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Their newest 8" model has a nicely upgraded screen, comparable to the iPad mini's (but heavier and thicker).

The resort had screened windows, and the beds had wraparound netting. Management strongly advised against bringing food into the cabins. Result: only the smallest of bugs made it into the living quarters. Outside, there were lots of lizards (smallish geckos for the most part, but some good-sized...

In fairness to the public health authorities in various countries, covid is at best a burden on their infrastructure; at worst, a disaster of tragic proportions. In July, I went to Costa Rica. The CR government is well-organized, it's web site gives up-to-the-minute advice on how to enter their...

Specifically, from "Jack Kilpatrick", heartless libertarian commentator, to "Shana Alexander", bleeding heart liberal. A 60minutes set piece.

Is this the cause? Just a lightweight aircraft picked up and blown into the tower?

Hmmm, it's clamped in there pretty tight, obviously intended for easy access. I make out the lettering: "IN CASE OF FIRE", but the leading text is not visible. Fire extinguisher?

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is pretty. Mind the high terrain to the South.

Hamilton is a great show, if you like musicals. It's even OK history. The Founding Fathers, very impressive guys overall. My wife worked with a woman whose niece was the Mrs Hamilton character. Nice girl, I've met her a couple of times. Her career is skyrocketing these days: TV shows, movies...

Nice plane, but how are lower 48 types supposed to get up there and back, in face of travel bans?

Name of the Rose. Murders in a 14th century Italian monastery. Rational skeptic monk Sean Connery is on the case. Is it the work of the devil? Divine retribution on a sinful world? Or something more mundane, yet with theological overtones? The director was a perfectionist regarding historical...

There's one filmic combination rarely seen: the romantic comedy where the Handsome Stranger is an engineer. In Choose Me, he's even a pilot, so there's a POA connection. Keith Carradine is a (mechanical) engineer, gets the know-it-all personality and mannerisms just right. He chats up the...

Counterpoint, "Jack Kilpatrick": They bought their tickets, Shana. They knew what they were getting into. I say Let them crash!

Definitely, see the Utah parks, they are spectacular. Early or late season is best; Summer in the desert is a series of hazards, at least for this Midwesterner. For the next trip, I can recommend some of the smaller places in Idaho. Craters of the Moon is a national park now. It's foreboding and...

Holding a bit of opposite aileron to avoid overbanking in the steep turn. If my technique was off, well, that's why I was practicing.:)

I was always uncomfortable with accelerated stalls. You're at a steep attitude, cross-controlled; when the 150 stops flying, no telling which way it will roll.

$3.48 for 5 Terabyte (!), first year. Yes, it's a teaser rate. But, still... idrive, reached via tomsguide.com for the best rate.

It's mainly superboondocks where these tall towers are located. North Dakota has the two tallest structures in North America, for example. But, 13 miles NorthEast of Sioux City, there's a real 2000 ft tall tower. The sectional Max Elevation Figure takes a big jump in that region, 1000 ft more...

In the air, general aviation pilots are steering clear of thunderheads. So, their airplanes are vulnerable to cloud-to-cloud lightning. It's a couple of thousand amps, and skin effect acts to conduct the bulk of the damaging currents around the surface of the plane (assuming aluminum here). You...

Most reliable is my current ride, a Toyota Avalon. 5 years, a couple of electrical issues. Has the 2gr-fe engine; Toyota has shipped 14 million of the things, and it shows in reliability. Least reliable: probably a Chrysler LHS. Looked great; rode well; sold it to a mechanic when the trans...

Famous George Carlin routine: ...a line of thundershowers which extends from a point 9 miles NNE of Seacaucus, New Jersey, along a line and 6 miles either side of the line to a point 5 miles SSW of Font du Lac...