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I meant to say VMC reserves. The rule is that even if you're on an IFR flight plan, you don't need IFR alternate reserves unless one...

Thanks for the info. I'm well aware of bird strikes - I've hit them in the Baron, even at night, but luckily, there wasn't any major...

You're probably right. And I certainly wouldn't mean to denigrate pilots that I don't even know - or don't know anything about them...

Maybe from both the vehicle and the unusable fuel in the Challenger - that could be up to about 40 gallons combined. Sorry guys but I'm...

Good points. It would have made things a lot easier for everyone if the Challenger crew said that they hit birds - but they didn't...

Yes. Here's a good article on the DEF (diesel engine fluid) and prist mix-ups. In all three instances explained in the article the...

Damn, the only place that he had to land was the highway - Check Google Earth. And forget the golf course shown in the link - the...