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Seeing how I worked in the turf equipment industry for over 20 years working on commercial turf equipment let me give you a couple hints or tricks to keeping these trimming heads working correctly. First lets talk trimmer string. Your trimmer head will have eyelets in it that are much bigger...

I took up cycling. I started 5 weeks ago. I am riding a recumbent style bicycle. In 5 weeks I have lost 30 lbs. Down to 165 lbs. I can not stand and walk on a treadmill but I can sit and pedal this bike. I hope to loose another 20-30 lbs. I traded my airplane for this bike and I love it. Tony

I was riding with a friend heading west out of Sacramento CA to San fran. Traffic was cruising around 90 mph. We were doing around 75 mph. I kept telling him to speed up but no he would not. He got pulled over for impeding traffic. The cop was p#ssed because he would not go with the flow of...

Someone goes to war then are asked if they killed anyone. How freakin stupid. No he/she went there to smell the roses. Some people are stupid. War is about killing the enemy not babysitting them or feeding them. God Bless you for caring. Most don't. Tony

I flew with a CFI once, after 15 mins in the air with this man I was a bundle of nerves. I mean I got out of that airplane shaking. I have learned, ask a lot of questions on the ground. If you don't like any of the answers or the way they come out of this person. Find another. Don't think it...

Why I fly experimental. You can make that part yourself.

Maybe the person in the tower knew you are a student and was giving you some experience and practice while your instructor was sitting right seat.

Most your small light aircraft have what is call a hershey bar style wing. This will give a light wing loading. This style airplane is flown in early mornings and late evenings. The light wing loading makes for a very rough ride when the thermals start. My guess would be if you built an airplane...

IMHO if they would not have installed concrete where they did we would not be talking about this. She would have been blown into the water or sand. But then again there may not be any sand on the beach without those concrete barriers. Maybe make them out of something else besides concrete. Tony

That was an awesome video. But I have no idea how you can drink coffee and fly. I must stop drinking coffee a couple hrs before I fly. If not every 20 mins I would be landing to use the bathroom. I guess we all have a pee tube. Oh wait that is a pitot tube. Not a pee tube.

Don't give up. You may come across someone like myself. I have a two seat experimental and would love to have another pilot and I fly into Oshkosh in it. I do not want to do this trip alone and would love to have a chance to share this experience with another like yourself. I am sure there are...

I have been walking this earth for almost 60 years never eaten by a lion, tiger or beer and I lived in beer country for a few years. I wonder how that would have worked if I spent 60 years in the ocean? I bet i would have already been fish food.

Not real sure who that would be. I learned to swim at age 3 and swim like a fish. But I don't breath like a fish.

We must also remember. Depending on the body of water, we go down on the food chain once in the water. This could be a pond, stream, lake or river. I all depends on where you live. But to all those that say go for water. You go for it. I now have one more question I will ask another pilot before...

They say landing in the tree's is not a bad option and I would choose this over water any day. They say the tree's can absorb some of the impact. IMHO the tree's would be my first option over water. You may never get out of the airplane once in the water.

Things happen fast once you hit the water. there was a man who landed his plane on floats with the wheels down. The airplane flipped over as soon as it hit the water. The next thing he knows he is treading water. Problem, he left his 8 year old boy strapped in the seat. The little boy drown...

I have my spot picked before the engine ever goes silent. I fly from one landing spot to the next. Once I over fly this spot I fly to the next. But again I ask. How many have had an engine out? Have a few and you will fly like this too.

How many have had an engine out? You pick a landing spot and use it. You do not go. I may land here, no wait I will land here, no wait I will land here. You do not have that much time, even at 1000'. been there done that. You pick a spot and all your brain power is focused on that landing.

If you have other options why would you be wasting energy thinking about using the water. If no other option its a no brainer. Go for the water. But that was not how the question was posted or asked.

The OP states that if there are field or roads take the water first. This is what the DPE said to him. He is an idoit stating this. If you have roads or fields land there before any water landing. Simple. Tony