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“Only Old Men Are Going to War”. This was a find, a Soviet movie made in the 70s, has lots of footage of Yaks flying, on Tubi and IMDB.

The fellow that runs the FBO has what amounts to a museum on the second floor of pretty much every animal he has killed. Ask about it and the fellows there will be happy to give you a tour.

I flew over it yesterday at 1500 agl, nobody was on the track. The TFR specifically mentions drones. I assumed it had something to do with the “State Department “.

I think an early one. I will take everyones word for but with a compressed oleo it feels like a ditch witch.

Thank you to all, it is a PA38. Good to know there is no prop strike potential as it felt very low and liable to strike.

Thank you, that is great to know, it did not feel that way.

Flat nose oleo, the shop repaired it. Flew it back to the home airport and left on a 2 week business trip, when I returned it was flat again. The shop repaired it a second time and it held, same repair, except this time the A&P replaced the top o-ring as well. The repair worked. The shop wants...

At one level the documentary is about the Boeing crashes. At a higher level though, it is an indictment of a corporate culture that values maximizing shareholder value above all else. The show made wonder, how many potential "737 maxes" are out there, waiting to happen?

It does mention that the Lion Air pilots didn't flip the switches off. It also says that Lion Air tried to get more training for the system and was ridiculed for it. It mentions that the Ethiopian air Pilots flipped the switches off but the by then the plane was unrecoverable. It mentions...

This was recently released on Netflix, it really puts a spotlight on the human toll of the tragedy. Downfall: The Case Against Boeing

Somewhere in 30+ years of flying I got into the habit of acknowledging a termination or handoff with "so long". Not sure why, it just sounds better than a simple acknowledgement.