Recent content by rwellner98

I like that one better also. But I would leave off the Cessna and Skylane logos unless being paid to have them there. I'm strongly anti-badging and find it super annoying that every vendor seems to think it's their right to advertise in my home, on my vehicles, etc. Just from where I'm sitting...

I assume this is his cousin? https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/ral-airlines-dismantled-airbus-russia-field

From the NTOAM: "Due to the large number of departures after the daily airshow, arrival traffic is normally not accepted until 30-45 minutes after the airshow ends. Check arrival ATIS to determine when the airport is reopened"

Since you're from the area, I have a question. Why did a town in the middle of the flatest part of the country decide to name itself Mount Vernon. Seems hopelessly optimistic...

Make sure she is aware of increasing evidence that vaccines can help long covid. I have a friend that had it for nine months. Got another jab at the beginning of the winter and was basically cured of his long covid within 24 hours. And, in case you are correctly suspicious of anecdotal...

We went to KMVN and the people there did a great job. Plenty of marshalers. Mostly well behaved pilots (there was a 5-10 minute stretch where there were several in the pattern and not everyone seemed to have good SA). BIG restaurant with a buffet lunch (though I made vietnamese/american pasta on...

Hey there, in Mexico I have to present those docs a lot more than in the US, so having a holder like that would be handy!

I spent a weekend a few years ago hanging around with and doing a video shoot with Miss Mermaid Mexico. It was a blast!

Just to add something that I don't think has been stated explicitly. Between the various photos we can see all sides of the tail and there doesn't seem to be any damage inconsistent with spinning in. Specifically, it doesn't look like the door came completely off and damaged the tail as part of...

I was there and still don't understand. Yeah, most people camp with their planes. There were a couple RVs and Silly Bryan was in an airbnb IIRC.

I understood that to be an artists rendition. I didn't think it was actual radar returns. So I haven't been taking it as gospel. Yep, and a glide in would have been more likely to result in a need for medical attention also. Everything about that wreckage is consistent with a spin. If the...

Absolutely, that's why I said "my bet is", rather than "here's what happened". Definitely connecting dots based on incomplete data. But it's a fact that he was a newbie in the plane and my bet is that people aren't given that enough weight in their reading of the situation.

He was new in the plane. Had just bought it. I'm betting it's as simple as him not recognizing the stall speed compared to other planes he had flown. I think it's entirely possible that the door didn't contribute much of anything to this sad event.

I think you were just out of the loop. I bought a house in Carol Stream in 92 and radon testing and mitigation was already part of the deal by then.

That's such a weird thing. I had that happen at the airport that my plane got totaled at. Transient parking had been the easily accessible parking right in front of the door. Flight school decided they wanted it, so they took it and everyone else had to park in the boonies. It wasn't the end of...