Recent content by PeterNSteinmetz

This is what happens when your union cranks up your wages too high - https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/japan-airlines-tests-having-robots-instead-of-humans-handle-travelers-luggage/

I am excited to take a trip up to MN and IL this week in the S35. Enroute I will be trying out the Garmin inReach Mini2 communicator. Supposedly this does a better job inflight with messaging than a cell phone and also permits tracking position more reliably than ADS-B by using the Iridium...

How do you find the AV-30? I have heard bad things about them, like them never really being configurable properly.

The prices are perhaps a bit exaggerated here. But it is steadily increasing. Perhaps more and more of us will just convert our certified planes to experimental. We will have to deal with the 100LL issue though.

https://airguide.info/warnings-ignored-before-deadly-dc-midair-crash/ So two near misses just the day before! But you know it is so important those politicians did not have to drive over the bridge on the Potomac -

I think a good thing - https://avbrief.com/faa-ends-see-and-avoid-for-helicopters-at-busy-airports/

RIP Chuck Norris, obviously best known for his appearance on an airplane safety card, on his way to seek revenge on whoever brought down his plane

https://skyfix.aero/

Likely trying to boost Garmin revenue I suspect.

This seems to me like it could cause accidents by people mistakenly thinking clearance is guaranteed. https://avbrief.com/garmin-guided-visuals-decoded

So we always wear parachutes when doing aerobatic flight and often in gliders. So I thought it might be a good idea to get some training in how to do a proper parachute jump, just in case. Went out this morning to do the first step, which is a tandem jump with an instructor. The view when you...

It does seem sort of crazy. I have to wonder what the politics of this are. Poor owner probably just has to buy another ship for now.

False memories are quite common actualLy Grant. I imagine you saw video of it later.

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.