Recent content by woxof

Not necessarily. The wise pilot waits a reasonable amount of time after fueling before sampling his tanks. What is reasonable? Like so many questions, the best answer is.....It Depends. The greater the tank depth, the longer you want to wait. Different fuel tank/system designs may create...

Perhaps, but unfortunately, the contradiction leads one to belief that it appears stuff is being made up. If true, that is not good, and more important than hurt feelings(at least for some of us still). As of now, I still lean toward believing the NTSB. It would help to know if running a tank...

According to the NTSB..... "The areas around the fuel filler caps did not exhibited any fuel stains. Both fuel filler caps had fuel grade placard of “100 OCTANE” and the fuel filler caps had “40 U.S. GALLON” inscribed.The left and right wing fuel tanks were of a bladder type. The bladders in...

But a fuel tank was empty. Do you run tanks empty? https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=103685

Thanks, Nice reply. Much appreciated.

This is a quote from an article I recently read which I found interesting: "Lowering the nose to protect airspeed decay is critical. Pilots today are learning their multiengine skills in airplanes like the Piper Seminole and the Beechcraft Duchess. These airplanes have benign engine-out...

So what I take away from this is ........don't bring passengers in the back seat for VMC demo flights. Perhaps one could do careful CG calculations and perhaps put ballast in the nose baggage area to have as far forward legal CG as possible. Then there is the altitude thing. One doesn't want to...

It would be nice to get some detail as it could prevent a future incident. Not sure what is meant by trying to land with a slightly different sight picture.

I remember watching a video where I was assured that the C340 crash in San Diego was due to the covid vaccine. I have been waiting a long time for the report and finally found it. I can't find the video now. Here is the NTSB report number: The National Transportation Safety Board determines...

https://arffwg.org/news/ntsb-prelim-seamax-aircraft-m-22/ "The entire right wing was separated from the main wreckage and located in a tree. The right aileron remained attached to the right wing. The right flap was separated from the right wing and located in the vicinity of the right wing. The...

I saw the Gryder video. Basically, it is saying that there was a partial power loss. If true, the 180 degree immediate turnback that pilots typically discuss(and which has been a significant focus of discussion on this thread) seems no longer relevant. And assuming the track shown in the video...

I suspect that it can be a bit of a crapshoot. The trees might work out fantastic or it may turn out bad. I knew a student glider pilot that got into a spin at low altitude. There was a single deciduous tree that he happened to spin into which prevented him from hitting the ground and he was...

One thing to think about is how density altitude can affect a turn back. It was a warm day at an airport that had a noticeably higher than sea level elevation to begin with. My understanding is that is detrimental to performance, but others can confirm. For example take an individual aircraft...

Monthly races.

How do you like his articles. I do read them. They were pretty much exclusively airline pilot life for a long time until he retired. It would be difficult to ever get to Len Morgan's level but his stuff was readable. Now it is post-retirement small aircraft stuff.