Recent content by FormerHangie

A while back I was talking with my boss and he asked me if I had done any thinking about when I would retire. His thinking was that it was good to retire early so we could still go out and do things. If I retired now, I have no idea what I'd do with myself. I've been thinking that I'd like to...

Thanks. When I was a teenager, my family did a two month summer tour in a 24 foot Winnebago. I really enjoyed it and would do it again, but my wife is strongly anti-RV, and really wants a lake house. I'm a little reluctant to take on something that will require too much maintenance, I'll be at...

That is Social Security Normal Retirement Age, although I believe that the Social Security admin folks refer to it as full retirement age. So, what does that mean for me? Nothing, for now, I'm still working the same job and hope to continue for four more years, but as my mother used to say, if...

I have 200 something passwords in my password manager. Every one is different, and are what LL Bean's website adjudicated as being "wicked strong". I printed the login information on a sheet of paper and locked it in my safe. That way, if I suddenly kick the bucket my wife can access...

Looks like fun! I'm looking forward to your updates.

Ours went down a tiny bit. Car insurance is up, though.

Watching that clip made me sick to my stomach. The aircrew didn’t stand a chance. Condolences and best wishes to their families.

There were approximately 70,000 student certificates issued last year, so the answer is no. How many of them are career wannabes we don’t know.

No question that the commercial ops have switched to turbine equipment. Looking at FlightAware here early on a Sunday morning, there are 17 each of Caravans and PC-12s flying, one Navajo, 7 Cessna 402s (5 are Cape Air), and one Cessna 421. I think this changeover was pretty well finished in the...

Earlier this year I started grabbing some numbers from FlightAware on which and how many general aviation airplanes were flying. To be more specific, I was interested in those that are typically owner/renter flown, or user for tra. I pulled down the numbers from FlightAware's Airborne Aircraft...

The Feds have released the U.S. Civil Airmen Statistics are now available. I'm a numbers guy and find this stuff interesting, and if you do too, this should make for an interesting discussion. First up, the total pilot count: The pilot count is up, pretty much across the board, save for the...

We always cook our bacon on the grill, but in a sheet pan. It keeps the kitchen clean and smelling fresh. We also have a bacon press which helps cook the bacon evenly.

Here's one: Aerotrek $130,000 base, your choice of trigear or taildragger. Looks like a pleasant little around-the-patch kind of airplane. If you wanted to get into aviation with a new airplane, you could probably get one of these with the few options you'd need and your light sport rating...

I thought that LSAs were built to an ASTM standard, not any FARs.