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Read, Dummy! (was: EAA Giving Away Memberships?) Got a couple of strange emails this morning welcoming me to EAA and an invoice for $0.00 showing my membership and subscription to Sport Aviation. I used to be a member years ago but haven't been in almost 10 years. The membership number...

NTSB met July 28 to discuss the SpaceShip Two Accident. Meeting materials: http://www.ntsb.gov/news/events/Pages/2015_spaceship2_BMG.aspx Abstract of the meeting, including probable cause statement: http://www.ntsb.gov/news/events/Documents/2015_spaceship2_BMG_abstract.pdf Also...

This is a thing, apparently: The animated gif is more fun:

I went and did some night circuits in our club Warrior last month to get current for passengers. Checked all the lights, everything was fine except I noted the panel lighting on the #2 CDI and ADF (on the radio lights circuit) was really bright. Fast forward to last weekend, I have the...

Clearly, the word is out that I have my medical back, as the GA junk mail pile is increasing. But today I got one that was a head-scratcher. It's from I Fly America (never heard of it) and here's the deal they offered: Switch your electricity supplier to an outfit called Direct Energy and...

HAHAHA! I've got signed off for my BFR this morning and have been set loose once again in the friendly skies after 6 1/2 years. So what better way to celebrate? Great way to spend a beautiful Easter Sunday! Flight to KRPJ, brunch at the Chicago Skydiving Center's Flight Deck Bar and...

I must admit, the severity of this winter has kept me from paying any attention whatsoever to basketball so I was taken by surprise when the conference tournaments started last weekend. So, who 'ya got? Your biggest first-round upset? I took Harvard over Cinci. Final Four? Arizona...

The 170 hit the chute's lines, sending the skydiver hurling off and the plane then looped nose-first into the ground. All no more than 20 ft off the ground. Amazing photos as it happened: http://www.myfoxorlando.com/story/24923080/2014/03/08/plane-collides-into-skydivers-parachute-mid-air...

First time in the left seat since November 2007. Whole lotta rust to shake off, but it went about as well as could be expected. Steep turns and stalls were OK, got way behind the airplane doing an RNAV approach to a circle, and pattern work left a lot to be desired, although it didn't help...

Cherokee flying VFR from KNEW to Lakeway Airpark outside Austin; gets caught on top; Austin approach guides him into KAUS through the overcast. Lucky dude, and he made the right move calling for help, but sounds like some poor ADM to get him to this point. Pilot checks in at 1738Z. Around...

Just up on YouTube today. He had 4 or 5 cameras attached to his suit. He goes into a pretty severe spin and almost passes out before stabilizing. Just incredible.

Hey all, I just got my medical back (thanks Dr. Bruce!) and am ready to get back in the air -- but not until it warms up a little here in Chiberia -- for the first time since late 2007. I used to be based in mid-Missouri before I moved here. There's a lot of rust I need to shake off, to...

It's been a while since I visited here last. I had testicular cancer in 2005, had chemo and surgery and have been clear since. Got an SI in 2005 and renewed as required through the KC RFS office. Then in early 2008 we moved to Chicago, and I haven't gone flying since (we're down to one car...

So apparently I have way too much free time on my hands. I'm looking to create a family website that has two or three blogs, newsletter page, a photo/video album, not sure what else yet. Once upon a time I used to know something about computers and basic html, but these days my knowledge is...

Having problems uploading jpegs to attach to a post. Getting the message "XXXX.jpg is not a valid image file". Tried using different extension (jpg, jpeg, jpe) and still no luck. Any suggestions?