Recent content by JoeInCT

The FAA has to get a few convictions under there belt. Anyone doing this is also telegraphing their location. Given this activity has the potential to kill hundreds of people, a sentence of a few decades in jail would be a strong deterrence for wannabe spoofers. Also, a network of receivers...

I tried over many weeks. I use an android tablet with Chrome. Perhaps they needed to tweak something. My favorite weather product to help decide on going on top or not.

Still functional a day later. Safe to say that it is fixed.

It magically started working today at some point after I posted this. I swear I looked for weeks for it. Thank you National Weather Service!

That's where I go. But no numbers.

I'm liking the new aviationweather.gov with one exception. I used to be able to get the "graphical area forecast" (GFA) and now I can't find it. I believe it was the only weather product that would give you the forecast bottom of the clouds AND the tops. It used to give me the numbers repeated...

I'm based in Bridgeport CT and a lot of the Long Island flight schools practice touch and goes at my home drome. The rare occassions that I have been told to remain outside the class D, the controller gave me a time in which to call back. Something like "call me back in 10 minutes" in which...

Have to wonder if had undergone any maintenance. Perhaps it was not reassembled correctly? If not, and this is from the factory, it is going to cost the manufacturer. And probably rightfully so. No?

It's a Darwin award really. The guy should have known better. Once he publicly embarassed his boss, it was over. He fell for the old "yeah, I will give in to your demands and forgive you" trick.

I once read an article that the FAA was going to "crack down" on this. I guess by triangulating on the offending transmitter? But never heard if they actually "caught" anyone.

I believe most airline pilots are required to monitor the guard freq while in flight. Out of boredom, they either "meow" or say "guuuuuuuuaaaaaaard" randomly. I hear it on almost every flight. I'm not going to lie. I get a laugh out of it.

So tragic. I watched every episode. Fatal accident... (16/June/2023) - United States of America : On June 16, 2023, at about 1148 local time, a privately-registered Cessna 180H Skywagon, N91361, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Unalakleet, Alaska. The airline transport...

The pilot owned a Piper PA32 (T-tail Lance) and was on the PA32 Facebook page. He was a retired airline pilot. He participated a lot in the discussions and had commented on many of my posts on the PA32 FB page. He participated in the discussions and wasn't just a "lurker". Super nice guy. So tragic.

During COVID, pilots of a certain airline staged a "sick out" to protest the shot mandates. The airline claimed the mass cancellations were "due to weather". That is their standard "go to" to avoid the financial hit.

For me, I don't worry about the speed so much. I just do the recommended short approach speed and then try to be out of back elevator when I touch down on the mains. Make sure you're looking at the right spot out the window so you can coordinate being out of elevator and the wheels touching the...