Aviation Tire Limitations
An interesting article appears over at http://boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/articles/qtr_02_09/article_04_1.html. Those of us who fly piston GA aircraft probably don’t think about it much, but...
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It is with some sadness that we announce the cancellation of our planned backpacking trip. Mr. Murphy seems to have intervened to prevent our start, let alone our successful completion, of the...
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Hudson Miracle Approach
Thank you, Jeppesen. This made our day. Never underestimate the value of good training and quick thinking.
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Fly Patterns
With a little Google-fu, one can find all sorts of neat things on the internet. For example, free fly-tying patterns. Remember, rookies, just about everybody starts with a wooly bugger: They’re easy...
View ArticleDown and Locked
When flying a retract, one always checks to ensure the landing gear are down and locked; failure to do so may result in undesired effects. The expression carries over, though. We also use the...
View ArticleCost and Conversation
This morning’s xkcd raised an interesting idea in our mind. A number of the quotations cited bemoan the death of the old-fashioned letter–a lengthy, carefully crafted piece of writing–in favor of the...
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