Recent content by Dana

A medical isn't out of the question; there is a procedure to get a "statement of demonstrated ability" to waive some medical requirements. There have been one eyed pilots, including record setting aviator Wiley Post. It's probably much easier for a class 3 than a class 1 or 2. Regarding LSA...

Tucker

Just like Abe Lincoln's axe... the handle was replaced five or six times and the head was replaced a couple of times, but it's still his original axe, right?

That is correct. Also correct. It's now expected the FAA will announce the final rule sometime in mid 2025, google "FAA MOSAIC".

Pitts Special.

snow

"18.n. Substance dependence; or failed a drug test ever; or substance abuse or use of illegal substance in the last 2 years. "Substance" includes alcohol and other drugs (e.g., PCP, sedatives and hypnotics, anxiolytics, marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, hallucinogens, and other...

"...my father coached riflery in a high school for 28 years, and he ventured that an unventilated shooting range may have been a cause.... For over a quarter century, lead dust was inhaled not just by my dad, but by his team members and my brothers and me as well.” I had not heard that; that...

At least with straight floats you can't forget to retract the wheels for a water landing. I knew a guy who made that mistake not once but twice. :eek:

There was another one a few years ago when the news reported a forced landing and breathlessly reported that the planes tanks were full of "high octane aviation fuel" (because it must be so much more dangerous than "low octane fuel").

I went without hull on three sub $10K airplanes (and regretted it once). $25K I can't afford to lose, so I carry hull. Liability absolutely, if a gust of wind catches me and I clip the wing of somebody's expensive airplane I don't want to be on the hook for their repairs. The feds and most...

Void

I wouldn't say that, but many professional athletes are certainly in the "more money than brains" category... which is especially dangerous when mixed with aviation.

Thieves are clever nowadays... one scam is they steal avionics from aircraft A, then break into aircraft B with identical avionics and swap them, selling the "B" avionics. Owner B has no idea, so nobody's looking for the serial number of the stuff they're selling.

When I had the forced landing in my Starduster one of the newscritters reported it as a "Cessna type biplane".