Recent content by PeterNSteinmetz

So my wife bought me for Christmas a coaster made from a piece of the fuselage of the Gimli Glider. Fun.

Just a regular T-hangar, so only one airplane and some additional shelves and equipment.

Finally got hangar JJ09 at KFFZ for this bird. I think I have been on the list there close to 3 years.

Interesting article about invention of the process to produce high octane fuels - https://www.inventionandtech.com/content/wizard-octane-0

Just pilot on board and non-fatally injured. https://apnews.com/article/new-hampshire-plane-crash-26a664667bc4acc28d527acd6b53dbb9

Here is a nice video of a talk by one of the authors that covers many of the main points

This is a great book which explains the underlying physics of flight from an intuitive perspective. Very accessible no matter what your comfort level with math. https://a.co/9zlDYDV

https://apnews.com/article/australia-parachute-entangled-ff6a37bbeb8af80718114a9b379b7b49

Christmas is approaching. We need to get started on this. I see two possible paths forward: Compute the likely horsepower of a reindeer. Computer power required for flight of the loaded sleigh.

Strange re-use https://luxurylaunches.com/other_stuff/kuala-lumpur-airport-abandoned-boeing-747-12062025.php

So the FAA is not letting the tribe know who is supposed to have authority over airspace. https://avbrief.com/faa-urged-to-act-on-seized-airplane/

Squabbling between the investigators - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/11/28/us-fears-cover-up-air-india-crash/

Not really strictly the beginning. Cayley designed the primary set of wings and controls we use today in 1799 and flew a man carrying glider in 1804.

New search this year - https://apnews.com/article/malaysia-missing-plane-mh370-search-what-to-know-88ecaee897bbb17a5b62a097ae40db0b

Funny - at first I thought you meant you had lost your old flight computer.