the "not worthy of it's own thread" thread

ahmad said:
Here is something not worthy of its own thread.

Friend got his private pilot lic 3 months ago after 2 year training. I ask if he could fly me from a class G to another class G airport. No airspaces to deal with. He says he cant because the last time he did a cross country flight was months ago. Does not feel comfortable. This makes me feel like I am an amazing and superior pilot. :p
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Sounds like his decision-making skills are current though.
Seems like a good friend.
 
ahmad said:
Here is something not worthy of its own thread.

Friend got his private pilot lic 3 months ago after 2 year training. I ask if he could fly me from a class G to another class G airport. No airspaces to deal with. He says he cant because the last time he did a cross country flight was months ago. Does not feel comfortable. This makes me feel like I am an amazing and superior pilot. :p
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Got my ppl in oct 2020, and in mid november the aircraft went in for its first (extensive) annual which lasted 3 months.
Being a fresh PPL that hadn't flown in 3 months, flying a "complex" plane I only had ~12 hours in... I probably felt a lot like your friend when I picked it up from annual :)
I sat on the ramp for like 30 minutes w/engine running triple checking every checklist before I had enough confidence to do a few laps in the pattern.
 
Baked Potato said:
My father was killed in an [non-aviation-related] accident a number of years ago. Today is his birthday and my sister just sent a photo that absolutely broke me. I haven't had something stuck in both my eyes this badly for years. Man oh man.
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I understand. It’s been 26 years for me. Occasionally something happens that causes me to instantly be transported back to the hospital and it feels like the day it happened.. all over again. Fortunately those events have become much farther apart over the years. I will always miss my Dad and I will always be grateful I do miss him.
 
Tarheelpilot said:
I understand. It’s been 26 years for me. Occasionally something happens that causes me to instantly be transported back to the hospital and it feels like the day it happened.. all over again. Fortunately those events have become much farther apart over the years. I will always miss my Dad and I will always be grateful I do miss him.
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My feelings exactly, @Tarheelpilot . It is strange the things that trigger those feelings.

I am sorry that you didn't get to spend more time with him.
 
So I flew a few approaches in the sim today. I pulled up Skyvector, right clicked on a random airport, saw that it had a VOR approach, a LOC approach and a GPS approach and then flew all 3. After I came home from the sim, I can't remember which airport to write in my logbook.
 
asicer said:
So I flew a few approaches in the sim today. I pulled up Skyvector, right clicked on a random airport, saw that it had a VOR approach, a LOC approach and a GPS approach and then flew all 3. After I came home from the sim, I can't remember which airport to write in my logbook.
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Just check your fuel receipts and adsb logs. Oh wait... :) I'd write it up as KUNK for unknown, or just pick an airport that has all three approaches and list that.
 
Backing one's car into a perpendicular parking spot rather than going nose-in seems to be a popular thing around here. Unfortunately, it seems to be popular amongst those that aren't very good at it.
 
asicer said:
Backing one's car into a perpendicular parking spot rather than going nose-in seems to be a popular thing around here. Unfortunately, it seems to be popular amongst those that aren't very good at it.
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I do it almost every time with my truck or SUV. It's a requirement at most oil & gas field locations as a safety measure. However, with big wide-view mirrors and rear-view cameras, it's a pretty swift affair for me. I'm sure many people aren't quite so polished on the procedure, lol.
 
If I can't find a pull through spot I usually back in, too, depending on the lot. The thought being if I'm backing in, I kinda own the lane already. Where if I'm backing out I can't always see conflicting traffic and have to rely on them a bit to see and avoid. Backing in used to be a requirement of Nynex crew vehicles, too, not sure about Verizon, as a safety requirement.
 
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Case 1: car finds an empty slot. Does a half dozen rounds of REV-FWD-ANGLE-REV before he finally finished the parking job.

Case 2: row is full except for a spot on the end, which I take. Everyone is parked nose-in and reasonably well centered. I dash in to the store and 5 minutes later come out to discover one of the spaces now has a car parked tail-in, except it's 3 feet apart on one side and 5 inches on the other. And the tail is 4 feet away from the parking stops.

Case 3: car #1 stops short of an empty spot, and then pulls ahead of it. While they're fumbling with the gear selector, car #2 zooms in and is parked before the backup lights on car #1 turns on. Car #1 never activated its turn signal so fair game, right?
 
The north-up/track-up debate has a new entry. I noticed that our local courthouse has floorplan maps to help people find the various county offices. The building is roughly symmetrical when rotated 180 degrees. The maps are drawn north-up. They have no labels about which way is north. And they are all placed on the south walls of the main corridors.
 
iamtheari said:
The north-up/track-up debate has a new entry. I noticed that our local courthouse has floorplan maps to help people find the various county offices. The building is roughly symmetrical when rotated 180 degrees. The maps are drawn north-up. They have no labels about which way is north. And they are all placed on the south walls of the main corridors.
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Our local tower is on the north side of our East West runway. Looking out the tower southward at the runway, East is to the left, West is to the right. Their FAA provided monitor of radar/ADSB traffic is configured North Up.

Yep, as they look at the monitor, it has East is to the right, and West is to the left.
 
Hitting a turkey vulture with your left wing when entering the pattern creates a very, very loud "bang".

EDIT: This might be the only time I can reference this epic first post:

eman1200 said:
today I thought I hit a bird on short final. upon further inspection, I in fact did not hit a bird on short final.
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iamtheari said:
The north-up/track-up debate has a new entry. I noticed that our local courthouse has floorplan maps to help people find the various county offices. The building is roughly symmetrical when rotated 180 degrees. The maps are drawn north-up. They have no labels about which way is north. And they are all placed on the south walls of the main corridors.
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So that's what happens when you give cartographer duties to a lawyer?
 
WDD said:
Hitting a turkey vulture with your left wing when entering the pattern creates a very, very loud "bang".

EDIT: This might be the only time I can reference this epic first post:
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The rules of conduct* require more details in this type of post. What do turkey vultures taste like?

* As usual, I am referring to the made-up rules that exist only in my head.
 
eman1200 said:
today I thought I hit a bird on short final. upon further inspection, I in fact did not hit a bird on short final.

what else ya got that's not quite worth it's own thread?
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iamtheari said:
The rules of conduct* require more details in this type of post. What do turkey vultures taste like?

* As usual, I am referring to the made-up rules that exist only in my head.
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I can thankfully say I don’t know what they taste like. I doubt it’s Butterball.
 
S&P 500 is flat / up 0.3% from Jan 1. But yikes, what a ride from Jan 1 to today!!!
 
eman1200 said:
cole slaw
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Which one?

Western-style slaw (also known as Lexington-style or Piedmont) is typically served with pulled pork and features a red, tomato-based sauce. Eastern-style slaw is usually served with a white, mayonnaise-based coleslaw and a vinegar-based sauce
 
luvflyin said:
Which one?

Western-style slaw (also known as Lexington-style or Piedmont) is typically served with pulled pork and features a red, tomato-based sauce. Eastern-style slaw is usually served with a white, mayonnaise-based coleslaw and a vinegar-based sauce
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Huh. I don't believe I have ever in my life heard of or seen cole slaw with a red sauce. Never seen it with other than a mayo-based sauce, with varying degrees of creamy/watery/vinegary/sugary being the primary differentiator.
 
DaleB said:
Huh. I don't believe I have ever in my life heard of or seen cole slaw with a red sauce. Never seen it with other than a mayo-based sauce, with varying degrees of creamy/watery/vinegary/sugary being the primary differentiator.
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and disgusting in look, taste, and texture.

IFR training is fun. All the things I've learned flying around VFR are making more sense. I knew that adding 10deg of flaps would cause the pitch to change a bit, as well as the rate of descent, but seeing it on the CDI as you're trying to keep it centered really brings it home. I'm digging it.
 
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Who was the idiot....

OK, sometimes the idiot is me. Often the idiot is me.

But not this time. Nope, nu-hu. Not me.

Every year, without fail, for the last 15 years, the tailwheel comes apart so I can inspect and clean the bushings and stuff. Except for removing the actual wheel from the axle (which is a socket head cap screw). The wheel has sealed bearings, there is no play, nothing to lube, etc. So, leave well enough alone.

This year, I was putting in new parts for the locking feature and the manufacturer had updated the design to add a second 10-32 screw so I had to remove the actual wheel to set it up for drilling / tapping the new hole.

Yea. There is a counterbore in the fork for the head of the axle bolt but someone (not me, not this time) had put a washer under the head of the bolt so it didn't go into the counterbore...

Ok, on second thought. 15 years? Never noticed? I guess I am the idiot after all.
 

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Flew in some actual IMC today with an instructor. Very hazy, about 5-6 miles vis and a forming broken layer of clouds. Found that when I could still see directly down, but the horizon was obscured, and it instantly felt that the plane was nose up. Instructor felt it as well.
I also have a right turning tendency when actually flying through clouds. Found loosening my grip on the yoke and just let the plane fly helped a lot. It didn't take long, either. Look at the approach chart for 10-15 seconds and I've already started turning a few deg to the right.
 
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These Stanley tumblers do a remarkable job of keeping your beer cold. Way better than glass and without the worry of breakage. Enabling you to drink and assemble complicated machinery at the same time. Also great in the shower.

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These Stanley tumblers do a remarkable job of keeping your beer cold. …
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Bourbon doesn’t need to stay cold. Way better; it’s just corn fed liquor.
 
Jim K said:
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These Stanley tumblers do a remarkable job of keeping your beer cold. Way better than glass and without the worry of breakage. Enabling you to drink and assemble complicated machinery at the same time. Also great in the shower.

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Full disclosure. Not a beer drinker. But why is a shower beer a thing? I wouldn't think of drinking an old fashioned in the shower. Why beer?
 
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