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This was actually part of my PPL oral (which was under the DFW bravo shelf actually). What do you do if you can’t stay VFR but you’re in the bravo? “Unable” and tell them what you’re doing, but just do enough to stay clear of clouds. Bravo clearance doesnt give you clearance to operate in IMC...

Broker is the way. There are only a couple insurers that don’t sell through brokers (Avemco is one). But Ladd and his folks will find the best policy for you based on the airplane and your experience.

I’ll PM you. Won’t air dirty laundry here. It has to do with the aftermath of that incident and the handling by EAA.

Booked a hotel in Madison Friday night for an early Saturday arrival. Haven’t decided if I’m going to volunteer in Vintage again this year after the shenanigans last year.

Or a turbine 210!

Kind of an awful thing to say given this was a test flight after maintenance and the guys that passed were from the avionics shop doing the work.

Total time has nothing to do with it. I’ve been terrified by guys who have clearly not attempted 90 knots since the last time they flew over Fisk, and then gotten on the ground to find they had many more hours than I’ll ever have.

I think this was an LX7, which the manufacturer says can stop in 800 feet. That’s awful short, but would be doable in half the 3000 feet of pavement. According to the AOPA article, that means new wings and new vertical stab/rudder...

I’ve seen the video of the approach and landing. It was producing thrust all the way. He floated past the 1/2 sign on that runway before touching down, with a single porpoise in the first half of the runway. He locked up the tires almost immediately and still went through the ditch and the...

This wasn’t a Lancair. It is based on a Lancair but has different wings and different stabs. The manufacturer advertises much lower approach and landing speeds, along with only 1000 feet landing distance (which I assume requires functional beta on the prop).

Wasn’t TKI’s runway closed yesterday? Maybe he didn’t realize until he got there and then decided on T31 at the last minute?

I have never done an Ishihara test for basic med (those plates are expensive). Been to a couple different doctors for it and they just wanted to know if I could see the green and red. If you don’t think you should fly at night after getting an approved basic med exam, then don’t. If you can’t...

As long as she’s the queen of someone’s double wide trailer with the polyester curtains and a redwood deck?

Anyone know pilots using these? Am I reading the Basic Med requirements correctly that using one of these weight loss drugs wouldn’t fall under the special issuance requirement? Or is there some underlying required diagnosis to get the prescription that would require a new SI under Basic Med? I...

No, I’m talking about the guy that drove his truck through a gate because everyone let him once he told them who daddy was. I’m talking about the yellow shirt EAA security guys who said it’s ok for him to do whatever he wants because of who his dad is. I’m talking about the EAA maintenance...

EAA needs to get control over that area and the other people who think they are too good for any rules. The more I think about it, the more I can’t help but think that it’s a culture problem that is already leaking out into other areas. The way the son of the EAA maintenance supervisor acted...

NTSB preliminary report was released. https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/192738/pdf

It also looks like the camera man is staring across a commercial gate marking on the pavement. Something that tells you what type of airplane and where to stop the nose wheel. He is likely in a secure area and can’t do anything to help.

The 150s I learned in had a strange contraption that hooked on the back of the yoke and extended all the way to the rudder pedals to lock the flight controls. No way you’re going to forget that because you can’t get in the airplane.

I talked to at least two people immediately after the incident that watched the whole thing and made similar statements.