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The current sunspot game makes this happen a lot more. Many years ago, the power company in Washington DC had one way messages from the Havana Cuba dispatcher, and their trouble truck's responses. They did not receive our calls to them.

Jim K, I was hoping for an opinion of the farm field conditions, from an expert on their softness and current state of agricultural preparation for this years crops.

Jim K can add to this, the dark area in the background appears to be wet muddy, so the landing was on soft ground. The state of corn stalks resembles disked, which loosens the soil. As weight settled on the nose wheel, it plowed in and flipped at a relatively low speed. Properly tightened...

Thomas and Tools give excellent advice here. One thing that I was trained for all landings, scan out the side window to the edge of the runway to estimate height, then ahead for runway alignment, and back to the edge. If the sun is in the right place, the location of the shadow of the wheel is...

I have been going to Florida for over 50 years, and remember when Sonny's was good. It has been a long time since I ate in one, just mediocre now.

My previous post was not intended to propose a different definition of VA, but to explain that it is useful in choosing a safe speed in turbulent air. Continuing at normal cruise when turbulence is encountered subjects you, your passengers, and the plane to greater G loads than at VA, and...

The above analysis is the criteria for testing the VA speed. For our flying, the use of VA is to assure that a powerful up draft, which has the potential to exceed the G limits of the airframe, will result in stalled airflow, and limit the actual g forces. This prevents pulling off the wing at...

Give the bank the original, have them make a copy, and have the bank officer that copied it initial their copy, and give you a statement that they have a copy. Then you do not have to bring the original every time you wish to do a transaction. They will not be happy to do this. Ask what their...

From your description of warm weather only operation, the problem is more likely to be in the servo, not the gyro. The lubricant there may have become so stiff that they no longer function. I have flown several Cessna's with Navomatic, and liked them, but I earned my PPL to fly planes, not...

OP 1948? Wow, that was when VOR was magic navigation. Anybody who has flown an Adcock radio range, which was much superior to simple ADF, can appreciate the amazing precision the VOR achieved. I was taught the Adcock system, but it was gone before I actually flew it. The last approach...

I was a subscriber of Flying Magazine, and read that Tom Block Pro's Nest article. It is a good one. The problem here is claiming that he defines the relationship of radials as identical to VOR radials, when Block points out the similarity to the concept, especially if using an RMI. Pointing...

My check ride was 1969, with a second generation transistorized VOR COM, which replaced a "Coffee grinder" crank to tune VOR, and 3 crystals in the COM side. That was a long time before 2006, of the original post.

VOR necro's should be particularly good, as they are answered by people who flew the VOR system, and understand it. They likely took their check ride in an aircraft that only had a VOR installed.

"The mechanic replaced the EGT sensor on cylinder #3" Most likely, he inadvertently caused a bad connection in the sensor system. Have him recheck EVERY wire he touched, or might have touched. I do not believe in coincidence in electrical problems just happening at a time when electrical...

Do your studying, and watch for charter pilots to come in, carry luggage to the car, and return. Say Hi to them and ask how the flight went? If they stiff you and keep going, so what. Some will be happy to have someone to kill time with, and will be a real resource.

Those highly skilled drone pilots have reduced real, live, flying in the dangerous airspace. We do not have any idea how many fatalities have been prevented by such reduced risk for airmen and airwomen. I do not know how much comfortable the working conditions are now, but early on, they were...

I do not think the people in front of Ed Haywood did informed consent. I know that I did not as a draftee in basic training. They fired 30 caliber machine guns over us as we crawled through dusty dirt fields, in day light, then watered to change to mud, for the night version. There were logs...

172andyou said: "The armorer had a job to keep the firearms safe. It's a specialized skill and one that requires a dedicated person (or team in some productions). She handed Alec a gun that he had every reason to believe was safe." Bad quote, the armorer did not hand Baldwin the firearm. She...

Actors in western movies are trained in the basic movie safety procedures. As I posted last year, the protocols are rigid, and there should not be exceptions for the "Star", or anyone else. Baldwin has starred in many movies made by reputable companies. They followed the union rules and...

Back in the '70's, a low income neighborhood had a Chinese carry out with window signs for CHITLINS CHOP SUI SOUTHERN FRIED RICE