the "not worthy of it's own thread" thread

Spring here means that the temperature and wind speed match. One day will be calm but 0F, the next day it will be 60F but 60-knot winds.
 
WDD said:
Summer afternoons around here are also hard. Mornings are better.

But today is early spring, nice break from gray winter. It’s like Mother Nature is taunting us.
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The old proverb was true today in Carolina: "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb."
 
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Only a 9g12 crosswind on runway 28.
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Why is it that there's an inverse relationship between the speed at which you want something and the speed at which it moves? I ordered a couple parts from Spruce in Chicago on Sunday. I didn't need them super fast, I was hoping for Wednesday. Knowing that standard mail often takes a whole week, I spent a little extra for "priority mail", which was cheaper than UPS/Fedex, and was supposed to get it here in 3 days. I'm sure you can see where this is going...

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So I'm never using USPS again. They just get worse and worse.
 
Jim K said:
Why is it that there's an inverse relationship between the speed at which you want something and the speed at which it moves? I ordered a couple parts from Spruce in Chicago on Sunday. I didn't need them super fast, I was hoping for Wednesday. Knowing that standard mail often takes a whole week, I spent a little extra for "priority mail", which was cheaper than UPS/Fedex, and was supposed to get it here in 3 days.
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Scientists studied it years back and the the formalized formula is something like
PACKAGE DELIVERY PROGRESS = (1 ÷ (# times you checked for package delivery updates today))
Implying that it asymptotically approaches infinite delivery wait time the more you press REFRESH on that page :)

Coincidentally this is how modern day humans learn the wisdom of the Ben Franklin proverb: "a watched pot never boils"

(but yes USPS can REALLY suck)
 
Jim K said:
I spent a little extra for "priority mail", which was cheaper than UPS/Fedex, and was supposed to get it here in 3 days. I'm sure you can see where this is going...
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I can only see where it's not going, apparently not your house
 
The fun part, is that not even USPS knows when it's going to arrive, lol. Their tracking system is literally the worst I've ever seen. Often shows up in the mailbox while the online system still shows it's in a different city. FedEx will show you where the truck is at in your city on the day it's supposed to be delivered, lol.
 
Jim K said:
Why is it that there's an inverse relationship between the speed at which you want something and the speed at which it moves? I ordered a couple parts from Spruce in Chicago on Sunday. I didn't need them super fast, I was hoping for Wednesday. Knowing that standard mail often takes a whole week, I spent a little extra for "priority mail", which was cheaper than UPS/Fedex, and was supposed to get it here in 3 days. I'm sure you can see where this is going...

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So I'm never using USPS again. They just get worse and worse.
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So you did go postal..
 
How windy was it last night?


Went to preflight plane. The two mains were not in contact with front facing chocks, the rear facing chocks were in contact with tires but pushed a bit to the sides. Plane’s rear tie down attach point was now behind its ground counterpart. I see other planes have same problems.

For us unwashed hangar challenged people, tie and chock those planes tight!
 
That's interesting. It's 12:01ET, and the site is up and super snappy. Fastest update ever?
 
Beautiful day to fly. But I'm not.

After working on the engine last night, I went to a Mexican restaurant that's close to the airport. The seafood burrito was excellent, albeit expensive, and the service was top notch. At 4AM I got to experience it all again in the other direction. I think I'm past the threat of puking again, but now my intestines are tied in a knot as the last of it works its way out. Was supposed to have some college buddies over today, but I can barely get out of bed. This sucks.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
 
Jim K said:
Beautiful day to fly. But I'm not.

After working on the engine last night, I went to a Mexican restaurant that's close to the airport. The seafood burrito was excellent, albeit expensive, and the service was top notch. At 4AM I got to experience it all again in the other direction. I think I'm past the threat of puking again, but now my intestines are tied in a knot as the last of it works its way out. Was supposed to have some college buddies over today, but I can barely get out of bed. This sucks.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
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This has probably been posted in this very thread before, but aviation safety is serious enough to bear repeating.

 
How’s the engine coming along?
 
Jim K said:
Beautiful day to fly. But I'm not.

After working on the engine last night, I went to a Mexican restaurant that's close to the airport. The seafood burrito was excellent, albeit expensive, and the service was top notch. At 4AM I got to experience it all again in the other direction. I think I'm past the threat of puking again, but now my intestines are tied in a knot as the last of it works its way out. Was supposed to have some college buddies over today, but I can barely get out of bed. This sucks.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
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Must be a thing. We went out with friends last night and I had salmon tacos. This morning I experienced a need for some anti-diarrhea medicine. If anything, I would blame the non-salmon portion of said "tacos". They seemed to consist of a slab of salmon and half a gallon of cole slaw like stuff dumped into a flour tortilla. Funny how every time I have a bad experience from a restaurant, it seems that cole slaw is involved.
 
WDD said:
How’s the engine coming along?
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I have pretty much everything done i can do before it gets hung. The shop got busy of course, so it'll be a couple days before they can get on it.
 
What does the shop have to do? Inspect?
 
WDD said:
What does the shop have to do? Inspect?
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They're going to hang the engine on the plane, wire it, plumb it, put the prop on. I'm going to be busy this week, so good chance they'll do the ground run as well. The first flight will be on me. Talk about putting your money where your mouth is.
 
Just to set a little placeholder/reminder/suggestion: after you get this thing together, make sure the most recent meal before you fly it, you cook at home.
 
WDD said:
Got my license Jan 1 2020, and just now went over 500 hours.
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100 hours a year is pretty good for a recreational pilot. I know a bunch who do 30-40.
 
Jim K said:
100 hours a year is pretty good for a recreational pilot. I know a bunch who do 30-40.
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The average hours flown in our partnership is 16. Annually. Less than half the partners fly >20hrs/yr.

Those have been pretty static numbers since at least 2010.
 
TCABM said:
The average hours flown in our partnership is 16. Annually. Less than half the partners fly >20hrs/yr.

Those have been pretty static numbers since at least 2010.
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Yikes. I'd be worried about proficiency at that level. One thing my former club does is force you to buy 2 hours of flight time per month. You could bank it for up to 24 hours, but after that you started losing it. It strongly encourages pilots to fly a minimum amount. The downside is that it excludes people like me who own a plane, but would like to access another one for a handful of hours a year.
 
Jim K said:
Yikes. I'd be worried about proficiency at that level…..
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I am.

Jim K said:
…One thing my former club does is force you to buy 2 hours of flight time per month. You could bank it for up to 24 hours, but after that you started losing it. It strongly encourages pilots to fly a minimum amount. ….
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Our assessment includes a 20hr flight credit to “encourage” members; that’s been in place 10 years now and it’s not like the hourly rate ($85 dry) is exorbitant. To quote one of our former partners, no matter how hard we try, we seem to attract pilots with low ambitions.

With records as far back as we’ve got, I’m not so sure that’s the case as the case is most pilots don’t use their certificate after earning it.
 
Jim K said:
Beautiful day to fly. But I'm not.

After working on the engine last night, I went to a Mexican restaurant that's close to the airport. The seafood burrito was excellent, albeit expensive, and the service was top notch. At 4AM I got to experience it all again in the other direction. I think I'm past the threat of puking again, but now my intestines are tied in a knot as the last of it works its way out. Was supposed to have some college buddies over today, but I can barely get out of bed. This sucks.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
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I found out why Frontier tickets are so inexpensive this weekend, the hard way. It was 38E bad.
 
So I'm filling this insurance paperwork out....


What's the difference between a BFR and a Pilot Proficiency Exam? I always understood these as the same.
 
kaiser said:
So I'm filling this insurance paperwork out....


What's the difference between a BFR and a Pilot Proficiency Exam? I always understood these as the same.
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one you pay by check to a cfi and the other you pay with cash to 6er.
 
New governor control came in. This one is the proper color. Original was black. Being the only color sufficient flying member in my family that always bothered me more.

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