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Surprised you sold the Pitts. I miss flying one too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I try not to slip right wing low in the Cub. It blows my hat off if the doors are open. It can also blow out the left side sliding window on planes so equipped. I don’t trust airspeed and pay it much attention while slipping. I will typically slip left wing low even in a right crosswind. I...

I had two Ford Lariat F-150s with 5.4L Triton engines. Never had any issue. Ran one to 170,000+ miles and the other to 187,000+ miles. I was unaware there even was one. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My issue date is from when I requested a new plastic when the said paper ticket were expiring Before that, it was dated for my ME ticket. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

A friend of mine who is a FededEx pilot (former USMC F-18 Pilot)posted this yesterday. “Great view of the NEOWISE comet on the way to Anchorage this morning while the sun was coming up. Made up for the 12:30 am wake up call.” Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Don’t recall my age for first acro ride. It was with my dad flying Shannon Leithoff’s Decathalon. It was a few months prior to her death in 1974 so I’m guessing I was around eleven at the time. He also built up a clipped wing Cub for a customer we wrung out a few times afterwards. I began...

The Cub pedal length wasn’t changed. The entire master cylinder were moved inboard. Same pedal and master cylinder, simply moved. I prefer the inboard location as the pedals are indeed in the way with outboard location. I learned to fly in and own a Cub and have worked on them since I was a...

I e worked from home since March 16. There are no immediate plans for us to return to office. I pulled money from investments and paid off my house instead. Houses are selling like crazy, frequently for more than asking price, in our neighborhood. With kids gone, we’re talking down sizing...

Being pedantic doesn’t change anything. Call it a full up elevator landing if that makes you feel better. I’ve flown damn few taildraggers. and I’ve flown many, that flown at correct speed that once on the ground will return to flight if the stick is moved rearward. I had a Starduster that...

Slow down and suck the yoke back all the way to make a full stall landing. If you are hitting to flat, you are too fast and not stalled. Go fly a tailwheel with a CFI a couple of hours, not necessarily an endorsement, and learn three point landings and you’ll understand. Then land like your...

I grew up flying with my folks in noisy old airplanes. Many, many hours in radial engines with no hearing protection. I have since flown myself a couple of thousand hours in mostly noisy old airplane, including many more hours in radials and didn’t really start using any hearing protection...

I tool around in both my RV-4 and J-3. The RV just lets me cover more ground tooling around the area...I can buzz more friend’s private strips in an hour. [emoji41] Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I three point my short gear RV-4 all the time. It is easy to touch down tailwheel first, but it isn’t like it is absorbing anymore weight than normal since the wing is still flying. It is also easy to simply hold bit less back pressure and touch down on all three at once. I can hit slightly...

My Cub turns 74 October 9th this year (roll out date). It’s first flight was the next day, October 10. I was born sixteen years, to the day, later. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Join Swift “Club” and talk to Swift knowledgeable folks before committing to buy any. Lots of mods over the years and frequently not documented. Also a few quirks in handling. I owned one for a few years. Great plane. I defected to the RV camp. [emoji2958] Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

My IA and his brother, also an IA, both use a similar type flashlight. They love the USB recharge capability via wall or car.

Both my Cub and RV-4 have Slicks. Fortunately, neither affected by SB.

I’m 100% Service Connected and had a hard time keeping a SI Third Class. Suffered 40+ fractures in Army peacetime parachute accident. Spent 4-1/2 months in hospital, a year in wheelchair or o crutches and 20+ surgeries over several years. No PTSD r TBI though I had a pretty bad concussion...

Interesting this popped up in my email a few minutes ago. Two years and 50,000 flying on Basic Med. https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2019/april/30/basicmed-anniversary?utm_source=ebrief&utm_medium=email

Tom, I understand. I went Basic Med because I was tired of jumping through hoops for a Special Issuance. I posted for others sake who may read this who are still pursuing an FAA medical who may read it.