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Turns out that the plane appears to be equipped with a wing leveler. Only noticed it when I looked closely at one of the photos I took. It's the red knob.

They are waiting on some parts they ordered to replace stuff they found during the annual that needed replacing. So we've tentatively set March 1st as the start of the lease. If counting from the date I sent out cards that makes four months to get the club airborne. Or six months from the time...

I believe this is a closeup shot of the controls in question. This is a wide shot of the cockpit.

Latest news, not surprisingly, is this: https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-is-expected-to-speak-on-chinese-balloon-unidentified-objects-42917445?st=rca6zj53fipr7yg&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink "President Biden said the three highflying objects taken down over North America following the...

Is this for an AOA badge or something else?

What do you need that for?

Looks chilly! Colors are nice.

I can be pretty indecisive when it comes to naming things. Sorry. To prevent further delay I've created a "Drone/sUAS Flying" forum under the "Controlled Airspace" category.

A bit lengthy, though. I notice you used "drone" in you handle and suspect most UAS pilots use that term. So maybe "Drone/sUAS Flying"?

It takes only a few moments to create a new forum. Just need a name. I suppose a non-cute name would be best because humor names can grow stale after awhile. I could put "A place to go droning on and on about sUAS." in the forum's description. The description is more easily changed than the...

We can do that. A forum under the "Controlled Airspace" category seems the best location. With a simple name something like "Drone Flying" or cute like "Droning On and On" or whatever?

And now they've shot down another "object" over Alaska: https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-shoots-down-second-high-altitude-object-over-alaska-f3c5def0?st=moyu7b6ndxek5yz&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink Reported to have fallen onto ice. I imagine this is what they find:

We've come to an agreement on lease terms. They will perform an annual on it. I need to acquire insurance for the club. (Learning about aviation insurance was a chore.) And a few other minor tasks left to do. Once the annual is done and insurance is purchased we get to use the plane. I posted a...

They need a bigger boat.

I agree with all that except the idea there is some translation issue. The foreign ministry is going to employ and use correct language since that is their stock in trade. My limited experience with Chinese is that while many know English well enough to humorously butcher it, the people who...

My post above includes a quote from the Wall Street Journal which in turn quotes the Chinese foreign ministry that used the word airship, not balloon. After it was shot down the Chinese foreign ministry again used the term airship: "The Chinese side has repeatedly informed the US side after...

Turns out the Aerobat can be flown IFR. Single NAV/COM though. That's original paint, or so the current owner says. Been through 3 owners.

Here's a link to the WSJ story where I read the claims: https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-says-it-is-looking-into-spy-balloon-allegation-by-u-s-11675415310?st=169y95x2pzlxrd5&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink In case that doesn't provide access, some quotes from the article: China said a...

He has other planes and says he isn't flying the Aerobat all that much. But probably doesn't want to sell yet, hence the offer to lease it to us.

Apparently it is more like an airship than a free balloon since it has propulsion with enough power to perform station keeping under an unknown amount of wind. Probably controlled from the ground once over the US, though could be autonomous since it had to travel over the ocean on its own. But...