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Winner. Yup. They named the boy after his uncle. They asked James to write a lullaby for him... Was this thread about flying ?

For bonus points can anyone name the song Denver was quoting and for whom the song was written?

I saw JT in concert a few years ago. I was probably 34? My wife and I were likely the youngest people at the concert that night. Always been a huge JT fan. Dang I wish I could play the guitar like him.

Or some silicone caulk would do the same as as a grommet but be easier to apply/install and do a better job of sealing / fitting.

I’m not an HVAC expert but have read and been told many times that running the fan all the time (leaving it on fan mode) is not a good practice. I believe it has something to do with not allowing the moisture to collect and drip off the coils when the fan has stopped.

Regardless of your system(s) one thing I strongly recommend getting thermostat(s) that have a “circulate” function. This will help to balance out the air temps even when the unit(s) are not running to heat / cool. It’s a fairly inexpensive way to substantially improve the efficiency of your...

As a veterinarian this one hits closer to home. My career and practice has blessed me with the opportunity to become a pilot and own a nice plane. This sounded like a great guy.

I agree with the consensus that it is usually an indication that a good or even fair deal isn’t in the making. That being said I bought my Saratoga on a “Make offer” listing. I bought the plane for nearly half what I figured the seller was looking to get and we’ll under market value. I could...

Amid all this frustration I bet if you left the mags on and went out and pulled the prop through by hand it would fire right up like a wood chipper on steroids.

Concerning GA aircraft I don’t think the type has much impact on getting the request to “keep maximum speed up”. Be it a PA-28 or an A36 they all have a higher cruise speed than approach/ landing speed. All ATC is requesting is that (within your margin of safety) you fly as deep into the...

Agree and I wasn’t at all suggesting that a student or fairly new PPL should make it a habit to do as I mentioned. I am suggesting it’s a good idea for students to be taught how to safely and efficiently slow their airplane down and to learn how quickly it can/can’t be done. At the same time...

Although I am pleased with my primary PPL training I think this is one area that I may have developed a bad habit of the timing of the "stabilized approach". I mostly fly in and out of rather sleepy podunk municipals so poking around at approach speeds with flaps deployed 5+ miles out or at the...

I have an NSD360A that I pulled to install a Garmin G5 HSI. The NSD360A was working pretty well but had suffered from a couple brief hiccups of the compass card not rotating. My research suggested it may be a relatively easy fix but given the advent of G5's, Aspens, etc... it's not worth...

Good luck! Lots of hard work and dedication but becoming a pilot is one of life's greatest achievements... One that many of us now kinda take for granted. Thanks for the reminder of just how cool it is!

I struggled starting my IO-540 when hot... After some trial I determine to follow the cold start procedure with one exception and it works great for me every time... I start out with the throttle at normal 1/2” position. As soon as I start cranking I advance throttle... way forward, half or...

I've already stated the street cam video suggests the plane was flying and could have made that trip successfully. It also show what appears to be an AGL of IDK 100-200'? well off the end of an 8000' runway. So regardless of the performance you've seen with your Comanche I think it easy to see...

Which aspect do you disagree with? This has nothing to do with the Comanche specifically. The book Stick and Rudder explains it all pretty well. Too often we look at the relationship between airspeed and climb in that order... set airspeed at Vx or Vy and then what is your climb rate...

Don't get me wrong... the above post you quoted does not remove my prior opinion that weight and C/G played a huge role in this accident. Whether technically over gross or aft C/G we may never know and honestly it doesn't matter. Even within max gross and within C/G the fight becomes more...

Wow watching that video from the traffic cam suggests that regardless of the weight / CG I think that plane was flying. It had already reached an altitude of probably a couple hundred feet at what was likely an anemic straight ahead climb... the turn looks to be pretty steep considering the...

Arkansas is the same way.