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An odd question but if one has both a Canadian recreational pilot permit and a sport pilot license from the US can they fly between the two countries (observing the limitations of such licenses)?

Oh? Well thank G-d. There goes one of the major reasons why I had abstained from going sport pilot. When I was training in Michigan, the approach I was taught was if you're going more than 100 miles, there's no point at puttering around a couple of a thousand feet off the ground. Too...

....and altitude. ....and airspace. ....and speed. Basically sport pilot is for those who really love to fly but would be otherwise medically grounded and are too fat for ultralights. :lol:

Right. I actually explained the true origins to the person I heard the joke from. :lol: For those who don't know, it was a reference to the little rubber/plastic balls on the tops of the throttle quadrant arms in WWII figures.

Flight numbers changed to protect the guilty... :-) St. Louis Approach: "United 123 best forward speed to the marker, you're number one." United 123 (male voice): "Roger, balls to the wall." St. Louis Approach: "American 4321, you're number two behind a United 737, follow him, cleared...

Exactly. To me "sexy" depends on the mission at hand. The ****storm that occurred in chat came from the fact that I don't see any reason for me personally to do STOL bush flying that needs tundra tires. LOL Some of my all time favorite airplanes are the DC-3 and the PBY Catalina.

Very cool. Marine salvage has always fascinated with me but that would seem to go along with my other design interest which is boats. When I get past the point of designing my airplane, I am strongly considering designing a boat just for the challenge.

I believe that's the technique they used to right the USS Oklahoma after she was sunk at Pearl Harbor. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Oklahoma_(BB-37)#Salvage If not entirely correct, this is still a damn cool picture...

OK....dumb question: What's an ICP? You say that and I think "intracranial pressure". I didn't think any engine liked it but was always taught that aircraft with reduction drives/gearboxes were less tolerant than those without. I wasn't aware that the "down" was the issue. Like I...

Correct me if I am wrong (definitely not an engine guy) but isn't the primary issue not with the engines themselves but with the reduction units necessary to get the prop speeds down so the tips are not going supersonic? My pet theory is that the problem is not the designs or products but...

With flying it's a bit more complicated...or could be theoretically since you're dealing with reduced partial pressures and the effects thereof which can include altered pulmonary physiology such as vascular derangement (vasoconstriction or dilation causing shunting) and mild pulmonary edema. I...

As I pointed out in my original posts, it is still somewhat unclear how long the mental effects of low-grade hypoxia persist after the "technical" hypoxia is corrected. ("Look at the pulse ox! My numbers are normal!"). The FAA isn't prone to updating or openly questioning its medical standards...

Assuming any survive that long. LOL

Which is? What is your reason for it not being practical to change? Changes in operational procedure when an issue is identified is common in all aspects of aviation except for GA which has a possibly unhealthy affinity for doing things simply because "we've always done it that way". I...

Well said, as always, Henning. That is something a lot of students or new pilots miss out on when you start discussing "safety" or pointing out the need to be critical of "standard" techniques.

Only by those who can't come up with a more intelligent rebuttal. Not saying that is the case here but just making the point that insulting well-established physiology is a sign that the person trying to refute it probably is more showing their lack of understanding than the shortcomings of...

There's some evidence I recall seeing in the psychology literature that it causes a narrowed focus and a tendency to underplay the seriousness of situations. They are nothing more than endogenous narcotics after all. The "damn good but calm and alert" feeling may be misleading in a situation...

I often wonder how much of the cognitive effects of low grade hypoxia from flying at 6,000 to 10,000 ft MSL (especially for we "flatlanders") last after the "numbers come back up" on a pulse oximeter. Anyone who has run distance events will tell you that it takes time for the pyruvate and...

No offense, but it seems kind of stupid- even in a FIKI certified aircraft short of an airliner with bleed air hot wings- to take off into freezing drizzle. Am I missing something here? It would seem that such a situation would give a very high risk of ice buildup behind the protection of the...