Recent content by mark.staggs

Define serious. :lol: Your point is valid, but having lived in TN for 16 years, in this instance you're giving this state legislature far too much credit.

I love that they had to put "(Non-Functional)" in the title of that chemtrail panel. :lol:

Having experienced this first hand in an M20C, you just gotta ignore it and land. You're not going to get it closed while in flight, and I suppose because of the disturbance of airflow or suction, I saw the ASI and VSI bounce around a little. Wonder if he was trying to mess with it and just...

That's what I had to do in 2021 for my instrument written. I also had to leave my phone and Apple watch in a box with the front desk while I took the test. Made sense, but I'd never thought about the watch also being used during a test. That would make it very obvious that you're cheating.

So sad. RIP. I finished by private there a little over 10 years ago, and I remember that runway being hard to spot at night amongst the ground lights, prisons, and highways. Loading an approach at night there just to help find the runway even when VFR would be a good idea.

We've been on US Mobile (mvno) for over a year, and they allow you to choose the big carrier to use (T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T). We pay $33/mo for 2 lines and 12GB of data which is more data than we even need since we're both remote workers and on wifi all the time. They have better rates if...

Hmmm, these stories remind me of the CBP presentation at Oshkosh this year... "If anyone owns a Cessna 206 and wants to turn it into a pile of cash, no questions asked, just advertise it and wait for the cartels to call."

Yeah, their email today references Apple's refurb store, which is where I've bought most of my iPads and MacBooks since they're basically good as new and come with a manufacturer warranty: https://www.apple.com/shop/refurbished/ipad/ipad-mini-6

Holy s***! I've worked as a software engineer for 20-mumble-mumble years, and this is just...gross, wrong, and I would've walked from that job, too. Or, more than likely, been so sarcastically disruptive then asked to leave.

I flew a Wheeler Express from Nashville to Waukegan, IL several years back, and after the first two attempts to correct my type failed I gave up and just went with being called a Cessna until I landed a UGN. The tower exclaimed, "You're no Cessna!" I explained the issue, and they just laughed...

Hoo, boy, another fellow IT'er here, and ain't that the truth. On top of that, one issue we're having lately is getting quality candidates, even as contractors with relatively nice pay. There's a fair amount of entitlement that didn't seem to exist even 5-10 years ago along with a lack of what...

Had a similar experience when doing holds doing my instrument training. We were in IMC during training and in a legitimate hold instructed by ATC, so we had to do several laps before we were cleared to do another approach. It took me two laps before I realized why I was having problems...the...

Not enough USB charge ports for me, I'm out. /s :D

I think I mentioned it in the other thread @dtuuri referenced above, but the Opposing Bases guys presented this particular scenario on an episode of theirs earlier this year. They suggested that, rather than muck up the whole works at a large Class B airport, if possible divert to a smaller...

Mine, too! I went back and reread some of his posts. I never knew the guy personally, but his enthusiasm for aviation is/was motivating. Really sad spate of accidents lately. :sad: