Search results

The frequency of events may be pointing in the direction of industrial espionage. Bad actors generating trouble for major airlines within the maintenance system. Bribes and blackmail of front line maintenance. With a dash od DEI for good measure.

Industrial espionage? Competitor (likely a proxy) pays people a lot of money to leave bolts out, and cotter keys out of lug nuts, and various other innocuous items that keep BA in the news - in a negative light. BA loses business as buyers take business to competitors. May be a dash of DEI...

Industrial espionage? Competitor (likely a proxy) pays people a lot of money to leave bolts out, and cotter keys out of lug nuts, and various other innocuous items that keep BA in the news - in a negative light. BA loses business as buyers take business to competitors. May be a dash of DEI...

@Salty said - You can ignore reality all you want, but that reality is that builders are getting screwed. They got bad parts and now it's going to cost them more time and or money to finish their builds. Or, said another way -> "You can escape reality, but you can't escape the consequences of...

Barnstormers. Dec 6, 2023. Review of Cessna 172N listed for sale. 7 aircraft identified for sale with clearly stated list price. Average list price = $162,950. High = $250,000. Low = $79,000. Average Engine SMOH = 466 hours. High = 1,645. Low = 50. _______________Aug 2023____Sep 2023_____Oct...

uAvionix Echo-UAT. Fixed mount - hard wired ADSB receiver (plus ADSB out) in one small box half the size of deck of cards. $999. https://uavionix.com/products/echo-uat/

This is really cool stuff, and you are to be commended for your accomplishments and assistance to those that use JPI (I have the EDM-760). But upon reading and assimilating all of these posts, I really have to ask the question, “Where is JPI?”. It’s like they are MIA. Post processing flight...

Already here. Cheap illegal devices from China. Commonly used by truckers to hide activity/location (see link below on NJ experiences circa 2013). The GPS system is built on extremely delicate (weak) electronic satellite signals. GPS jammers are like a hot steak knife to butter. The airport...

Also, having permit opens the opportunity to purchase coverage for legal protection, should an event occur.

Vortex Ring State. “A vortex ring state sets in when the airflow around a helicopter's main rotor assumes a rotationally symmetrical form over the tips of the blades, supported by a laminar flow over the blade tips, and a countering upflow of air outside and away from the rotor. In this...

Yee-haw. This sure is a spicy thread, and with late breaking news that has direct bearing on the topic, one more post seems appropriate “for the good times.". NEWS Flash-> FAA Launches Rulemaking Committee On Pilots’ Mental Health. - "With concerns raised over whether pilots fear seeking...

Signing off here.

OK. One more time. Another condescending post by Lindberg (#359). Please -- you're beginning to embarrass yourself. More substance to 3393RP post (#360). Yes, JQ can, and will make their decisions. And airlines that address the emerging issue (after 1, 2, perhaps 3 serious...

Response to #356. "It's just common sense." As I noted in my post #342 - when it comes to the 4th major element of risk ANALYSIS, that being Risk Communication/Perception, there is NO such thing as "common sense". I agree completely that flying risk is "many decimal points to the right of...

Following up on Lindberg post #347 - asking "what is the problem?". Note: a quick review of the first page (+) of posts on this thread conveys my answer to the question posed by Lindberg. Posts are identified by user name and post #. Highlighted elements of these posts clearly illustrate "the...

Was anticipating the MCAS debacle. Not a good example for what is being discussed in this thread. The defective MCAS was a result of apparent misdirection by Boeing, relative to FAA certification (see headline and lead-in from article on the debacle just below). One can imagine that lessons...

OK. Picking up from post #336. Lindberg - it's time to get on board. Perhaps the current article from Avweb, pertaining to an expert from University of North Dakota School of Aerospace Science (a leading institution, I think we can all agree) helps to clarify the "problem" and discussion in...

"Every seller thinks their aircraft is worth its weight in gold." And every buyer is willing to fork over the requisite weight of gold to take ownership. Sounds like a successful transaction.

"Let me suggest that rather than relying on websites like Defensescoop for your information on AI, you spend some time reading publications of actual engineering professional societies." Been there done that. Ph.D. in engineering. 30+ years in Big 10 engineering department. Published over 70...

Suicide by pilot is an aviation event in which a pilot deliberately crashes or attempts to crash an aircraftas a suicide act, with or without the intention of causing harm to passengers on board or people on the ground. If others are killed, it may be considered a type of murder–suicide. A...