Recent content by ollopa

I think a more general takeaway is to just be prepared for anything in the last 10 minutes before the tower closes. I once entered the pattern in class D at night time just a few minutes before closing. Got cleared for landing and as I'm on short final, "Hey Skychicken 1234, lights might...

You still have to confirm the amount before it charges your account, so you're avoiding pipelining your operations for no reason.

Well the witness description makes it sound like they flew into a dead-end and stalled while trying to execute something like a canyon turn.

Just enough speed to zoom-climb into an accelerated stall and fall back down into the river. You must be smoking crack -- he can't zoom-climb because he's not in an RV :D I saw his comment on YT about this being the least dangerous of his hobbies. His other videos look like paragliding, which...

Don't listen to forane. If you're not getting the TX indicator then your problem is before the fact and investigating the antenna match is a waste of time. Seriously forane, look at the symptoms. This is a PTT issue.

30-50 year old kids on the Internet.... What is the point of this topic?

I think the spin is that this is anti-soldier sentiment but there are few Americans who would ever boo a grieving family. We all know that there is something missing in this story. I arrived home on an international flight that was a bit late once. The airline was holding up the departure of...

That was some pretty amazing soft-field technique. Have to agree with his assessment, though: Flying with him just might be life-threatening. Looking forward to his next video when he tells us the dangers of flying a kite through a thermal.

Looks like my boat but with wings and the vegetation growing on the outside.

This is the best explanation I've found: http://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/18912/why-does-maneuvering-speed-vary-with-weight/18917#18917

I've been thinking about the relationship between speed and fatalities today and while I agree that cruise speed isn't so highly correlated with fatal accidents, I suspect stall speed is. Kinetic energy is proportional to the square of velocity so doubling your touchdown speed quadruples the...

You must have flown into the museum of natural history, where such fossils are kept on display. Sounds like you had a great adventure :) Thanks for sharing!

Not on a multi-engine. Sounds like a Vmc roll.

Uhh only when these are placed on the ramp. Otherwise it's a judgment call.

Some of my earliest memories are of my dad's stick a tissue models on top of the refrigerator. I can't remember a time when I wasn't captivated by flight and didn't fantasize about seeing the world from a bird's perspective. Flying is a fusion of many passions: I love the radios, talking with...