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Given my past history, I've decided to take a new approach to my New Year Resolutions. I resolve to gain 20 pounds I resolve to exercise less I resolve to fly no more than once a month I resolve to do less work around the house It's either those or - I resolve to never make resolutions...

Article from CNN on autoland. (I'm not an ATP, so I can't vouch for the accuracy.) https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/autoland-pilots-runway/index.html :popcorn::popcorn:

Background: Trained at a non-towered airport where we self-announced all around the pattern. Question: Are there "local" procedures at towered airports? Situation: Flying at a new (to me) towered airport. Previously at other towered fields, if I was doing touch and goes, the tower expected...

Check out this video. Taxiing back was the hard part, especially after the jet he was following turned off. http://www.boldmethod.com/blog/video/2016/10/take-an-ils-approach-down-to-minimums/

<rant> I'm getting fed up with terms used to describe weather. 1. "Golf ball-sized hail" How did they measure hail before golf balls? 2. "The storm has passed safely out to sea" is not something you want to hear if you're sailing to Bermuda. 3. "Chance of precipitation 20%" = "One in Five...

When I soloed, I was presented with a cartoon picture of a bird being kicked out of the nest by its mother and all the details of the first solo (date, airport, plane's N #, instructor, etc.) Anybody know of a source for anything like this? A friend just soloed and I'd like to get/make one for...

http://www.chonday.com/Videos/tipoverfihj4

https://www.youtube.com/embed/wfOD2y_AD_w?feature=player_embedded Enjoy

Looking for a flying club or partnership based at KPGD. Anybody know of a one based there? I know there's a club in Fort Myers, but looking for something closer. PS Don't let my username fool you, I'm in Florida. (Heaven's waiting room)

This is awesome piloting skill!! https://www.youtube.com/embed/qJHlXe_RnYo Notice the trust the worker has in the pilot when he puts his arm between the two sections.

http://www.dhc-2.com/Stateside_66.html

Don't know if it's true, but it sure is funny. Marine Ground Crew Finds F-100 'Super Sabre' Has An Unbelievable Starting Option……….. The F-100 Super Sabre had a large chamber to accept a large gas-generating cartridge. When ignited by electrical current, the expanding gas from...

Russia's Space Shuttles - http://designyoutrust.com/2015/07/man-noticed-this-abandoned-hangar-but-whats-inside-caught-him-by-surprise/

Very interesting interview with Charlie E. Taylor -- the last surviving member of the Wright Brothers team who built the first engine powered airplane. 1948 Interview with Charlie E. Taylor, the Wright Bros. Mechanic. By Charles E. Taylor, as told to Robert S...

Fun to look at - http://www.doyletics.com/tidbits/militaryadvice.pdf

http://www.flixxy.com/mid-air-airplane-repair.htm

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1723870789084 Sorry if this was posted before, but I though it was cool. Even has captured German planes and rockets.

http://www.dhc-2.com/Stateside_66.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqzx9JaI4rA Pretty cool. Impractical, but cool. Vectored thrust in 1955?