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"What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun." -- Attributed to King David (1010–970 BC)

It's easiest just to assume that EVERYTHING said by media talking heads is wildly inaccurate.

Sorry, I own a minority share of "my airplane" the Luscombe 8A I put most of the time on and minority shares in an L-2 (DCO-65), L-3, and PA-11. There is a method to this madness. I also have the right of first refusal to purchase the outstanding shares of each, and a veto on so called...

RIP Beside a Korean waterfall, one bright and sunny day beside a shattered bomber plane, a poor young pilot lay his parachute hung from a tree, but he was not yet dead and as they gathered 'round him, these were the words he said "I'm going to that better land, where the motors always roar...

1) I DO NOT own a complete 1942 Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron uniform that I sometimes wear to fly-ins. 2) I DO NOT own a whole airplane, but I own small pieces of several. 3) I HAVE NOT flown a glider with a small Continental engine.

"The flight through IMC was unremarkable until the aircraft impacted a prominent terrain feature..." (I have a little file of idiotic NTSB and FAA quotes.)

Duh, it's three then...

We have nudists up here... Of course they are annuals, not perennials...

My SWAG True (hope you remembered sunscreen) False < --- (being an aviation forum this is obviously the lie) True (and you paid handsomely for those front row seats)

Side-by-side B's are a bit faster than the heavier tandem D's. The D's look more aerodynamic, but numbers guys say it's an illusion. Must be true, a J-4 cruises faster than a J-3 with the same engine. Prewar Aeronca side-by-sides are also faster than identically powered tandems.

An argument for "zero weight oil."

Especially if you hit an iceberg... No, wait, that's the rule for oil tankers...

For some reason lots of guys offer to let me manipulate their sticks... Or yokes as the case may be. But I like sticks better... You know... Than yokes. (I mean, I have a Luscombe after all.) Today I got a ride in a Porterfield... This one was quite nice and it flew like a light weight...

Do you have goggles? Does the window open wide enough to stick your head out? Can you reach and manipulate the flight controls while imitating a Golden Retriever?

Build an Aeronca C-3. One stick... right in between youse when carrying two people. If the sole occupant, you sit in the middle of the bench seat... Triple width outer rudder tubes (not really pedals), and real skinny inner ones to accommodate.

An acquaintance kindly shared these numbers of his near duplicate of his grandfather's PA-11. A C-90-12F powered E-AB that he built using Wag Aero Sport Trainer plans. _____"So, what goes into a pot of pseudo Piper soup?" Frame (welded and sealed 4130 tubes, control torque tube, blocks, tabs...

Harry Chapin once said that he spent a whole week in Watertown, New York one afternoon (in the lead up to the song 'A Better Place to Be').

Not strip it to nothing. Just nothing extraneous. And I don't have to strip it really. Back when it was built they didn't glop all the latest fads (like radios, instruments, and starters) on airplanes. Rubber mats are more functional than carpeting, especially in snowy places. People invested in...

"Excuse me, Izod?" "No, Rocket J. Squirrel..." There are a few Problems with that idea. (1) I don't trust seams sewn by indentured servants in third-world sweatshops. (2) They probably (honestly, I never asked) have a rule against jumping from the observation level of the Enger Tower. (3a) I'm...

I saw an 8-SLSA in Arkansas over the weekend. Gorgeous. 30 gallon fuel system, O-200, light weight electrics, composite Sensenich ground adjustable prop. (If you have to ask you can't afford it, but not nearly as much as a new Cessna. But I'm going to stick with used classics 'till I build one...