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You may want to check out the Seaplane Pilots Association or the Seaplane Foundation's Water Landing Directory (mobile app too) which may or may not cover your local bodies of water and known restrictions, etc. https://seaplanepilotsassociation.org/...

Anyone handy with making a composite in Photoshop? This should fix the diagram...

Thanks to everybody for the clarification about $40/hour being a rule-of-thumb or guideline vs. a figure that could vary based on a number of factors (and I appreciate the suggestions for different methodologies and where to source current maintenance cost info). This place is great! Sorry for...

Following this thread out of interest. Is this a widely accepted "rule of thumb" (close enough +/- to apply to most general aviation aircraft) or just a figure you calculated for the particular aircraft you're considering?

Thank you very much!

Where did this overlay image come from? The bottom of that dip seems lower than 200 feet (to me) but maybe there is some foreshortening happening from the perspective angle playing tricks on my eyes. I believe LGA tower is 233 feet tall.

Hopefully not this...

Not trying to get too graphic, but how do they know the person was struck exactly twice by the prop? Were there only 2 visible injuries, 2 audible thuds, or are they actually saying the person was hit by the prop once, then was struck again after initial impact (while stumbling forward, etc.)...

How are the planes that are obviously not total losses "recovered" (removed from the road and relocated to a nearby hangar, repair shop, etc.) in situations like these? Are they partially disassembled and transported on trucks? Air crane (helicopter)? Is the choice up to the pilot/owner or...

Too soon!

You must not be familiar with this series. :)

Doesn't the Secret Service (or other law enforcement agencies) do diplomat/defensive driving training there? Could also be related to State of the Union Address?

This is the method I use. You can generally view RSS feeds in any RSS viewer for your operating system (mobile or computer) or even connect to them in some email client software.

Per National Geographic interview with Heather “Lucky” Penney, the aircraft were not armed (no time to wait), and the plan was she would ram the tail while her commanding officer would ram the cockpit of Flight 93.

When you say Windy, are you referring to Windy or Windy.app?