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Green arrows are de-energized, reds are most likely hot. The near phase that's out on the hot arm is tougher to see. You can certainly get induced current on a line, especially if it parallels another energized line for a long ways. Most distribution lines it tends not to be a problem, can get...

Out of an odd sense of obligation, I'll indicate I'm quite sure this is sarcasm as getting near power lines is a way to die, but not a particularly good way to die. Most VOM are good to 600 or so volts, good chance this line is 7200V to ground. It would be exciting for a few milliseconds, then...

They're shorted/grounded for safety during installation. When we reconductor a line it's pretty typical to put hot arms on(the fiberglass arms attached to the normal crossarm) and spread the phase wires out then using pulling ropes to run the tag line then new conductor down the center. The...

Depends on what plane and your capabilities. In a cub you might make it to Oklahoma and back in 3 months. We're big on good food, so nearest I've got is in 2020 we flew from WA to Maine for 2 weeks. Flew down the coast and ate lobster rolls everywhere we could - it was awesome. Had to scoot...

As with many things, it depends. Flying at home in the rural NW(not far from OP), FF can be tough due to terrain. I'm often scanning local CTAF as I fly XC, and if radio congestion isn't bad I'll make position/direction reports. There's a fair amount of non ADSB traffic so anything that might...

I flew into KRED a couple times this summer to visit a friend, I'll 2nd/3rd the nice small airport. Tie downs should be ample since they won't have 10+ fire aircraft in February. Only question would be if they(the tie down spots) are under 6 feet of snow. Weather is pretty severe there, I'd...

I can't post links yet since I'm new, but I'm guessing it's the 182 listed on Spokane craigslist at KSFF? 1999 182, IO 540, mid time engine, LR tanks, full garmin stack and a chute. Pretty well outfitted, nice looking airplane. $32k buys 1/8 equity. $115/mo plus $90/hr wet seems reasonable to...