You folks leave 'leftoftrack" alone. He is providing comic relief in these troubled times...

"why most military jets seem to adopt a profile of staying low and building up airspeed..." I don't remember any of the military jets I flew having Vx or Vy speeds. I think because the excess thrust makes such things moot... In addition, I think the excess thrust would produce such a nose-high attit...

About the integrity of the Murphy design: I think it was mentioned in the video that the owner wanted to upgrade the engine; the designer said "No". Owner did it anyway. Engine mount could not handle it...

Yes, of course. Many people do. I hold a active Canadian licence and a lapsed US licence...

Back in the UHF days in Europe, if an aircraft came up along side of you and made motions like "chambering a round" in a lever action rifle or the Lead said "Go Winchester", you dialed in 303.0

An excellent report...

Vermont: you make reference to a "bleak future"...

I presume you mean in aviation. From whence do you gather that?

Many a job has been written with one individual in mind. Company rules may state that any position has to be opened for competition, but that doesn't stop the job qualifications to be so detailed that they could only fit one group or a group of persons... It's like the left arm of Sammy Davis Jr: 't...

Favourite Jet: toss-up between F-86 and F-5
Favourite turboprop: Rockwell Commander 1000
Favourite piston: Any of Van's RVs (Fly RV-7A at present)
Favourite helicopter: Probably AStar...

Casterero; I reiterate: digital failed; the PSA picked it up.

I too agree that there's nothing wrong with the digital examination; however, I would use the PSA for initial warning; digital exam to confirm; if it is negative but still high PSA, go for prostate sampling.

J

"The most useless test for screening has been the PSA test. Just ask all the men that underwent negative biopsy surgery because of persistently elevated PSA." That's bullshit and just not true. Do not be spread false information that may kill some one. Consider the PSA test like you would the oil pr...

After six decades in aviation, you learn a few things that will save your ass. This one was passed on to me by an inebriated fighter pilot in the Snake Pit in Portage La Prairie late one Friday night. Works every time… THE CAT & DUCK METHOD OF IFR FLYING: Today's flight age is an era highlighted wit...

"This whole thing would have been avoided if he hadn't been trying to fly visually while in IMC"

Except for the period just before the accident, he was flying IAW VFR regulations. Maybe I should have first asked: what is your definition of IMC?

If you've got the time, an excellent discussion... (You'll probably have to drag the scroll thingy back to the start...)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ymcG-Y ... ploademail

Heliian commented: "Completely useless, probably had a negative effect of making him overconfident in crap weather. Many ipad drivers here have said they'd use it as an alternate att/hsi in IMC, looks like that theory is trash." I have an iPad c/w Foreflight. The Foreflight AI/HSI function is an bac...

Pelmet:

Yes. I would have been flying 40 - 60 knots which allows for a quick stop and/or turnaround in the event of unsavoury conditions ahead...

I would have to see more than one landing to see if this was just a "long" landing or was the routine. As for having brake failure, you'll notice that he maintains full power until stopped. If he sensed brake failure, he'd just pull in collective and move into the hover. Then, reposition and maintai...

"Sooooo, a typical government job, then???" Tee hee: don't I wish. Twenty-five years with the military and six years with TC weren't quite THAT cushy. AAMOF, when I was in the military, my civilian counterparts were better paid and had better lifestyles. The time with TC had reasonable pay, good hou...

Well, if they come lookin' to lure me out of retirement, I'm putting my foot down!

Signing bonus, minimum $150000/yr plus allowances, 30 days (working days) holidays, and only work between ten and two with an hour off at noon for lunch and a nap...

"We expect to prove the most likely inference based on the circumstances is pilot error," said lawyer Jamie MacGillivray in a press release. When pressed for what evidence he had to support those inferences, MacGillivray said, "the weather wasn't bad and the plane crashed." Pretty obvious to me.. NO...

"...cruise at Vne…"

We had a company Twotter years ago; I seem to remember we lumbered along about 140-150 knots.

I did a trip or two in the original Citation: it exhibited the same characteristic as the Tutor. Sitting at altitude watching the yaw needle go back and forth, back and forth...

FWIW:

25 years military on pistons, jets, helicopters: all memory
15 years corporate: pre-flight, pre-start, start/post start checks all memory. Everything else checklist; taxi, take-off, etc.
6 years TC: checklist.

"...closest thing he's flown to a Tutor for control harmony and formation performance is the RV series of Amateur-Builts."

Having flown both, I concur...

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Thank God! For years I was told to "Act like a gentleman"!

Now I can act like everybody!

PS What does this do to the old cry aboard a sinking ship? You know: "Women and children first"?