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In an Australian aircraft of which I've never heard. Story.

As many of you know, I am in the process of selling my beloved Mooney, I'm asking $75K. Someone texted me, offered to purchase it sight unseen. The only catch was they wanted to pay $110K and have me send $35k to the "shippers". Never heard of shipping an airplane, but whatever.

Took a short ride on Il Negrini the other day to warm up the oil prior to oil change. Went to the local market where I saw a wheel come completely off a car in motion. The car screeched into the nearest spot while someone else caught the liberated and still rolling wheel. No lug nuts on the...

Why it's a game changer, and what went wrong. Story on CNN.

I went to see John and Martha King at Oshkosh. I didn't even know what they were going to say, didn't care, just wanted to see the Alpha monkeys like a good low-ranking monkey (the relevant research is summarized here). I've known about John and Martha King for 20 years and never saw them in...

Cessna 180 took off from my home drone, didn't make it back. I know the pilot, she's a local DPE and CFI. Apparently she walked away from it. https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2021/06/14/no-injuries-reported-after-small-plane-crashes-near-worthington/7682943002/

And its not alone. Story here.

I wanted to take the Lucky Strike up today mostly to test out the new folding bicycle I bought. Fits nicely in the luggage bay. I flew down to RZT thinking I might ride the bicycle to Chillicothe, a place I haven't been in decades. I land, pull out the bicycle, put it together and walk over...

The House Transportation Committee released it's report today concerning the 737 Max crashes. They cite "a disturbing pattern of technical miscalculations and troubling management misjudgments" by Boeing and "numerous oversight lapses and accountability gaps by the FAA". Story here.

Folks complain about the cost of GA, and how expensive it is compared to yesteryear. I call BS on all of it. Yes, a brand new airplane is far more expensive than they were in yesteryear. But the pilots of yesteryear didn't have access to the vintage fleet we do. Purchasing a pre owned vintage...

Weather was nice today. CAVU skies and warm temperatures. But the winds were howling. I thought through this on my preflight. I haven’t flown since Christmas. Am I up for this? On the other hand, the reason I hadn’t flown since Christmas was I couldn’t get VFR weather. I don’t fly today, when...

According to the local paper, Mooney has closed it's doors and furloughed it's workforce. Could this be it for the storied manufacturer?

I wanted to upgrade my aircraft with an IFR capable GPS. I chose the KLN94 for reasons of economy and utility. Yeah, I know, no WAAS. At the time WAAS would have cost me several multiples of the KLN94, so no dice. No WAAS for this boy. Last night I finally go to around to ordering the...

They're at it again, this British company has some stones. I recall the hypersonic test engines fired off Pegasus rockets years ago. Reaction engines thinks they've got it, and thinks they're going to be able to build a hypersonic aircraft base don their SABRE engine. Story here.

The Patrouille Suisse, the Swiss equivalent of our Blue Angels, were supposed to perform an aerobatic demonstration for a celebration of the centenary of the Swiss aviation pioneer Oskar Bider. The Swiss pilots were unequipped with GPS technology, and were relying on charts and pilotage. Well...

Pulled this sucker out of my Mooney. Worked just fine as a comm radio, and the GPS came in handy. Even ran my autopilot. Comes with tray, antenna, bunch of wires if you want them. I was thinking a cool grand for the old boy.

Taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The Federation of Planets reached the Red Planet before us.

...find love aboard an airplane, according to CNN.

I'm based at a local Delta (a rather busy one) and have been having radio troubles for some time. Aircraft is scheduled to go back to the avionics shop next week. I thought I'd take her up last night to shake out some cobwebs, haven't flown since Oshkosh. I've mostly been relying on my number...

He was only 61. Killed himself in a Paris Hotel. His show was a favorite of Mrs. Steingar's, and I even watched it when I had time. Dude had my dream life.