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  1. sourdough44

    Gila Bend, AZ Plane Down - 1 dead, 1 injured

    Looks like an ultralight, how were the winds at the time?
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    What a zoo!

    Yeah, enroute 6500-9500’, but you gotta come down sometime.
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    LATAM 787 incident caused by FA?

    Well, at least this one likely can’t be blamed on Boeing. Back to, ‘If it ain’t Boeing, I’m not going’?
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    Garmin G5 Yellow Heading & Warranty Saga (retitled)

    I have the occasional yellow heading error, maybe I’m to easy, but I just disregard it. The heading isn’t really off, it’s only momentarily, the vast majority of the time I’m VFR. I don’t want to send the shop on a fishing expedition. I understand there can be ‘interference’ of sorts...
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    PA-32 /N8963N Down Feb 24,2024

    https://www.thetelegramnews.com/articles/three-killed-in-airplane-crash-saturday-near-jackson/?utm_content=cmp-true Kinda trending to be weather related. I think a few hours later the weather was fine.
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    Total Solar Eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024

    I’m kinda thinking along these lines, for the 4:09 event. It’s right near 2:00 in afternoon, S IL. Just loiter 3-5000 AGL, out of the way some. When it’s over, bug out towards home.
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    Choosing the plane for Winter mountain trips

    Yeah, a big jump from starting pilot training to Winter mountain ops. Get one thinking anyway.
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    Small plane lands on Long Island’s Southern State Parkway

    If I was investigating these ‘engine failures’, early on the list would be fuel quantity & where the tank selector is at.
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    Intersection Takeoff NOT Okay

    This accident is more about being lost on the airport, wrong intersection, than improperly accepting an intersection takeoff. Had they taken the correct intersection, all would be well.
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    Intersection Takeoff NOT Okay

    Intersection takeoffs should be no biggie, but one has to consider all the details. At the former SAC base, 5500’ available, bugsmasher, don’t normally see an issue. Say it’s cold out, you have to warm the oil anyway, maybe just taxi towards the end. Now if one is at the wrong intersection...
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    Missing US Marine Helicopter

    Just a few comments about NAF El Centro. They list all kinds of restrictions after hours, like no transient fuel, PPR required, mostly closed the wee hours. Of course, with an emergency everything can be open, do what you need to. Had they landed at El Centro, I don’t think they would have...
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    California FBOs Told To Stop Selling 100LL, Switch To G100UL

    Just to back up a little, what does the amount of 100LL burning add to the environment, in a negative way? I’m just wondering on studies done? As far as fuels go, 100LL seems like a minor player. I guess it’s sounds like I’m against any restrictions, maybe I am. What does science say? One...
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    Missing US Marine Helicopter

    Why mix VFR flight with IFR rules? I don’t know of any IFR airway that includes ‘follow I-8’. I didn’t see reference to an ADS-B IFR flight track. The transition from inadvertent IMC to IFR flying, including a safe altitude, can be difficult, even for a versed instrument pilot. I can go back...
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    DPE and aircraft for ATP checkride

    FL seems like a hotbed for that stuff.
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    Realistic career path?

    I wanted to say something but I guess I refrained from doing so.
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    Missing US Marine Helicopter

    Speaking of icing, that usually requires ‘visible moisture’, a cloud or falling precip. Unless flying visually through rain, the cloud part implies IFR flight. As far as I saw(didn’t look at every detail), this flight was likely operating visually. Maybe night vision, but not IFR like an airway...
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    Missing US Marine Helicopter

    I just diverted Friday afternoon, made it as far as I could.
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    Missing US Marine Helicopter

    Like I said before, there’s a lot of value in the airborne divert. The gang-ho types can still launch, the weather is good at that point after all. Once you encounter unfavorable conditions, go to that field you’ve kept in the back pocket. Even if the H-53 had a mechanical issue, or they...
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    Chiefs fans.

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13088385/Two-three-Kansas-City-parade-shooting-suspects-JUVENILES-bloodbath-killed-one-result-personal-dispute-cops-say.html The story is falling to the back pages, at least two were juveniles. Sounds like a dispute between them, like gang activities. I...
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    Thinking about pursuing aviation as a career, any pro tips for the modern aspiring pilot starting from 0 and no college degree?

    Where about do you live? Age? What do you do now? Any college credits? What type of skeletons, if any? DUI, head meds, criminal or drug convictions? Do you already have plans for Oshkosh in July? Maybe Sun & Fun if you live in the SE?
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