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Not really that open. It is a highly regulated product, with extensive liability issues, with significant infrastructure capital paid for by tax dollars (airports).... Tim

DH has a multi-decade long history. The company has effectively gone BK multiple times as such the likely tens of millions (likely hundreds) of previous investments have effectively been wiped out. Since the acquisition in 2015 or so by the Ruud family the company has made significant progress...

@Tusayan I think you are effectively burying your head in the sand. 100LL has a finite life span left. The endangerment finding, and the FAA target of ending 100LL by 2030 mean the sunset time for current avgas has been set. The replacement avgas solutions, such as G100UL have a minimum of a $1...

I am too lazy to look. Piper already has a couple of Jet-A based piston planes. The Archer-DX for example; has anyone checked if the engine is on there via STC or type certificate? If STC, will piper go the same way? If yes, will they sell it for a shop to do so on the older Seminole? Also...

And do not forget, in the number calculations, avgas is about to get a $1 or more bump in price due to removing TEL. That makes the price differential between Jet-A and avgas fairly significant. Tim

A few years ago, wife and I did a four week trip from Boston to Utah by way of TN, TX, and NM. The trip was in May, Outbound was roughly one short day and three long days of flying. Coming back from Utah to Boston took five short (good tailwinds for once in my life) days as we stayed in the nice...

I hope I have both the courage, and the mental fortitude to recognize when it is time to hang it up. @Pilawt thanks for it with grace. Tim

@SkyChaser Get a sous vide. the roast or whatever you cook will come out nice and moist. Even chicken breast, the notoriously dry meat comes out moist in sous vide. Tim

Sous vide. I have done some awesome corned beef using cheap brisket cuts for 3 days. Cheap roasts, I can slow cook in a sous vide for 12-48 hours depending on the cut. Even a London Broil which is very tough after 12 hours sous vide is soft. Flank steak, after 12 hours you no longer have to cut...

There was an interview a few years ago with some executive of one of the driverless car companies. He was asked why Pheonix to start. His answer, the weather is almost always clear, reduces complexity significantly, the weather is too hot for many people so there are very limited number of...

In population centers, mileage is much lower. Two critical stats from here: https://www.bts.gov/statistical-products/surveys/national-household-travel-survey-daily-travel-quick-facts Average driver does 29 miles a day, and that is following roads not straight line to the destination (second...

Dana, Agree on multitude of issues. In fact, I think the regulatory aspect is severely being underestimated in terms of complexity. We have many very large airports which have become surrounded by the original metro areas they were built to serve. These types of environments will prove to be...

Nit pick. Your statement is an absolute that it will never happen. I disagree, at some point society will accept the technical cost to make it happen. We are likely decades away from this point, but it is only a matter of time. The two dimensional road system placed on large metro areas is too...

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My wife is French, and along with her ex, and her two sons. All are in USA and not looking to go back. We have a number of friends who are French expats who have decided to stay in the USA, even through retirement. There are a huge number of French expats in New England. I forget the number but...

I just tested, you can still register and join for free. Select the basic plan. Note: I used an incognito window to do the testing. Tim

Fundamentally, auto-conversions can be done. However, you need to be a real problem solver, and likely bring many engineering skills into play. For avgas VW, Corvair, Lycoming, CMI all have a widely known body of knowledge, which results in significantly less new ground which must be...

Viking does a great job effectively making it a cult and going after negative press. Viking does have some success, but it is not nearly a rosy picture as many people post. Tim

Think of the name. Experimental. Then the category E-A/B; and what is the purpose... From there, you can determine the FAA has a fairly simple rule. E-A/B without special permission (LOA) does not allow for experimental to be used in a commercial situation. The example LOA's are all for training...

I asked around 2011 when I was considering my upgrade options. The answer by the two aviation (AOPA) attorneys I contacted was no. You cannot "lease the plane" to other legal entities from an FAA perspective. There were two work arounds that the attorneys said would work from the FAA...