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  1. PeterNSteinmetz

    What do people think of these guided visual approaches?

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

    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...
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    Tribe trying to ban flights below 20,000 feet

    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.
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    Challenger 40th Anniversary

    False memories are quite common actualLy Grant. I imagine you saw video of it later.
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    A piece of the Gimli Glider

    So my wife bought me for Christmas a coaster made from a piece of the fuselage of the Gimli Glider. Fun.
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    Bought a Bonanza S35

    Just a regular T-hangar, so only one airplane and some additional shelves and equipment.
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    Bought a Bonanza S35

    Finally got hangar JJ09 at KFFZ for this bird. I think I have been on the list there close to 3 years.
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    Houdry and high octane aviation fuels

    Interesting article about invention of the process to produce high octane fuels - https://www.inventionandtech.com/content/wizard-octane-0
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    Velocity V-Twin - Nashua NH - 17 Dec 2025

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

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

    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
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    Yikes - parachutist caught on tail

    https://apnews.com/article/australia-parachute-entangled-ff6a37bbeb8af80718114a9b379b7b49
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    Equivalent horsepower being produced by Santa’s reindeer?

    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.
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    Want a derelict 747?

    Strange re-use https://luxurylaunches.com/other_stuff/kuala-lumpur-airport-abandoned-boeing-747-12062025.php
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    Tribe trying to ban flights below 20,000 feet

    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/
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    Air India 171 Boeing 787 - 12 Jun 2025 - Ahmedabad India

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

    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.
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    MH370

    New search this year - https://apnews.com/article/malaysia-missing-plane-mh370-search-what-to-know-88ecaee897bbb17a5b62a097ae40db0b
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    E-6B missing?

    Funny - at first I thought you meant you had lost your old flight computer.
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    Equivalent horsepower being produced by Santa’s reindeer?

    A question for the season. What is the approximate power in horsepower being produced by Santa’s reindeer to pull his flying sleigh?
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