Recent content by midwestpa24

I'm surprised how little has been made of this crash. Outside of the aviation circles I haven't seen much coverage, considering it was the head of state of such an "active" country

I've been there. Checked in with the controller since it had been a while since I'd heard another human voice. Controller came back with, "Yes I'm still here, just no one else has tried going through this sector this morning.". :oops:

I'm not going to say its a popular opinion by any means, but I can tell you there is a growing movement among even airport managers (chiefly large airports), that the current network of airports is financially unsustainable. Their thought process is that by reducing the number of airports in...

As Brad pointed out, most typical pulse oximeters can't tell the difference between CO and O2 in the blood. Do not depend on it for CO.

This is why they always instruct you to keep your seatbelt on while seated on an airliner. But like all the other safety instructions on airliners, no one listens.

I am fortunate to be the least note worthy person with my name. Even Google doesn't turn me up first by first and last name.

I guess if the choice is a broken leg or burning alive... In this incident, I probably would have drank my coffee and waited on the responders to get me a ladder.

Have you met many people lately? This statement alone is why a lot of social media exists!

I'm also curious to know if that is the old PFAS laden AFFF or the newer friendlier, but less effective, F3 foam. I see it all the time though in videos of gear up landings, the ARFF guys hosing a non-burning aircraft down with foam. As an 18 year ARFF guy myself, I don't understand why...

When I was on the Keto diet and shed all of the carbs from my diet, my caloric intake drastically dropped automatically. I'm not a regular drinker by any means, but the occasional Jack and Diet wasn't enough to derail the losses. Unfortunately my job changed and I went back to stress eating...

Whiskey has no carbs. :cool:

Why is it bad tastes so good, and vice-versa? Why are the "pretty" flowers so hard to grow and maintain, but the ones that sprout up and thrive on their own we call "weeds". It is like nature is against us from all angles. Kind of leads to the human alien theory. Humans just aren't designed...

First thing I noticed was the trucks flowing foam. I don't know why, no smoke, no fire, and definitely no fuel leaking.

I wonder how much the treatments actually delay the inevitable. My old F-150 was probably just as bad if not worse when I traded it in for a new F-150. I'm curious to see how the new aluminum body ones fair in a corrosive environment.

I never did boy scouts, but was in the Aviation Explorer program in high school. It helped me get into this industry. As others have mentioned, I think there have been many issues leading to the downfall of BSA. One was the abuse scandals. Two is the draw of other activities. Another I...