Recent content by slowjoe

When was the last time you went? It's better than you think and getting better all the time.

I put mine in my 172 Thursday and flew that night. What a difference! Not neccessarily more light, but the color temp of the light is much better and allows you to see much more detail. And the fact that it draws almost no power is really nice too.

So what do they do if they find something? We're allowed to carry weapons, etc.

Must be different back East than it is here in Arizona. I fly through R-xxx areas all the time. I just did so today. All you have to do here is contact the appropriate controlling entity and ask. They know where the Restricted area really is in use and if there is nothing going on in the...

Silly me, I thought that a basic legal principal of this country is "innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt." Oh wait, it used to be in the past but not today. Now it's "you're guilty until you prove your innocence".

Actually, it's 100 miles. Unfortunately.

You're not giving a complete answer. Did they say that propellers under power do not always bend forward, only sometimes, never bend forward without power, etc? I could see the possibility that under power does not always cause the tips to bend forward, but a windmilling or moderately powered...

As explained to me: under power the propeller is moving faster than forward velocity and the pitch of the prop and force from the engine causes it to bend forward. No power then the forward motion of the plane bends them backwards. I can believe it too. Not too long ago we had a twin land...

If I'm not mistaken it's bent the wrong way. Prop strikes under power have the prop tips bent forward, no power has them bent back.

I wasn't referring to corporate aircraft. There is passenger for hire out there that operates under Part 91: many skydiving aircraft.

That isn't relevant to the question at hand. It's a completely different scenario. The reason this does fall under common carriage is because it is scheduled: 2x a night, Mon - Fri. Can't get much more scheduled that than. Ferrying aircraft is far from scheduled, it's very adhoc.

Correct, but that wasn't my question. The passenger isn't paying, or being paid for. The non-IFR Commercial Pilot is being paid to transport an aircraft cross country and the passenger is going along for the ride. Are you saying that if you are carrying passengers for hire you must part 135...

Great, now I've got the Benny Hill theme song stuck in my head.

I did some searching. Title 14 of the US Code of Federal Regulations does not appear to define "passenger for hire". However, Title 46 does: CFR 46 90.10-29(b) The term passenger for hire means a passenger for whom consideration is contributed as a condition of carriage on the vessel...

Huh? How are you going to run a plane under part 135 that has say 200hrs since last annual? 135 requires 100hr checks, doesn't it? It is my understanding that Common Carrier for Hire is defined as "...for the transportation of goods over a definite route and according to a regular...