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It's SOP to practice on the margins, instead of giving yourself say, another 1000 ft agl? I know zip about aerobatics, just curious. I completely get that it would be a different sight picture- but if that's the way it has to be done it's far riskier than I had imagined.

Amazing airplane, first read about them earlier this year- +10 rated. I guess I can understand the fun of aerobatics for those with the skills and can stomach it (literally), but just don't understand the need for some to do it on the margins. Looks like a miscalculation similar to the Bill...

SWA was aware of the NOTAM, but thought the runway had opened. Regardless, taking off with Center clearance- and not being on CTAF? They would've been in the dark (literally and figuratively) as to any traffic in or near the pattern, makes no sense to me.

Article states that ATC could not reach the aircraft on the CTAF frequency... so they took off with no ATC, and no communication on the CTAF frequency? Can't be...right? :eek:

Ahhh...got it, thanks. I was looking at the photo, assumed it was a failure rather than both of the ball joints being oriented incorrectly.

I must be looking at this incorrectly, because that's not what I'm seeing? What i see is a failed ball joint, that allowed the male section to rotate in an axis it shouldn't have been able to and unthread from the control rod. An assembly like that threaded at each end can't disassemble itself...

Jeezus...looks like Pilot AND FO were both literally asleep at the wheel. 2200 ft low, visual approach and a/p disengaged. Had to change from 13 to 17R on go-around. You can hear the fatigue in the ATC communications. Hawaii, LaGuardia, and now this one.

Just curiosity... How often has there been an engine out in a Cirrus where the conditions were amenable enough where the pilot elected to land the plane rather than deploy the chute- and were they successful? I know it's the "right thing" to let the insurance company buy the plane, but if an...

https://www.foxnews.com/us/pilot-dead-after-plane-crashes-river-remote-location-area-officials

Interesting...last photo in second article linked above appears to show the airplane 50 ft off to the side of the runway and parallel to it, not short of it-

How do these statistics compare to certified GA aircraft?

Do I understand this correctly, Azalea is also the rebuilder of the Corvair engine that failed?

^^^ So you could have a prop strike, and not know it? Seems odd, but haven't been there and done that...

Well that's interesting, trying to follow... Where's the white arc stop on the 20? You'll eff the prop before the flaps?

Apparently, they weren't using the radar anyway...so no great loss :rolleyes:

Maintainer #1: "Hey, there's a hydraulic leak somewhere. There's fluid on the door behind the right landing gear." Maintainer #2: "Meh...let's go have a beer." Un*******believable.

Update... swiss cheese... https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2024/06/05/series-of-jet-staff-failures-faulted-in-2023-f-15-crash/

This one seems cut and dried- but there's always a minuscule possibility it's a huge coinkidink and not related. If I popped the cowling and that plug was missing or hanging by the wire, there would have been no talking with the A&P. I'd be in jail for assault, or worse. Good on the OP for...

^^^ My initial thought as well, we'd typically go "there" when an aircraft goes down shortly after refueling. But then I wrote that off rationalizing that CERTAINLY the fuel would be checked before filling the tanks on a 9-figure stealth fighter... Or not.

Pilot ejected. Bravo variant...as was the one that infamously went down last September after flying for many miles after the pilot ejected (Anyone seen our fighter jet?), as was the one that was in hover mode and bounced with the pilot ejecting in 12/22. This one had reportedly just done a...