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You’re thinking of the ultimate anti-fungal, I think. Gentian Violet. Turned the skin bright purple for a week or so.

Punctuation matters.

ILS. There are no CAT 2 or CAT 3 RNAV approaches. There never will be. Simple, easy to fly, extremely accurate, very difficult to spoof by external means. No worries about area outages or signal degradation. No modern navigational equipment needed. You don’t have to load the approach in the...

Sold.

The B-1 did have an ILS, just not an ILS that was usable. I had to wx divert to Edwards early on because of low ceilings at Dyess; it was the only other base we could take the jet at that time, unless a serious emergency. The ILS used too much computer, with too slow a refresh rate, so it...

The B-1 never had an approach mode on autopilot, nor did it have autothrottles. It did have an auto speed lock-up feature that kept the core rpm above 95% during low level operations. This is not the first approach accident involving an Ellsworth B-1 flying a non-precision approach at...

Thank you for that information. I never used this unit in my 210; I had a portable tank system for four.

I’ve never used this unit airborne. I suspect that it would, based on things I’ve read from folks who have used them in their planes. It’s a demand system, so it should supply enough O2.

To my knowledge, they’re all designed with one outlet. They can be used with a splitter for two, if you want.

IS-500 Inogen One G5 Oxygen Concentrator System for sale. Like new condition, barely used, many extras. Carry bag, single and double battery pack, two chargers. $1300, free shipping to the lower 48 states.

Mark who?

Sweep flights were real when I retired. I expect they’re still used these days, for reasons previously mentioned. Easier and cheaper to start with an oversized aircraft(for the local market), and route it to allow drop-in coverage for several additional markets at a relatively small cost to...

If you are worried now, on the ground, at ground speed zero about what direction turn you’re able and willing to make departing into marginal vfr, you’ve got no business flying in actual instrument conditions. What will you do when weather and traffic and ATC airspace requirements force you to...

No, it doesn’t point to a training culture issue. Initial training must ensure that pilots are proficient in the operation and use of all available systems. Recurrent training reinforces proper procedures, systems knowledge and operations and crew coordination. The required maneuvers during...

Hey, the GFC-500 gives 55 year old GA SE airplanes capabilities that some airliners didn’t have 15 years ago.

I’m not making any argument at all. You’re missing the point completely. In your own words, “technology is supposed to enhance and supplement performance, not replace it”. What I’ve said is that I have observed, over many flights, and many years, a degradation of basic piloting skills because...

No argument involved. Not a false narrative. And not at all amusing. Observations made over decades of working with pilots and seeing that the max use of automation over time made for autopilot cripples, to the point that some started to show degradation in their physical piloting skills...

I used to fly B-52’s and B-1’s years ago. I’ve been flying since 1976. I’ve witnessed the steady march of technological advancement over the years. Growing up with very basic instruments and learning and using all those new technologies as they were introduced has given me a...

What, no clock?

Research Starfish Prime. Research Soviet Test 184. Optimum altitude is 300-400 nm high. Oddly, a bigger bomb is not better for a pure EMP attack. A nuke used for an actual targeted strike will produce emp, but even an air burst at 10,000 ft is too low for a serious Compton effect magnification...