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The absence of professionalism, skill, and competence displayed in those photos is astounding.

Ya think? Probably the only thing the local Home Depot had.

My calculations indicate the 5.00/5 nose wheel on a 172 has a 14" diameter and 44" circumference*, and is turning 1,193 RPM at 50 MPH...

The hose clamps on the SCAT are oversized. The ends of them are waiting to remove flesh when the engine is maintained.

Probably from the airport perimeter fencing.

That's too bad. A Commander 1000 with -10 TPEs is a great aircraft.

Sometimes there is a single cause for a mishap. The insistence that a "Swiss cheese" collection of contributing events to a mishap...

3 more, actually. ;-)

There is a G-XXX s/n 1942 Cub around here that has Warbird status. But not as a L-4 . . . As a TG-8. It was converted with a 337, a...

Going over the historical record of an aircraft is always enjoyable. It sounds like this one lived an interesting life.

Just a neat picture I found while doing some due-diligence. (This plane is for sale, but isn't the plane I was referring to in this thread.)

Fly it for 4½ hours.

Crossed a ridge at just over 1,000’ agl with winds aloft at 34 knots.

A Cozy went down near Mineola enroute from Houston to Paris. I don’t know who was flying, but very accomplished Father and Son Citation...

Is that considered an A2A kill?