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  1. PeterNSteinmetz

    Air France / Airbus finally on trial

    Appeals court finds the companies liable - not much of a fine though for an incident which should have bankrupted AF out of business. https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/air-france-airbus-convicted-manslaughter-155046838.html
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    How likely is serious injury or death after engine out in a single?

    There is also this article - https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/2/1/10
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    How likely is serious injury or death after engine out in a single?

    So it looks like the odds of an engine just failing are about 10-20 per 100k hours of flight. That is not much for the typical GA pilot over their lifetime or for people training and just moving on to turbines. But it adds up if you like flying small airplanes and accumulate several thousand...
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    Trying out the Garmin inReach for in flight use

    I found this works rather well. There are a lot of places out west here where there is no ADS-B reception. Yet this device will provide pings on something like every 10 minutes so people can follow you on a web page you can provide them. Additionally it will send and receive messages in flight...
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    Fun meeting at the airport

    We will see what Beegles thinks can be done with the ship. It is unclear if one really wants to repair this and fly aerobatics in it.
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    Robots for baggage handling

    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/
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    Trying out the Garmin inReach for in flight use

    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...
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    Upgrading plane to IFR suitable for training and practical exam

    How do you find the AV-30? I have heard bad things about them, like them never really being configurable properly.
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    The $100,000 Overhaul: How the FAA Ruined The American Engine.

    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.
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    AA regional jet - Blackhawk midair - Washington DC - 29 Jan 2025

    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 -
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    Ending helicopter see and avoid at busy airports

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

    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
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    What do people think of these guided visual approaches?

    Likely trying to boost Garmin revenue I suspect.
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    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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