Recent content by AlabamaCFII

I saw a G-4 miss that exact turnoff at DTS a few years go. It also sank into the soft sand. They lifted it up with air bags, then used planks. Understand they flew it gear down to repair shop.

I'm a physician. I ended up in the jury pool for a medical malpractice trial. I just knew that the plaintiff's attorney would throw me out. But the doctor's lawyer tossed me. He didn't want someone on the jury who knew how worthless and incompetent that guy really was. I would have told...

Too cloudy here in North Alabama. I remember making these pin-hole cameras to see solar eclipse. Now you just watch it on the internet, I guess.

Blood samples from suspected Ebola patients are being sent to CDC in Atlanta for confirmation of the diagnosis. Are they sent by FedEx? By General Aviation? Who knows what we could encounter on the ramp at PDK.

Enteroviri (polio is one, EV-D68 is one) are spread by fecal to oral transmission. Coughing and sneezing can spread the flu, but not this one. Washing your hands after shaking hands, touching door knobs, etc. makes sense because who knows what bug is on that other surface. Flu is the disease...

As soon as you learn the active runway (by ATIS, listening, or by observation) set the heading bug on the heading of that runway. When you taxi onto the runway to depart, the heading bug should be at the top. Don't think numbers, just the sight picture of "the bug is at the top." This checks...

The CDC makes a guess each summer (a highly educated guess, we hope) about which flu strains will be the prevalent ones next winter. Then the vaccine manufacturers start cranking out their products. Some years they guess better than others. But even if they guess poorly the vaccine will still...

Back in the old days (insurance won't allow it now) EAA sold rides in "Aluminum Overcast" and you actually got to sit in the left seat and make some shallow turns. Sure was a fist full of throttles. People were walking around in the back, so nose up/nose down maneuvers were discouraged. So I...

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