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Thanks. I am an EAA member, and I downloaded the PDF you linked. Nice work. The way you broke out the engine failure fatality rate, between those who stalled and those who didn't, reminds me of another EAA webinar I saw regarding "the impossible turn." Of the engine failure after takeoff...

Hi Ron. I really appreciate your data-driven analysis and articles. I keep your article, "Homebuilt Accidents: Passing the Engine Baton" handy when Lycoming & Continental owners start bad-mouthing my Rotax! :D In your graphic above, do you have the data on the overall survival rate without...

Yeah, that's always the trouble. The only thing I could find was this article: https://www.aopa.org/training-and-safety/students/flighttestprep/skills/emergency-landings First the author delineated the difference between precautionary landing, forced landing and ditching. Then he compared the...

I’m trying to find data on the success rate of off-airport deadstick landings. I’m having trouble finding the data I need. I’ve checked the NTSB’s General Aviation Accident Dashboard and CAROL, as well as AOPA’s Richard G. McSpadden (formerly Nall) Report, but neither allow me to filter the way...

Facebook. One was in the Georgia Pilots group, the other in Atlanta Airplane Partnerships group.

This never got off the ground, pardon the pun. I did see recently advertised a 1/3rd share of an SR22 at RYY and a 1/4 share of an SR20 at LZU.

You’re one of the first pilots I’ve heard from who actually had a customs agent meet them in person. What airport was this?

Aware of all that, but thanks.

Hi all. Planning on flying from US to Canada soon. I know there's currently no pre-entry COVID testing required, but it was just brought to my attention that mandatory random arrival testing at all airports goes back into effect on July 1. Source. Question, before this was suspended (June 11...

That's the way the flap switch on my stick works. For extending flaps, each momentary click down brings the flaps to the next notch. For retraction, one momentary click up retracts them all the way (slowly). Perfect for go-arounds or after landing.

("Playback" is playback the last ATC transmission. Super-handy feature!)

This article says the TG-R90 will be 140,000 euros, close to $150k USD. (And that article is nearly a year old. Price has surely increased with the current rate of inflation.) I'd love a turbine, but not paying 3.5X the price of a Rotax 915iS for an engine with less power and similar fuel burn...

Ah yes. I was familiar with adsbexchange, but previously I was unable to find LADD-subscribed planes by tail number. I checked again and it does work now. Thanks!

It took only one post for the first snarky-ass response, and you did it! Congrats! You misunderstand LADD. It’s not asking the FAA to not publish the information. The third party still gets the info of LADD-subscribed aircraft from the FAA, they just have an agreement with the FAA to not make...

Let’s say my plane is signed up on LADD. Is there an easy way for my family to still track me? FlightAware wants $1400/year for a subscription plan to see my own LADD-subscribed airplane. There’s got to be a better option. (Let’s not have this thread turn into everyone arguing whether or not...