I watched the video with Martin from Beech Talk. The HF antenna that delayed his departure includes a 50 ft long wire trailing behind the plane. I suppose that it drags on the ground until airborne.
Fascinating.
After seeing the videos, I guess my question as a rank novice aviator is: At what point does the flight become theoretically irrecoverable? Even in the severe side slip, is it possible a guy can mash the rudder and get back to flying even with a prop windmilling?
https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/pilot-dies-after-small-plane-crashes-into-community-center-in-katy/285-fc5e136f-c642-4011-ba64-beece142d8ab
I went past the flashing lights/aftermath/investigation but didn’t know what was going on at the time. There is a short video of the crash, a lot...
We did this activity by boat for my fathers ashes. It went well, we went out in the morning as a family, said some prayers, dropped the ashes, then mixed up some mimosas on the trip back. Very nice activity. Not sure how this translates to an aircraft.
A lot of these offshore service companies in the GOM are in the same boat so to speak. I have a small pension with one of the crew boat companies that went through bankruptcy a couple years ago. My pension is still intact but all the shareholders equity gets blown up. Ironically back in the...
My dad did this in a Turbo Arrow III heading west into Cortez, CO over the mountains. He was unconcerned, but I was concerned when the engine stumbled a couple beats. But that was it.
This is my thought also. I don’t see any way we can go to Mars within my lifetime. First of all, there’s no strategic driver (like the Cold War) to go. NASA to me these days is just another aimless government program.
My wife and I saw the movie last night. It was outstanding. It led me to think about could we do the same thing nowadays in the current risk averse culture we live in. Would we have the fortitude to go forward in the same period of time they did in the ‘60’s?