Recent content by Jeff Oslick

CARES harness, as mentioned above. Works for airlines too. Used one for both my boys.

Fortunately, there aren't many that make it very far into scouting with that approach to life. A lot of what (older, not cub) scouts do is basically a team cooperative game.

Buddha is not a god. BSA also accepts several other "religions" that are not "classically monotheistic". And this is nothing new; the first Buddhist Boy Scout troop in the US was formed in 1920. "Duty to God" is interpreted very broadly to be whatever the scout/their family says it is. Or, at...

"I don't know what gluten is, but apparently it's delicious." - John Pinette

Spend some time around teenage girls and you'll find many of them have the same issues as the boys. My kids' junior high had quite a few fights break out. The boys were not the ones fighting.

I've been a very active scout leader for the last ten years. Worn many hats. Currently an assistant scoutmaster, merit badge counselor, district committee member and Eagle advisor. My oldest is a few months away from Eagle, and my younger son is well on his way to Eagle. Some comments based on...

For 20 years, we've only used Michelin tubes and we only need to add some air occasionally. If it works, don't fix it.

That isn't the cost to do the overhaul, that is what the value of a fresh overhaul is to the next buyer. If I was buying, I wouldn't pay anywhere near the cost of a recently done overhaul, since the quality of the overhaul can vary greatly. Depending on what was specifically done, and by who...

God forbid they do something helpful with the >$100M in net assets, including $73 million in "Alternative Investments" that are not publically traded, which includes $23M in Central American and Caribbean assets. (Source: 990 form from 2022, the numbers are likely significantly higher by now.)...

We have Pponk and it has no problems getting over 12,000'+. I've had it to 14,500 without thinking much about it. I can lean it to about 9 gph and 135 KTAS at that altitude. I've flown it out of 7,000' mountain airports (Big Bear, Mammoth Lakes) while still getting 700 fpm+ climb reasonably well...

It is not unusual for noise abatement procedures to include "on takeoff from runway X, no turns before (Y, landmark) or reaching (800, 1000) feet. Often there are requests to not extend patterns over schools or specific clusters of housing. I suggest you need to have an airport user's meeting to...

FYI, ETBE is regulated by the California Water Resources Board as well, as it is a concern in groundwater used for drinking water. Any fueling system with underground storage or piping with ETBE might be an issue.

I'm figuring there is a very good chance our SL-30 will outlast every other piece of avionics in our plane.

I have a few good friends who are CFIs. First one who tells me it's time to hang it up, I'm going to follow their advice. The problem with hazardous attitudes is the one with the hazardous attitude will be the last to admit it.