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There is so much more to do on waste and inefficiency before they get near the FAA, it's going to be a few years before the FAA needs to have a sit-down. Something has to be done about the fraud, waste and abuse in govt. It' just can't go on like this much longer.

There are a lot of pretty smart people here. I can always learn something from the experts in various fields, if not for the limits on what's discussed on the site. Economics, media, education, cultural differences, weapons, health, etc. I'm afraid to open those doors, in case it leads to the...

Sepulveda basin. Wise choice.

I used to have a Lamborghini. The speedo went to 300KPH. It was impressive. The car - not so much.

I know. I just posted in there about 20 min ago.

I'm new here. Not new to aviation, and not new to internet forums. I moderate several other forums, and as you said, it's a balancing job, and not always easy to find the right path. In the early Oct days, as things began to heat up in the US, we were allowing quite a bit of back and forth not...

I could go on for days. My wife has a MB. The speedo goes to 180MPH(I have no idea why). There's a visor shroud to keep sunlight off the speedo and tach and it almost abuts the speedo on the left side. Well, it does such a good job, that the 60, 70, 80MPH markers are very hard to make out in...

I will disagree with Blancolirio on the insufficient power to retract the gear. The gear motor isn't that powerful, and if the alt was putting out even modest amps on each side there's plenty of power to move the gear. The pos of the gear selector will tell the story, and that isn't in the...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. We were tearing apart. Much worse than anything recent. We were going to put a man on the moon, and we had riots in every major city in the US. Britain wasn't much better off. A group of English musicians, recording in Los Angeles at the time...

This won't mean much until one is a parent of an adult son. Then - it'll hit hard.

Penned by Neil Young, not long after the president expanded the war into Cambodia with carpet bombing of the Ho Chi Minh trail, there were eruptions of anger and unrest. It affected many college and HS campuses. My first arrest, although technically all we got was a ride in the paddy wagon to...

Tom Cochrane wrote this after a string of anti-semitic clashes in the late 70s. Pay attention to the lyrics, and you'll get it. "It's the final solution..." Being part Jewish, and living through that period in SoCal, I personally can relate somewhat. Sad that we are seeing another resurgence of...

I'll buy the OnReal mini cam. PM where to send bucks and I'll toss in some shipping too.

Say it was 80F. Density Alt = 10244. The FBO recommends no take offs after 12, or above 80F. With the downhill and a bit of tailwind KLAM can be rather exciting.

Then it would be immaterial to what happened unless the engine or prop failed somehow.

It's one of the few runways where it's possible to take off and actually descend right off the end of runway. The other location I've been to like that is Los Alamos in NM. The runway ends at a bluff, and taking off to the east, there's often a quartering tailwind. On lift off from Los Alamos...

I bought this brand when I knew they were made in US: https://www.eztankless.com/household-tankless-water-heaters Viewing their website now, it appears the units are now built offshore. When I installed mine, since it wasn't electric with a ground lug, I did install a ground strap from the...

This is hard to describe, and without having been to the airport before, it's hard to believe as well. I offered speculation before and will again. I've taken off during the day, and at dusk from Catalina more than once. It is a crowned runway, and there is a very credible visual perception that...

That ATC recording was sad. Sounds like a guy with an axe to grind. Do it on the phone, not the radio. Once the engine started, the low batt shouldn't have any affect or much affect on producing rated power. Just another hole in the cheese lined up.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/details-emerge-deadly-catalina-island-211418833.html Brief; Not enough batt power to start the right engine. It was connected to a charger, and eventually got started. Where, who connected the plane to the charger? If the airport mgr did that, might be a problem...