system" snack box where I used to work. You took a snack, and put money in the box. It always came up short, and the vendor kept threatening "one more time and we're taking the box away". Finally it happened. Nobody's perfect. Everyone got real bitter and tried to...

Does a back-taxi have right-of-way over an aircraft on final? We back taxi at my airport but we always wait for aircraft on short final. IMO, blocking a runway with vehicles that are not ACTUALLY working on the runway is bad news, too.

I don't know. In the good old days we didn't stuff our face with marshmallows and try to say "chubby bunny" in school. Whatever happened to learning to read and write? What a senseless loss.

You've got that right, Joe. That poor word seems to be getting way to much use lately, for all the wrong reasons. I assume those who advocate "smoke them now" never make even the simplest navigation mistake. The fact we're talking about it, much less doing it, means the bad guys really did...

It would make a bigger mess.

I hate to bring this up, since this topic died at work much sooner than I expected. Has anyone considered where the pieces of a "hostile" aircraft would go after a shootdown? What if it was an airliner or transport? Over a downtown area or subdivision?

People seem to enjoy prescribing various punishments for crimes they see on TV. "I hope they take his license away and put him in jail". "How can you not know when you are in a restricted area?" "I'm sick of my taxes paying for (this, that, or the other)" Etc., etc. It's part of living in a...

Get rid of the carb heat as soon as you can after touchdown (I do it on final). Try a go-around with carb heat in a straight tail and you'll see what I mean. I love my 172A. I always land with 10 or 20 degrees flaps. 30 is the "hail Mary". 40 I never use.

The excellent media report I heard referred to the cause as a "severe tailspin." What in the world is that?!? Now I'm going to have to answer another volley of stupid questions at work tomorrow.