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That makes her presence in the cockpit even more tragic as she did her job.

Latest from NTSB, appears indeed to be a test flight with only broad left turns. Woman was a 79 year old CFI. Sounds like two people checking out a ramp rat with a pilot who was unsure of the plan, after some work on the plane. Drove by the power lines they hit north of I-84, they are high...

You can easily spend a quarter of the value of the plane doing it. Both in installation and maintenance. Keep these classics simple. I believe the glider units are just for gliders.

Hard to see any aileron, elevator or rudder deflection in video previous to wire strike. Outboard Wing was ripped off aircraft with the strike.

Video from home cam sounds like healthy engines all the way to impact. Wreckage fragmented and burned. NTSB will have its work cut out from them. My guess is mental overload with unexpected issues. IF they had a flight plan to Utah ready to be air filed, the test flights may have been very...

Wasn’t it “Zeb’s” that had a big sign that was an informal check point to the south?

"What is the Troutdale area VFR altitude restriction?" They are very careful not to let VFR traffic go up into the final approach path of PDX. The ATC can set the altitude restrictions according to the flow, it's in the AF/D. "Portland Intl arpt (PDX) Rwy 10L–28R extended centerline crosses...

Concerning lead: The Aeronca folks found a late 1940s Continental bulletin that called for leaded gas for the first 50 hours of a new engine to set the rings, valves and all that. After that, you could run clear gas without lead. Which makes our unleaded fuel seem like an advanced formula...

Maybe the word to remember the meaning is “occupied”

We have much stupidity in aviation as CFIs rush to get the magic 1500 hours.

Many the times, I've sat in the terminal watching traffic waiting for a commercial flight to SEA and I'm amazed that wake turbulance doesn't create a problem. Watched one plane wait for 30 minutes to get on the main runway. Saw a 150 take off that ended up on the beach 5 minutes later with an...

The jet passes weren't low altitude over the runway, they were above the planes landing and the jets did a break to the right to enter the pattern. They do that all day long. The Lancair track does show a move that could bite when you are saturated with trying to land, it seems from the track...

The problem with these dive bomb descents is if you are a high wing, it's easy to get run over. The C208 has a huge blind spot under the nose and you seldom see clearing turns as they descend through the pattern. Normalized cowboy flying. What gets me is that jump plane then sits at idle...

Crews responded to the call around 12:50 p.m. Monday, to a farm field in the area of Nekimi Avenue and Old Knapp Road, in the town of Nekimi. The area is about two miles south of EAA AirVenture. Two fatals. Followed a L39 on approach. Last ADS-B on one source has 59 knots, but the last data...

After a delay of several minutes, the cams are back up but locked to northern views. Photo of black smoke on the approach end of 36. A posted flight track shows possible slow flight maneuvering on final by a high performance single. Aircraft going to alternatives for fuel. Tragic day for a...

How dumb is it to announce it the week of Oshkosh when thousands of pilots are gathered and you have forums!

Wow a lot of comments, very little from people who actually fly RC. There is absolutely no push to get ADS-B for RC planes. People are thinking that ADS-B is the cure for everything. No. VFR is still VFR. Now Remote ID is there to provide police a way to find pilots who are operating outside...

There is a discussion "Seattle Avionics" . . . but yeah. . .

Add to this mix that Seattle Avionics just announced 7/19 that all lifetime memberships will be void within a year. Anyone who buys anything for a "lifetime" is basically doing a Las Vegas gamble that the company will not be taken over by a corporate raider, the death of the founder, a market...

Well, imagine you get bought out by a profit-only sort of thinking company - and there is no ethical or moral sense stopping them from making a fast buck . . . Honestly, once you have paid for the software, it's pennies to add your name to a list of updated owners and get the chart updates. Its...