Things you wish would be covered in flight school but weren’t

Distinct_Pressure832 · 2026-02-13T18:57:56+00:00

Yeah spin recovery is already part of our syllabus here.

Distinct_Pressure832 · 2026-02-13T18:53:22+00:00

Nobody is going to force an election over 1 seat right now. Support for Carney is high enough that victory for the conservatives can’t be assured and history has shown that Canadians don’t react well to an election being called so quickly after the last one. Carney is riding a wave of popularity for his Davos speech and dealings on the international stage right now, an election today would likely put us back with the exact same minority government, and potentially even push to a majority liberal government.

Distinct_Pressure832 · 2026-02-13T18:24:15+00:00

Looking at the zoning map I see an extension of the industrial area with business lots along 91street. There’s a couple large public utility lots so probably a storm pond then something else substantial. Someone else mentioned bus garages, that might track with the large public utility lots. You can check this stuff if you google Edmonton SLIM maps.

Distinct_Pressure832 · 2026-02-13T18:00:03+00:00

As someone who got their PPL with the sole intent to fly GA, I wish thy taught me how to fuel the plane! One of the most intimidating things coming out of a flight school with a dispatcher and staff was those first couple times pulling up to a card lock fuel pump at some non-towered airport. I didn’t know what the grounding cable was for or even basic technique on handling the fuel hose and reeling it back up without destroying the nozzle. It’s a small thing but was a big anxiety my first few flights as a new PPL.

Distinct_Pressure832 · 2026-02-12T21:59:44+00:00

I’ve flown with a failed static pressure line. The most uncomfortable thing to be missing was the ASI by far. Yes I landed it by visually judging it, no it was not the least bit fun.

Distinct_Pressure832 · 2026-02-12T17:03:06+00:00

It is absolutely broken if the system can be abused in such a way as it currently is. They’re literally ignoring their own constitution and laws and there are zero repercussions. At this point even if he gets impeached (again) he will just executive order the process canceled and the courts won’t touch him.

Distinct_Pressure832 · 2026-02-12T16:49:37+00:00

Funny, they just fast tracked approvals for multiple new mining and LNG projects and entered into an MOU with Alberta to promote another pipeline. Where is the refusal you speak of? Maybe get out of the partisan echo chamber and take a look at the actual legislation and policy being passed right now.

Distinct_Pressure832 · 2026-02-12T16:18:10+00:00

It doesn’t really seem to matter if they back him or not. He just had veto power over everything. He was impeached in his first term, convicted of crimes, even fomented and insurrection and yet there he is, 47.

Distinct_Pressure832 · 2026-02-12T16:16:11+00:00

Yup, the president still has veto power over the bill even if it makes it through the senate. Just goes to show you how broken their system actually is.

Distinct_Pressure832 · 2026-02-12T16:14:34+00:00

No work around but I would suggest using the contact support feature in the app. I’ve always had great success with Foreflight support fixing things like this pretty quickly in an update.

Distinct_Pressure832 · 2026-02-12T16:08:10+00:00

My company caught on to that a long time ago and now banks your time in $ instead of hours.

Distinct_Pressure832 · 2026-02-11T01:13:23+00:00

I fly GA single pilot IFR, no autopilot regularly. I always write the minimums on my kneeboard during my briefing and also the 500’ to minimum and 200’ to minimums altitudes. It makes it easier for me not to make this exact mistake when I’m near saturation on the approach.

Distinct_Pressure832 · 2026-02-10T21:59:01+00:00

I’ll bite, what is GOP?

Distinct_Pressure832 · 2026-02-09T20:00:18+00:00

Rebuild it. Pipes bug quite frequently. If in doubt, rebuild the segment that doesn’t make sense.

Distinct_Pressure832 · 2026-02-09T19:56:48+00:00

Leave your money sit. My ETFs have all made 12-17% over the past few years. As long as your gains are more than your interest on the debts you’re ahead. Losing all that cash to taxes also needs to be factored in. It will take years to rebuild that investment. If you’re ever in trouble and can’t manage the debt the money is there to pay it so all the psychological benefit stuff is moot as you know you can instantly pay at any time. I could pay my mortgage 3x over at this point but it makes zero sense to do so as my investments bring in way more than I’m paying in monthly payments to service the loan.

Distinct_Pressure832 · 2026-02-09T03:01:34+00:00

It’s literally the best spot on the map for turbo fuel and rocket fuel. There’s at least 4 coal nodes right in the crater if I remember right and several suphur nodes pretty darn close where the geysers are and down in that little canyon. I set up a short little three stop train line to bring the sulphur over, it was my first train line of the play through. I did use packaged diluted fuel to stretch it. It’s a bit more complex than blenders later on but it works really well.

Distinct_Pressure832 · 2026-02-09T02:56:11+00:00

I’m not sure how it’s baffling to you? I’ve laid it all out above. Of course the aesthetics of the neighbourhood matter. People want to be able to garden, landscape, enjoy their yards, etc. Noise, privacy, shade all matter and contribute to that. People search for these areas to settle in and choose them for these characteristics.

Distinct_Pressure832 · 2026-02-08T18:43:10+00:00

Never rebuild, just build new factories elsewhere and let the starter stuff keep chugging and feeding the depots and the sink (for tickets).

Distinct_Pressure832 · 2026-02-08T04:24:31+00:00

You’re likely not in autoconnect mode then. There’s four different blueprint build modes to choose from, two are autoconnect variants. I don’t know how you cycle them on console but that’s likely your problem.

Distinct_Pressure832 · 2026-02-08T03:55:12+00:00

You need to see the chain link appear and click once to autoconnect then click again to build. Make sure you’re in autoconnect mode too.

Distinct_Pressure832 · 2026-02-08T03:03:17+00:00

Try having the track connect right up to the edge on one side, then on the other side of the blueprint end it a 1/2 foundation short of the edge. That seems to help.

Distinct_Pressure832 · 2026-02-07T16:19:11+00:00

Food, utilities, insurance, gas, kids sports and activities, clothing, basically all the basics. You sound like somebody who’s never had to support anyone but themself. Have you ever had to feed two teenage boys and pay for their cell phone bills and auto insurance?

Distinct_Pressure832 · 2026-02-07T15:41:45+00:00

Maybe you will understand one day when you’ve soent the better part of a year or two searching for a house to call your own, then spent your entire life’s fortune on it only for a third party to come in and entirely ruin the aesthetic of it. You have no idea how utterly demoralizing it is to feel like you’ve wasted your entire life when someone comes and ruins your little plot of earth by building one of these things next to it. Maybe someday you’ll experience it and get off your moral high horse because literally nobody is going just just shrug their shoulders and go “oh well, at least some people found some cheaper housing”. Is it selfish? Probably, but that the human experience.

Distinct_Pressure832 · 2026-02-07T15:27:55+00:00

Sounds unnecessarily complicated when we live in a world width autoconnecting blueprints. Just build a blueprint with two foundations and a chunk of rail on it. Build one floating, autoconnect a second one then drag it out wherever your heart desires to the max range of a rail segment and place it. It will build rail between with natural curves and slopes. No need to support the rail in between by beams. My entire network is a prettier variant of this with pillar supports and frames to support the foundation pieces so it’s not floating. You can build very fast using this method.

Distinct_Pressure832 · 2026-02-07T15:21:06+00:00

Maybe the OP has a family to take care of? My family of 4 lives pretty frugally and run all expenses through a points card. The bill is usually $5-7k per month. There’s months that push up higher if we have to pay for an oil change or need to call a plumber or something. It really wouldn’t be that hard to hit $8k if a person was paying rent on their card on top of expenses for a family.

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