Recent content by Let'sgoflying!

Damn fine job: "ATC vectored me to final as I had no visibility outward and no ability to identify the field. After turning on a two mile final with the airport directly ahead, I could see none of it"

You just stated it as a fact? lol

Haha, my friend used to say he was a ‘recovering Catholic’ when religion was brought up.

Someone will have to provide the Cliffsnotes of this to me https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2746426/

Beautiful

Gary, I gotta know how you paint in that environment and not get it all over the floor, the furnishings, the toolkit, everything!

wow, this is one of the quietest airports I've been to. And there are a pile of hangars between it and a large portion of pavement

This was placed on the grounds of our county airport, in a place where impounded vehicles are stored. It is probably 15’ high. We are 80 mi from the nearest ATC radar, 150 mi from the nearest NWS radar. I’m wondering if it’s radar at all. We are close to the southern border, the USBP is very...

How did this sale materially harm the employer in this case?

I was surprised that it wasn’t till near the FAF that I learned there was a problem. I always check “RAIM available”. Maybe that’s not testing what I think it’s testing.

https://www.usa.gov/wrongful-termination also, research your state's rules.

Did not see in a search. Horus radar (combines phased array and dual polarization) Promises to be a level up from Nexrad. If so, I wonder how long til it would be widely avaiable in cockpits. Could current ads-b handle that much data...

I have a photo like that (well, not with your wife) it’s a favorite too - the only way I could find it was to remember the year and season (they’re stored chronologically) then 10 minutes of scrolling and it popped up. Googling this issue did not help.

I hope I can drift into my final years with some dignity.

That's exactly right, happens all the time & perfectly legal. Usually in more complicated aircraft where the owner has the finances for the jet/kingair, but has not yet gotten the hours/experience/ratings.