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Pics from Cub adventures in the fall of 2023

A cold day in a Stearman

Same thing in Idaho, just replace "New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont" with "California, Oregon, Washington"

One of the main reasons I hate my 16' ceilings when the row in front of me has 18'. That 2' makes a huge difference when you want to stack airplanes.

Easy math generally. If you can get that or a bit better you should be able to make money in a decade or so...

Of all the government waste that we subsidize... I'm ok with some of it going to small airports/airplane owners instead of big businesses, niche lobbyists, etc. I'm with you that we all have to be better stewards of government funds and try to shrink the budget - until there are some big...

What a load of garbage...

Have you heard about the new T-hangar initiative that AOPA has helped push through? Sounds like it's going to happen and that will be a huge win for airports in need of T-hangars. Look for articles by Mike Ginter at AOPA.

What is the rental market for the hangar you would buy? Around here it's going to cost you $120k for a decent T-hangar (it's f'n crazy right now). The general wisdom here says that you need at least 1% of purchase price for monthly rent - i.e. if you can't get $1200/month on a $120k hangar...

I don’t necessarily agree with that. As a former skydiver I still have a lot of friends that have been pro skydivers as their only employment for years. Guys with families and mortgage; they are professionals and several have 5x more flying time than the kids flying the airplanes. I’m not...

I admit to thinking this often at work. Usually I'm on the way to customs after working an 11 hour flight and the guy walking slowly and talking loudly on the phone is saying something about how tired he is because “dude, I just FLEW all the way from xxx; you wouldn’t believe how tired I am”...

Fair enough. I wasn’t Army so I’m just passing on second hand knowledge from friends; you obviously have a better idea of the Army path. Similarly, the path to get hired in an ANG unit has changed. 20 years ago everyone said you had to enlist, get to know the pilots, etc. That path can still...

You can fly (be a pilot) in the army without being an officer with the Warrant Officer program, but you can’t fly in the USAF without a degree & becoming an officer. In either case, enlisting isn’t the path.

When I lived in New Orleans, flying myself almost always won. Especially after my daughter was born and wanted to visit Nana in Tullahoma, TN. 2+05 enroute in the Bonanza killed the 8.5 hour drive or the TSA-wait-fly to Nashville-drive to Tullahoma.

I’m totally with that and encourage people to travel via GA when it makes sense or if they just want a bit of adventure.

I just looked on Travelocity for my trip next week, BOI-MCO and there were about 6 different options in the $500 +/- $20 range and one at $389. The Bo would take 12 hours of flying time at cruise in a perfectly straight line to go one way. (ie not feasible) so actually doing it would likely be...

I was a little surprised that the tickets were $500 ish. I was expecting around $800 or so. i guess Boise is lucky, we have options all day to get out. There’s a 1345L departure direct to Atl that meets up nice with most east coast travel.

Haha, I haven’t tried all of those but after 21 years in the military, I can basically sleep anywhere. It’s just a matter of perspective, an airline seat is amazingly comfortable when compared to 9 hours in a cargo strap seat of a freezing cold bouncing C-130. And a hell of a lot quieter!

I know I'm an airline pilot.... BUT .... C'mon! There are times when GA is way better and times when commercial is the way to go. I'd argue that it’s dependent on a lot of factors; many that aren’t known till the day of departure. We airplane owners do a fair bit of justifying our ownership...

I always appreciate the ride from warbird parking to the registration area. I had no idea people were going all over the field in those things! It really is like a little city.