Recent content by lewy15

I think we have a 172 left (the oldest). The others are 182's, 210's and 206's... Not all the planes have FLIR.. I know a western Iowa troop has one on his plane and there might be one more flying around... I will admit, for how broke we are we do have some nice aircraft.

Here's a video courtesy of the Iowa State Patrol Air Wing... It's not all about speeding tickets... http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Iowa-State-Patrol-Watching-Tailgaters-from-the-Sky-134151858.html

Seems Des Moines Iowa has a new aviation themed watering hole. Might have to check this place out to see if it's worth a dam... http://desmoines.metromix.com/bars-and-clubs/article/first-look-hangar-86/3064531/content

Third successful emergency landing in the last 6 years or so... 2 engine outs and now a bird strike at night... http://www.kcci.com/news/30621488/detail.html

State Trooper... With the real potential to be a Trooper/Pilot in a few years. I figured if they'll pay for my instrument ticket and give me a 182 to fly for free why not?

I've come to the hard realization that I'll never have the opportunity to achieve a rating to pilot a spacecraft.... So I guess "passenger-ing" it is.... Although I couldn't afford that either! :rofl:

11. Space flight http://www.virgingalactic.com/booking/

West Des Moines, been talking with Exec 1 aviation at Ankeny.

I'm looking at getting back into flying after not flying last year after I got my PPL. The FBO I have been talking to says that the only insurance they require is one that covers their deductible of 5,000 dollars. That doesn't seem like that would protect me very well if something would happen...

What clouds???:yikes:

I invented the internet... You're welcome!

I don't know everything.... but I know a lot about everything...:lol:

Someone else doesn't like JG Wentworth... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUGYBXJ2bMY

I'm a state trooper and according to www.odmp.org there have been 112 officers killed so far this year, 46 by gunfire which is an increase of 18% from last year. My department has had two trooper involved shootings that I can think of so far this year. The first was killed by a trooper after the...

So how would an airliner compute weight and balance with regards to the weight of the passengers. I've never been asked for my weight when boarding, or do they have a random number say a 275 pound average and hope that the average weight of the passengers is less than that:crazy:.