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A friend here had a Cirrus Sr 22, seemed like a good plane, had a supercharger and I got to fly it twice. He sold it about a year ago, the engine was at TBO and he didn't want to go through mahor engine service. The buyer was down, I think in Florida and often flew to the Bahamas, One day he was...

I tried to go on the site, Pilot Spin, but couldn't get past the registration red tape, for instance they asked what Is the letters for the chute in a Cirrus? How should I know, I don't own a Cirrus and what good would that do to know it? I finally waded through most of it but they wont take my...

I heard a story on an a business show. which I doubt, but for what it is worth it says some 737s have been flying lately when crews moved them around to different storage areas. I think they did it with the MCAS system disconnected. And I have no real info on this. I am dubious.

A guy that will pay full new retail price for a truck is one of the foundations that our sort of capitalistic economy is built on, Some dealer is going to love you. I once had a friend buy a brand new Beechcraft from the dealer in Denver and that salesman sure liked me after that. Strange that...

Tusayan, If you are flying one of those "Buckers" make sure to tighten your seat belt. By the way, that old 1930 technology is one on the finest flying airplanes I have ever been in.

When we lived in Pacific Beach, a few blocks from the ocean, and I was getting my private license at Nat Air College, I used to ride my new Honda 400 four to Montgomery Field. It seemed like a long long drive out to Gillespie. My friend Eddie lives in Del Mar but owns a large hangar at...

Re, Gordon Bethune's book about bringing Continental out of the cellar is really good. His success is mostly two part. first negative attitudes of all the employees and next focus on wrong things like too cheap commuters ( pizza so cheap no wants to eat it) as well as 747s that were too...

PPC, if all that is needed to fly the 737 safely is to "follow the procedures that are published" and there would not be a problem. Then why did U S authorities ground all the planes, instead of just insisting that crews learn and train, maybe in a simulator, these procedures? And where do you...

If that generator has a gas engine, propane or whatever, but combustion, shouldn't it be outside when running? Would running in a closed hangar poison people?

You can call the method I prefer to do an aileron roll or just an airshow roll. The main point is I don't want the nose down and when finishing I don't want to be diving at the ground. Its simple, and can be done by a passenger in one or two tries at altitude. Get entry speed, 210k or 120k or...

It does not look like a barrel roll to me. A barrel roll is when the nose is displaced to the side at first, then is a circular path larger than just the nose pointing straight ahead. So the nose would start out to side,then go up in an arc and then continue on the arc to the other side and come...

That warbird tail chase video above is fun to watch, but there's onw thing that was an alarm to me. The pilot does multiple rolls and while most start with a nose high they all end way below the horizon with loss of altitude. I guess he is still pulling as he rolls inverted and so pulls the...

One way to not cure a problem is to ignore or deny the real root cause of the problem. I know a highly educated man who spent years and a $million restoring a piston fighter, Proudly and excitedly he set out on the 800 mile flight to Oshkosh. Trouble is he only had enough fuel for an 799 mile...

Bell 206, no I don't have the procedure for overriding a defective version of autopilot that is taking over an airliner. Not too amazing since I don't fly that or any other airliner. You write how easy and standard it is, should have been a snap, was all due to the 3rd world FO not having...

C51m the house is pretty nice, but to really have top value it needs to be about 8 blocks north, if it was in La Jolla it would be likely $2 mil. Last time I was in PB, there were unfortunately some neighbors who didn't care much about taking care of their property.

Trying to make a personal attack on me "how many hours do I have or do I think I could be competent SIC" in no way changes the fault If Boeing is at fault. And how does the fo know the established procedures if neither Boeing or the airlines told the pilots that it was a dangerous flaw that...

Bell 206 you have a popular theme of putting the blame on the crew rather than Boeing. I strongly disagree. The crew did not create the problem while the 737 was flying safely and normally along. Nor did the foreign crews seem to have any problems with other models or brands of airliners. As for...

That other guy who looks like Harrison Ford is one of aviations unique characters and a top pilot.

Our instincts are not always right, I went with my Son to Mexico City for his fiancé to run the marathon, and I dreaded to even look at the food served at many places. They ate every kind of dog or coon or possum or whatever was served on the street and didn't get sick. And by the way she...

Arturo, can we do lunch ? I''ll buy if you let me drive your Porsche. And yes, I do have time in type. I try to drive safely and slowly on the street, but I do miss the race type cars some. I knew some folks who said one of the trills of Porsche 917 was 217 mph and still accelerating on the...