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You never know what people will "learn". Old joke about scientist who pulls a leg off of a grass hopper then tells it to jump, which it does. Keeps repeating until the now legless grasshopper falls over and does not jump. His conclusion? When you remove all of a grasshopper's legs they...

John, looking forward to sharing your success! Ronbonjovi, enjoy Hotlanta and north GA! If you have an opportunity check out the low country on the coast! There are a restaurants near Darien (well there were when I lived there) where you can watch them unload your dinner before cooking it.

To answer the other two questions: 1-AM (Amplitude Modulation) 2-Because a receiver listening to two transmitters on the same frequency will hear a buzz or other sound letting them know two stations are transmitting at the same time. FM (Frequency Modulation) penetrates wx better but in the...

Awesome!!

Seems to take forever to fly the length of it in a 172.

I could offer up copies of my pay statements but I didn't keep any. Or I could hunt for some of the folks I worked with but frankly I doubt you would believe them either. Doc seems like your mind is made up and nothing is going to change it so I'm done with this discussion. I know what I did...

LRG-Laser Ring Gyro LRU-Line Replaceable Unit At UAL we also didn't teach how the gyros work nor the language used to program the flight control computers. We did teach there are 3 FCCs and SOP was to engage the center one. It has been a long time ago so I don't remember exactly why this was...

LaserRingGyrosandwich and the other folks who mentioned nautical stuff are on target. Never heard of slip in regard to airplanes only ships.

Doc last time...never said the information was hidden I did say that I could not find it,,,the Boeing fleet at UAL used LRGs and never even mentioned triple mix. We did cover that you needed to turn them on early (2nd or 3rd time in start flow) because they required 15 minutes to align...

Velocity not sure if that information is available. If memory serves me well Mode 4 is a secure system used by the military. Is that information available in open sources? If you have and can share the answer please do!

Doc, no I did not have access to the DC-10 maintenance manual...well I guess if my boss would have approved it a several day trip to Chicago to visit our maintenance department could have been arranged. And no I did not have access to a complete FOM. Everything we taught at the training...

EdFred-Congrats, ya nailed it! Caramon13-Thanks for the references! Doc-I "yelled" because you were not and apparently continue to not grasp that while I was a UAL there was nothing in any of the material to which I had ready access that discussed triple mix. It was not discussed just as many...

Matthew, we share in your loss and mourning. In prayerful support and hope you find peace and joy in your cherished memories.

Also the DC-10 training materials did not cover triple mix either. It was mentioned as a function of the system but not explained or expounded upon in any of our material. The International Ops course mentioned it but did not explain it. Kind of like most pilot training doesn't really explain...

Doc when I was involved with the 757/767 GPS was not in use by 121 carriers. Back then it was still under development and not installed in any UAL aircraft! After leaving that fleet circa 1993 and UAL circa 1996 I no longer had access to the FOM or the UAL training manual for that family. If...

Not saying they (FSDO and folks) are perfect, but they are the folks who are most likely to ramp check you or investigate any complaints about you. The IRS is another federal agency that is notorious for their answers varying widely from office to office. Does it not seem logical to start by...

Horn and Hardart? Don't miss bill board that much although the old Burma Shave signs were always funny.

Kind of like free air at gas stations...let's hope they don't bring back pay toilets!

Just curious, does the LOA for your Redbird list single engine work among the approved uses (or however it is worded)?

Out of the western sky comes SSSKKKYY KKKIIIIINNNNGGGG! Except he flew the early version with the vertical tip tanks.