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  1. ElPaso Pilot

    Alaska Airlines explosive decompression 1/5/23

    Yes, but only for certain customers. These aren’t cell phones. I might argue that many business models, and likely much of the domestic air service market, customers are not looking for revolutionary change, but maintaining their conservative, low risk status quo with minimal change. Example...
  2. ElPaso Pilot

    Would you be interested in some form of back-up propulsion for your piston single? If yes, how much would you be willing to pay for it?

    Speaking of personal choice... How much of your money (vs other people’s money) are you going to put forward to research, develop, test, and certify this noble cause? You mention BRS retrofit solutions several times and that no one would speak to you. Open your checkbook to fund the risk and...
  3. ElPaso Pilot

    Pulse oximeter doesn’t work at altitude

    4500’ is not at altitude, but below ground level in much of the country. I have a very similar looking one from Amazon that works fine at triple that altitude, but I could see vibration causing an issue. Got a riding lawnmower handy to verify the failure mode?
  4. ElPaso Pilot

    Toyota is right about EVs after all...

    Bike racks.
  5. ElPaso Pilot

    Would you be interested in some form of back-up propulsion for your piston single? If yes, how much would you be willing to pay for it?

    Answering my own question. OP has only on been the forum for a month, with >100 posts since last Friday. Sometimes people just need to step away from the keyboard for awhile and breathe the outside air.
  6. ElPaso Pilot

    Would you be interested in some form of back-up propulsion for your piston single? If yes, how much would you be willing to pay for it?

    I think maybe you're using the wrong venue for this discussion. Or you don't understand how an open web forum works. You had some well thought responses addressing the restrictions YOU put on the discussion with simple data and straight physics.
  7. ElPaso Pilot

    Man who crashed snowmobile into a parked Black Hawk helicopter suing government for $9.5M

    https://rilawyersweekly.com/blog/2024/03/06/lawyer-who-crashed-snowmobile-into-parked-black-hawk-helicopter-suing-government-for-9-5m/ A little more information from a legal site, but I don't have visibility to any of the court documents.
  8. ElPaso Pilot

    Man who crashed snowmobile into a parked Black Hawk helicopter suing government for $9.5M

    Map just above your post seems to make it clear...
  9. ElPaso Pilot

    Man who crashed snowmobile into a parked Black Hawk helicopter suing government for $9.5M

    Welp, it is designated, on a private club site. https://www.sledmass.com/map/ I guess one could argue that since the airport is listed on the snowmobile site, but the trail is not listed on the sectional, that maybe the rider bears more responsibility than the Blackhawk pilot? At a minimum...
  10. ElPaso Pilot

    Man who crashed snowmobile into a parked Black Hawk helicopter suing government for $9.5M

    Pilot landed on a designated airport. MA88. Pilot doesn't have a designated snowmobile trail listed on his chart. https://www.airnav.com/airport/MA88 https://maps.app.goo.gl/VQ2tYVeW6nynNoDX9 Airport is on a private farm. I'd also question how "designated" the snowmobile trail actually...
  11. ElPaso Pilot

    Would you be interested in some form of back-up propulsion for your piston single? If yes, how much would you be willing to pay for it?

    I agree, but I'd also argue that Economy Cruise is a purely a marketing number, and L/Dmax is most efficient, which is more like Vy and slower yet.
  12. ElPaso Pilot

    Man who crashed snowmobile into a parked Black Hawk helicopter suing government for $9.5M

    More detail and photos from other sources. See pertinent details below, including speed, alcohol, and prescription drugs use. I must admit, though, that hitting that horizontal stab. at 65mph in the dark without seeing it must have rocked his marbles. The government has attempted to dismiss...
  13. ElPaso Pilot

    Man who crashed snowmobile into a parked Black Hawk helicopter suing government for $9.5M

    In other news of the strange... A man who crashed a snowmobile into a parked Black Hawk helicopter is suing the government for $9.5M https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-crashed-snowmobile-parked-black-hawk-helicopter-suing-government-9-rcna141995 Lawyers in the yearslong court case...
  14. ElPaso Pilot

    Alec Baldwin shoots and kills cinematographer.

    Well, this was a fun watch. Pay attention to the expert witness hired by the defense as he points a weapon directly at the judge, forcing the bailiff to intervene.
  15. ElPaso Pilot

    Toyota is right about EVs after all...

    Not from a renters perspective. My point was there are many things that are tax incentivized to drive specific behaviors. Marriage, having children, home ownership, and a myriad of business and investment deductions. Most folk seem to enjoy and claim the ones that benefit their personal...
  16. ElPaso Pilot

    Toyota is right about EVs after all...

    Apartment dwellers might ask you how that home mortgage interest deduction worked out for you.
  17. ElPaso Pilot

    Toyota is right about EVs after all...

    Revenue (Sales) <> Gross Profit. GP is down because Tesla stopped taking price to put the hurt on competitors, and to keep sales $$ up as other maufacturers come online. 2023 revenue was still up nearly 19% year over year. Revenue Growth Rate is slowing, which is not unexpected...
  18. ElPaso Pilot

    Toyota is right about EVs after all...

    Agreed. Plus, for the PHEVs, if you've got 220V anywhere near the garage, used L2 chargers abound on Facebook/Craigslist, etc. And you can add an extension cord to the business end as well. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=j1772+charger+extension+cord&_sacat=0&_odkw=j1772+charger+extension
  19. ElPaso Pilot

    Intersection Takeoff NOT Okay

    Heck, that sounds like a great opportunity for multiple touch and goes in one pass...
  20. ElPaso Pilot

    737 Wing strike — Boeings just aren’t safe to fly in

    It's not. Hence the pot stirring emoji that did not play well. I guess if you have to explain the joke, it isn't one.
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