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A couple of years ago when I first was told about buying/financing through Bose, it was interest free if paid within 12 months. NOTHING is worth 25% interest, not a car, house, boat. MAYBE a heart transplant.

If you buy the Bose headset directly through Bose you can pay over time. https://www.bose.com/en_us/products/headphones/aviation_headsets/a20-aviation-headset.html

When I was flying I felt more comfortable flying IFR than VFR, regardless of weather conditions. Maybe it was because I stopped flying soon after getting my IR.

"Brothers To The Rescue" is the English version of the group name.

I worked at the FBO in Daytona Beach, FL in the early 1990s. One NASCAR driver, Bobby Allison, had an Aerostar with the venerable Allison-250 turboprops installed. I think those enegines are now owned by Rolls Royce. Great guy and awesome aircraft.

We have a couple of Piper Aerostars based at the local airport. One is pressurized and one is not. When looking at their rudders and vertical stabs it just seems there is no way they are large enough for single-engine contingency. Obviously they passed FAA certifications. I've yet to do any...

There are SR-71s at the Museum of the USAF near Dayton, Warner-Robbins Museum Warner Robbins, GA, and the SAC Museum in Ashland, NE. Hill AF Museum near Ogden, UT also has an SR-71. The USAF museum in Dayton also has the very rare XB-70 bomber and X-15 research aircraft.

There is a nice YouTube video from Erik Johnson called "SR-71 Cockpit Checkout". Also Peninsula Seniors has a great YouTube channel with lots of retired pilots and engineers, etc form the Southern California aerospace industry. There are several SR-71 presentations.

Also, turboprops operate at higher altitudes in lower ambient temps so they achieve higher true airspeed. Also, turboprops produce more horsepower with lower weight than a comparable recip.

The weekend IFR classes are for passing the IR written test. They are not designed to replace IR ground school. I picked up a few tips sitting in the weekend IFR classes American Flyers offered when I was an intern for them many years ago. Little shortcuts you could use on the complicated IFR...

A wheel chock is cheaper than almost any paint or minor maintenance repair from the aircraft rolling into something.

I watched Blancolirio's video about this flight. He said many of the flight school and single-engine aircraft in HI come over by flying. It's cheaper and faster than pulling the wings off and putting them in a container and float it to HI. I think it's not the owner and regular pilots moving...