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I had a somewhat related problem yesterday, coming into my home airport a new controller said to me "your ADSB appears to be inop". It's not Inop, I just operate in anonymous mode. I wasn't about to explain it to him over the radio though. Not sure if he will persist but I certainly don't...

This was tried at Martinsburg (KMRB), I think the 4 place Grumman Yankee was built, not sure of the actual model. They made about 50 of them and went out of business. The hangars and offices are still there and used by the airport authority. It was the second aircraft manufacturer that tried and...

I met a fellow at a flea market who had this bit of wisdom, it makes sense when you think about it: "You make your money on the purchase, not the sale." There will always be a spread of buying prices and selling prices, a bell curve. It is easier to find sellers on the left side of the curve...

Your post reminded me of this, an oldie but a goodie: maybe not so funny now given current events but still a good ad

I think I would check with the owner before I started painting the floor https://kdvr.com/news/local/71-year-old-arrested-for-felony-for-using-marker-on-pickleball-court/ I believe they eventually did not charge this fellow, but still, worth checking beforehand

Hi sorry for the late reply! Two things you might want to evaluate are tire pressure and driving style. I always have exceeded the epa rated highway mpg in cars that I bought new. I have a very light touch and coast a lot when approaching a stop, with a manual gearbox. But you are right, might...

You might try your university if you are an alumnus. I think ours is hosted by Google but, probably because universities generally have stronger data protection rules, there does not seem to be any of the tracking associated with gmail. If you send an email about a trip to Italy for instance...

This thread explains something I heard on guard flying around the DC SFRA one day. Someone, I assumed it was a controller, but suppose it could have been anyone, said in an angry voice:”You two are supposed to be professional airline pilots! Now Grow up!”. Didn’t hear the foregoing conversation...

You were not tempted at all to drop your flaps and really see how good he is a slow flight?

I just did this and it was a lot of fun, plus I felt I was giving back to the aviation community in helping with a study that might save lives. They are testing out a new app—actually something that will be embedded in Foreflight, etc—that gives you an audible alert if you are in an unusual...

I have been looking at the Hyundai ionic, it is made in a hybrid and an ev version. From their website: The hybrid costs $24k and gets 60 mpg, so at $4/g it cost $40 to go 600 miles. The ev costs $35k and goes 170 miles on a full charge of 100kw for an hour. Rounding down to 150 miles it takes 4...

It is quite an achievement, but less so the more that logistics, weather, planning was done by a third party support crew. I see a corollary between this and people that pay to "climb" Mt Everest or Kilimanjaro. Sure, they put one foot in front of the other, but the real challenge in climbing...

We pay 11 cents a kWhr but that’s on top of about $25 distribution fee so the actual cost per kWhr depends on how much you use. 7 cents does sound like quite a bargain!

I haven’t seen a discussion of Carnot efficiency here so I thought I would throw it in. I was a Nuclear submarine officer, when I got out of the service I interviewed with a nuclear plant in Suffolk VA, I was surprised to learn the thermal efficiency of the plant was relatively low, 33%. The...

Hi all this week's episode of Airfields of Dreams is on Gettysburg, PA (W05). It has a neat chat with the fellow running the FBO there who is really bringing it back to life. Airfields of Dreams | RSS.com

What's the joke? Guy knocks on door looking for work, homeowner says sure, you can paint my porch. Guy knocks on the door a few hours later: "I'm finished. And its not a Porsche, its a BMW."

Ha ha! Tempted.

I think several insurance companies have these apps now, they use the embedded accelerometers and positioning info to evaluate your driving and give you a discount. Anyhow was talking to the insurance fellow in a non related subject and asked him how the app would work for me as I use my phone...

Just posted a new episode to my podcast on Front Royal. It’s a neat field with a lot of history nearby. Plus I interview an air ambulance pilot who has some interesting things to say about flying patients. Http://airfieldsofdreams.com

I have one it is on the light side, not a lot of extra electronics. It is 350 pounds below the weight limit with full tanks. So you only need to burn off 8 gallons of fuel to fit two 200 pounders.