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While my fiberglass homebuilt has no lightning protection, certified aircraft are required to have some protection for a lightning strike. I was flying at work one day and my flight nurse expressed concern about observed lightning from a nearby storm. I told him that’s the least of my concerns...

101st is on the way as well.

1000 soldiers to assist ground ops. https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-response-hurricane-helene-numbers/

Also demonstrates the need for federal help. We were active duty basically flying BDA for FEMA big wigs. That frees up NC NG helos for SAR. Same thing for forest fires. Bambi Bucket is primarily a NG task but active can assist in other areas.

One things for certain, gonna be a lot of orders for Starlink because of this.

The helicopters in the area are busy today. Looks like ants on Flightradar. N120DT (S76) has a unique paint job. ;) https://www.autoevolution.com/news/donald-trump-is-selling-his-second-sikorsky-s76-b-helicopter-166299.html

I flew FEMA around during Hurricane Irene. We had them over head The Outer Banks less than 12 hrs after the storm went through. I was actually impressed with them. They seemed to have a plan in place and I could see rescue efforts going on below us. Yes, It was a planning nightmare but that...

My doc advised me to get one a couple months ago during my annual checkup. Didn’t say my blood work showed I was at risk or anything. Just said it was a good idea. Next thing I know the hospital is calling me twice to schedule. Seemed like this was a money maker for them. I never did schedule it.

CTI programs have been around for probably 20 yrs. Yes they skip the academy but depending on the facility, they may be sent to OK City for a course. Such as my brother, he had ATC experience from the Air Force but his facility sent him to the academy for the TRACON course. Basically an...

Has additional information from the articles above. https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-snowmobile-award-damages/

This is actually secret footage from a QB chapter party.

As described above, the stabilator is computer controlled during normal ops. Airspeed is one of the inputs for position but also uses collective position, lateral accelerometers and vertical accelerometers. Generally if it’s last flight of the day it goes to 0 degrees. Fortunately for the...

I don’t think it has anything to do with culture. I think they’re trying to do the best with what they’ve got. There are the typical stories you read about where a new CO comes in and the unit is poorly trained and equipped. They turn it around and next thing you know they’re winning...

This training event sounds more like a social visit. They landed there because the IP had a friend who lived nearby and wanted to hang out with him for awhile. Good thing they didn’t slew the stab up or that dude would be missing the top of his head.

They’ve tried to recruit me several times but I refuse to drink Mai Tais. Scotch or nothing at all.

I think some are conflating inefficiency with its synonym incompetence.

“An unhealthy organizational culture that permitted the degradation of airmanship skills.” Again, this more about commanders not getting the support they need from higher. This is lack of resources and the challenges in trying to maintain an aging airframe. I seriously doubt aircrews were...

My brother flys in a formation team. They do volunteer event flyovers in the Abilene area. While it’s revived his love of flying, it’s not something I’d ever do. I had enough close calls flying formation with pilots that fly formation daily. No way I’d do it with weekend warriors with different...

New vid from Mover but happened 12 years ago. Good story on how a safe outcome occurred by a quick thinking controller. A bit ballsy with the “standard rate of descent to 1,000” though. That was completely off the cuff. Basically doing a quasi SA where none exists. But, it’s an emergency and he...