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Prop is moving, but flaps are up. Loss of power at take-off?

Sometimes, Good Enough is a better engineering design decision than Nifty Optimization. I think USB-C would have been fine. I got a good pic of the cable end connector (attached).

That NTSB report was helpful in determining the facts of the collision. It seemed very odd that the twin’s pilot did not perform the rudiments of his landing checklist. But, a few weeks after the accident, my brother woke up with a paralyzed right arm. Being a surgeon (retired), he diagnosed his...

In particular, this one from the Port of Anacortes (Washington State): https://www.publicsurplus.com/sms/auction/view?auc=3363348 Price is low, but looks like the winning bidder has to show up and truck the plane away. And it's a pig in a poke. Does this situation make any sense for anything...

Just finished up a tour of the Canadian Arctic: Baffin Island, Devon Island, Beechey Island. The original itinerary was a flight on a regional jet from Calgary, through Yellowknife, then on to Resolute. The tour company had to scramble as the Canadian fire situation deteriorated. We ended up...

I saw his Chicago debut at a small club, maybe 30 people total in the audience. He was quite intoxicated, couldn't remember the words to his own songs, including Why Don't We Get Drunk, which has about 28 words in it. Seems he was a genuinely decent sort. RIP.

No, just what was posted publicly. I am not presently in position to take on a project, otherwise, the buyin price for a local plane would be attractive.

Just listed in the classifieds: a C172 outside of Kalamazoo, $29k. Needs a new panel, and probably an engine.

Registered June 6. The owner is father of one of the deceased, presumably at the controls.

Their intended destination is in a valley; there are ways to get to it via rivers if you can afford the time. But they hit the mountain in basically a straight line course, a bit South of Canada Highway 1 by Canmore. The peaks are 8000 to 10000 ft in the area. Some climber web sites have...

CEN22FA331 has the story. Briefly, on a firefighting mission, one pilot dropped his iPad. It jammed a pedal, and they lost control. The NTSB reenacted the scenario, in great detail.

Recent post on Reddit r/flying "One year of a 5-person Plane Partnership" goes into detail, has the usual cautions and lessons learned. Summary: Five pilots formed a partnership to buy a used RV10. No deaths or serious injuries. But they all would have done better to just rent a nice Cirrus...

Older Cardinals with round dial panels and non-GPS radios occasionally come to market. N3391T is a 68 fixed gear. Asking $79K. Flyable VFR, but probably $40k needed for non-vacuum instrument panel with new GPS radios.

Reddit pointed it out; didn't see it mentioned anywhere else. Lewis Univ, LOT, has a control tower, and a new Class D ring--Foreflight shows a cutout for Clow. FYI

A couple of years ago, a relative bought a home in Delaware. Nice place, a few miles from some ocean resort towns. Last Friday, she gets a call on her cell phone: "I saw your ad on apartments.com, when can I come by to look at your place?" !!! Checking it out, the pictures are legit, copied...

All the competing service providers have tools for the "Transfer all your old stuff to us" chore. It's not a problem in practice.

Namesilo can provide you with a .com domain for $11 per year, less if you choose an odd extension like .info or .biz. Web site hosting is optional; you really don't need it, but some service providers bundle it with other services. Email is a separate issue; there are many choices of email...

But he knew all about the illusions. As an instructor, he had counseled other pilots on precisely their insidious effects. In the present case, he had good forward visibility; he had a good airplane; his instrument experience was recent; terrain was flat Midwest back to the home airport; weather...

Or flaps. Throttle, prop? More and more, it seems like the twin pilot suffered some kind of cognitive disconnect: saying his intentions clearly ("full stop"), but not manipulating the controls of his aircraft to accomplish his stated goals.

This goes beyond poor ADM into Germanwings territory. At least he didn't take any innocent passengers with him. Agreed, a waste.