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I used AI to generate a nautical cartoon. This was part of the background.... The legendary Skymaster Gull. Ron Wanttaja

This thread reminds me of a Bill Mauldin cartoon from WWII: (Note that the admin corporal is wearing a combat infantryman badge, which meant HE got combat pay...) The War Department actually started giving medics combat pay not long after this cartoon was published. Ron Wanttaja

Or...you just add ballast. Do what you can to shift weight forward (battery, heavier prop, etc.) then add a set of steel plates as far forward as you can. 30 pounds is equal to about 110 cubic inches of steel. That's a set of 10x6 plates about two inches thick. Need even less if you just...

My January 2024 FAA registration database shows that Rotax/Bombardier engines are installed in about 12,600 aircraft...that's about 4% of the fleet. This will include the two-stroke engines as well as the more modern 912/914 series. 228 have Standard airworthiness (not EAB, not Light Sport)...

You mean, other than 6PC? :) Ron Wanttaja

They DID use real guns. That’s a gen-u-wine Lewis Gun this storm trooper is carrying…. Though, admittedly, they didn’t load it. And Han Solo carries a broomhandle Mauser…. Ron Wanttaja

"I never said that actors are cattle. What I said was, actors should be TREATED like cattle." - Alfred Hitchcock Ron Wanttaja

Thanks for the plug, but you are about 40 years too late.... :) Ron Wanttaja

My Continental doesn't have mixture control anymore, hence it gets shut down using the ignition. It does spin to a stop. Ron Wanttaja

My airport has a dummy coyote they set out in various locations to try repel the birds. And of COURSE it's the subject of numerous radio calls saying, "There's a dog by the runway!" Ron Wanttaja

Actually a massive trolling/moneymaking scheme. https://www.audubon.org/news/are-birds-actually-government-issued-drones-so-says-new-conspiracy-theory-making Ron Wanttaja

Got curious about the typical lifetimes of GA aircraft. Took my 1998-2021 Cessna 172 accident database and determined the percentage of accidents for a given total time. Same plot over a shorter total-time range: There are about 2500 172 accidents that reported aircraft total time. Twelve of...

Been flying single-seat airplanes almost exclusively for almost 40 years, and don't use "we." Might be because of a lack of poetry in my soul, might be because I consider the airplane something I wear rather than ride in. Richard Bach, in "Stranger to the Ground", doesn't use "we." Ron Wanttaja

Blame Lindbergh. Ron Wanttaja

Midwest for "diagonal." Ron Wanttaja

Duplicate thread. https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/icon-spirals-in.146811/#post-3506110 Ron Wanttaja

One starts, "Once upon a time," and the other, "No s***, there I wuz...." ANY novel has to be drastically condensed to fit into movie length. A guy did a script based on one of my published young-adult novels and it was sad to see how much was left out. Adam Savage (of Mythbusters), in his...

I've gone the Office Depot route, and have been pretty satisfied with the results. The cost wasn't major (~$15?) so you could give one a shot and assess it. They do have "photo quality" paper available for these large-format printers, though I don't know if the Office Depot-type locations have...

I don't see a 360 on the 45 being as much of an issue, because, technically, what you did was break off the pattern entry and come back to try it again. I wouldn't have any hesitation about doing that, as my airplane has excellent visibility. I might go out a bit further rather than make it a...

The story goes that the Naval Institute (who originally published the book) gave a draft to a retired submariner to get his take on it. It came back with big red "BS" on many of the pages.... There's a big advantage to writing books on subjects that you have never had security clearances...