I bought a Pietenpol Air Camper in partnership with two other people. Purchase price was only $10k. I'd had instruction from years and years ago, but I took a bit more in the Piet, built some time,...
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I bought a Pietenpol Air Camper in partnership with two other people. Purchase price was only $10k. I'd had instruction from years and years ago, but I took a bit more in the Piet, built some time,...
Yep, got 6.5 hrs instruction with John Blum in his Pitts S2B out of Rocky Mountain Metro (New Attitude Aerobatics; http://www.flyaerobatics.com). I can now land an S2B without scaring small children...
Great news, Tom!
I have sent my letters to my delegates.
An important aspect of the PBR II that isn't discussed in your suggested letter is safety. I would think that the number one reason a...
OK, so now I've read the News page. Sorry to say, but the one paragraph devoted to aeromedical reform is pretty weak beer. Like, Bud-Lite weak. I has ta sadz. :(
The other topics, which actually...
Thanks for directing me to the correct webpage. I have been looking at the Advocacy webpages (http://www.eaa.org/en/eaa/aviation-advocacy). What fooled me was that there is an entire suite of pages...
Hi Ron,
Thanks for the thorough reply, Mr NTTIABFLOFG*. I understand and agree with individuals not speaking out of turn. What I meant was: Why haven't we heard any updates from EAA "corporate"? ...
Ron, you're a national treasure, and your POV is much appreciated, but why aren't we hearing same or similar from EAA?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCY4I3IJixg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCY4I3IJixg
Sorry for the length
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcinXNmvXX0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcinXNmvXX0
Hi Aaron,
I wonder about this, too. Visiting the http://pure-gas.org website shows that a significant portion of the population has access to EtOH-free gasoline. It would be very useful to the...
I called DOT and they walked me through where we are on this (that is, they walked me through what they can legally state). Bottom line is that officially the proposal is at OST. Got confirmation...
I wonder if it's still coded "Black" because it did go to OST before the projected date. OTOH, the current update indicates that it hasn't gone to OMB yet (see below). However, Jonathan tells us that...
Thanks for the update and good to hear that IAC made the change.
I did not know that. Do you know why not?
The Fournier RF-4 had a similar set-up. My understanding is that they required a lot of tweaking to keep working, but did work well when in adjustment. Maybe the McDowell was just not a big enough...
You never know, though. A lot of times these days "the working poor," of which there are many, are working multiple part-time jobs, have kids, responsibilities, are expecting/hoping for call backs...
And then there's the Pietenpol crowd, who've smoked for years! A couple of them use pump-up jugs (garden bug sprayers) sitting on the seat next to them. I myself have never partaken, just reporting...
What was I thinking?!
Man, this sounds like something that would be REALLY cool to publish in Sport Aviation or Kitplanes.
I've had very good luck with Foreflight on an iPhone. I get realtime weather and planning navigation on the ground, and of course, moving map GPS in flight. The small screen is fine for the type of...
From childhood I've never been interested in watching aerobatics -- just not my thing, though others enjoy it, and more power to them. I guess it's a matter of balance. Not to be a curmudgeon, but...
Well, maybe sailplane aerobatics are fun to watch.
I much prefer the unique planes in flybys.
Did anyone see any electric aircraft at Osh this year? Anything new? Did Mark Bierle fly in with a Joby-powered eGull? Any other developments? Any news on how FAA wants to categorize batteries as a...
So that's where my green cone went!
;)
Thanks, Ron.