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My concern would be still having enough airflow over the stabilator. I've been trying to remember any specific settings I used with my 140 on final. I keep coming back to set an RPM (1600 rpm? 1700 rpm?) and target airspeed (about 65 knots) but then adjust it to keep a stabilized approach...

Except won't vortex generators lower the stall speed of the 140?

I don't believe so. My understanding that It's not turbulence that degrades stabilator authority, rather the stabilator isn't large enough (the 140 has a smaller stabilator than the 180, for example)

The vortex generators make it not exactly a 140. Do those vortex generators make any difference wrt stabilator authority? Having enough elevator was a significant factor in how my stock 140 landed.

What does the FMS do when it reaches the end of the programmed flight plan?

no surprise

well, given how masks were worn (as chin straps or just covering the mouth) and the performance of the masks (e.g., homemade vs real masks).... what would anyone expect?

Maybe you could pull the sparkplug wire off one cylinder... Just kidding. If it were my airplane, I'd be tempted to put in a new altimeter.

ok. but now for the nitpicking. It's a certificate, not a license. And it's a checkride rather than "test" (right?) or is it called a test now?

and occassionaly pilots do stupid things...

definitely in bad taste

Isn't amazing that these alien craft don't cast a shadow... what technology they must have!

It could be argued (afterall, this is the interweb) that all 6 votes were correct. There was a water landing and the claim is that the launch was "successful" because it cleared the tower and they collected data.

for values of "successful

"accident RISK" or "accident RATE"? There is a difference...

thanks

rim shot :rimshot:

such a small number of incidents makes drawing conclusions challenging. Sorry, making VALID conclusions challenging.

tire tracks in the snow? or tracks from snow tires?

well, my training was good enough that I haven't bent metal or traded paint. but, sure, my training was a long long LONG time ago. Before LORAN could be reasonably installed in bugsmashers. Right around the time Mode 3/C was required. I'd pay money to watch someone try to my instructor she...