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Cessna 310 owner is the only winner here . . .

That's why I always keep my clips in my pocket.

Creating a bureaucracy to eliminate gov. waste is a failure right out of the gate.

I don't recall 'low cost' ever being part of Porsche PFM marketing, indeed the PFM powered Mooneys sold for a premium. I do remember advertising which claimed a "smoother running, more reliable, more powerful, easier to manage due to a single power control lever" alternative. Porsche divested...

Karol DeGraw, wife of famed rotorcraft builder Dick DeGraw was killed Sat. evening around 9pm local in the crash of their DeBird 2 gyroplane. She had just departed from the runway at their home in Napoleon, MI and crashed in a heavily wooded area 1-2 miles away for unknown reasons...

Fewer people that know the better unless you are making an insurance claim.

Because it meets or exceeds all certification requirements? Once outside the operating envelope, all bets are off?

The final is out the Burley ID - Caravan accident. Summarized probable cause: Pilot descended below MDA without the requisite items in sight per 91.175. Interestingly, there is a paragraph in the NTSB report about an obstruction light being stolen from the scene and later published on a YT...

Lots of similarities between this crash and the crash that killed NASCAR driver Alan Kulwicki in 1993. Icing, Garrett engines, failed to properly use the engine anti-icing equipment, both engines flamed out, plane plummets to the ground.

Based on findings discussed on page 3, looks like another ~20 sec and the left carb would have filled up with debris and water and failed that engine as well.

Preliminary is out and it is ugly for everyone involved.

The plane was ferried from MI to PA around Dec. 15th of 2023.

Some of the 430 parts have been unavailable for some time now . . .

In 2019 a 14 y/o named H. Scott flew an Aerolite103 ~700 miles from VA to OSH. But it was a male named Henry so I guess it wasn't that big a deal.

Just here to call dibs on the cracked one if it's going in the trash.

What you describe is a pretty common procedure when cleared to join an arrival and are already inside fixes on the transitions. In most cases the only "programming" difference is how the unneeded fixes are deleted.

The country of Alaska has a pile of dirt higher than the lowest usable flight level.

I have 2 of those on my camper. They are not much good to see if the camper is slipping or skidding.

Those are not designed to be used in airplanes. Because they resemble slip/skid instruments, people think they are the same.