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"91.211 – Supplemental oxygen. (a) General. No person may operate a civil aircraft of U.S. registry— (1) At cabin pressure altitudes above 12,500 feet (MSL) up to and including 14,000 feet (MSL) unless the required minimum flight crew is provided with and uses supplemental oxygen for that part...

Got a phone call today about FAA services. It was a 2 question survey.I retired in 2007 and have not flown since. Noah W

Flying a 737 from BWI to SFB descending through 11,000 slowing down, we were handed of to Jacksonville approach. We checked in and were immediately told to maintain present speed. Us: Uh...approach were are doing 325 kts. Approach: Roger. Descend and maintain 5,000 ft. Maintain present speed...

More on glider training... POKEY HERE Noah W

Try THIS and then HERE. Noah W

There is a Federal Law Enforcement Training Center right up the road in Brunswick, Ga. When I flew for the regionals, we would fly there with a plane load of armed LEOs for a week of training. A week later we would pick them up to go home. Noah W

Build a 25,000 to 100,000kw backup generator for your home and have power when the power goes out. Run it on mogas. The military used the O-200 to power their generators in the '60s and '70s. Noah W

Take the 135 ATP written instead of the 121 written unless you want to fly for an airline. The 121 test concentrates on flying for the airlines and rules, regs and performance of the big jets. 135 test concentrates on the rules regs and performance of smaller 135 aircraft. Don't think the 135 is...

Interesting site on the Evangel 4500: Lotsa info in the links at the top. 4501L in particular. 4507l shipped to the states. Noah W

Never gave the weather on a pre-departure briefing. Always when starting the descent for landing. Something along the lines of :devil:"We're 69 miles from KXXX, we will be on the ground in 6-9 minutes. passing through 6900 feet and it is a cool or balmy 69 degrees. Don't ever remember any body...

Stolen from an obscure forum: Can a faulty flux capacitator cause an airplane to crash? by John Doe Aug. 29, 2018 A faulty flux capacitator interferes with the function of the No. 1 engine in a B777. Specifically, it involves the turbine and the No. 2, 5, and 13 fan blades. This reduces the...

Noah Werka said: ↑ If you really wanted to find Ethanol free gas you could do THIS or look HERE. The pure-gas link was already posted early in the thread. Twice. I must be such an incompetent reader that I missed two references to the site that were not highlighted as clickable links. I am so...

If you really wanted to find Ethanol free gas you could do THIS or look HERE. Noah W

Me and my plane in the avatar...737s. Noah W

After a stint in the service, I werked construction for several years. Didn't care for it. Said "Self, there has gotta be something else to do with my life:confused2:." Being I became too lazy to werk and too scared to steal, I became a :cool:pilot and got lots of girls, made lots of :cool:money...

MauleSkinner said: ↑ So why did it take 30 years of DPEs doing initial CFI rides before seeing the increased failure rate in all other checkrides? And how is their experience lower when the flight experience requirements haven’t changed appreciably for over 40 years? :no: :eek2: BS... I took...

Lost the outer pane on the pilot's side of the 737 in my avatar, on the way from Rockford,IL to Denver at 36000'. Sounded like a pistol shot when it shattered. Didn't bust the inner pane. One big WTF when it happened. Knew immediately we were all right cause nothing was flying around the...

Funny ballbustin' thread...read the whole damn thing. The FAA is truly populated with a bunch of diickheads. I have dealt with more than a few over a 25+Yr career in aviation. The only guys that seem to have their heads screwed on right were in the higher management positions. It was the average...

Information abuse: Call me Paranoid...we all know how and what Google does-collect and hoard data. Well, duh..." Consider the case of Google...(One of the founders of 23andMe, Anne Wojcicki, is presently married to Sergei Brin, the founder of Google.)...as we now know, the fundamental purpose...

Interesting guy. Not your ordinary crop duster. An American Hero. Noah W