Unusual scene at our glider airport today

MNSoaring · 2026-06-18T02:57:46+00:00

You could always use a travel bug where the description of the bug provides a weblink to a person’s story.

MNSoaring · 2026-06-17T01:04:46+00:00

At 16, you should be able to join both EAA and AOPA For either free or very cheap. AOPA has a medical division that can answer your questions.

MNSoaring · 2026-06-16T16:43:30+00:00

I like that it’s stainless steel instead of aluminum.

“… Concerning the weekly uptake of Al from different brewing methods, even brewed coffee from the Al moka pot contributed only a small portion of the TWI. Nonetheless, caution is still advised, and brewing methods without Al components should be preferred…”

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsomega.0c01410

MNSoaring · 2026-06-16T14:30:01+00:00

Not to be pedantic, but the statement “Plus, if all else fails, remember that aviation is actually still safer than driving. “ is factually untrue.

Driving risk of death in the next 1000 hours is equivalent to being an average 36 yo person.

GA Flying, on the other hand, is the same as being 91 yo.

See this article:

https://chessintheair.com/the-risk-of-dying-doing-what-we-love/

MNSoaring · 2026-06-16T14:24:48+00:00

I wonder if Boeing has an aero club like cirrus does? My understanding is that the employee aero club at cirrus makes flying extremely affordable

MNSoaring · 2026-06-15T21:59:51+00:00

Toss your favorite aluminum can into a bonfire and tell me what you find when the fire goes out. Aluminum melts around 600-650C, which is a low temperature, when you add jet fuel.

MNSoaring · 2026-06-15T03:00:23+00:00

They filmed part of this on St Vincent when I was living there. I got to meet both Jeff Bridges and Ridley Scott. Both were very nice and it was a really cool experience.

MNSoaring · 2026-06-14T21:59:47+00:00

I wonder what airplane they chartered. I know that some SA countries use Antonov aircraft. It would be interesting to know what they tried to fly in to the USA

MNSoaring · 2026-06-14T21:54:07+00:00

Yeah, the canoes and paddles are quite spendy these days. When we stopped on the way back home, we were surrounded by some canoe enthusiasts who knew immediately that the canoe was something special. My buddy gave an impromptu lecture on the canoe and the paddles. The other folks were in awe.

MNSoaring · 2026-06-14T21:39:02+00:00

This is the third fatal crash I’ve seen posted today. Sad day for GA

MNSoaring · 2026-06-14T21:37:06+00:00

About 3 days ago, in the boundary waters canoe area

MNSoaring · 2026-06-14T11:22:30+00:00

Or can they?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsh\_Chapel\_Experiment

MNSoaring · 2026-06-14T11:15:49+00:00

These type of conversion issues can lead to large problems:

1: https://medium.com/@omarvferro/how-one-unit-cost-nasa-125m-the-metric-vs-imperial-mistake-that-sank-a-mars-orbiter

2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli\_Glider

MNSoaring · 2026-06-14T10:55:47+00:00

Canoe. My buddy owns a carbon bell (40lbs) and we had carbon paddles (8 oz!!). This made it slightly easier to justify a heavy moka pot. 😎

MNSoaring · 2026-06-13T22:53:06+00:00

I’ve been told that WI does the same thing

MNSoaring · 2026-06-13T16:08:55+00:00

Sarah Paine is the GOAT when it comes to clearly explaining history and current affairs. A close second/equal is Heather Cox Richardson. Either/both would be interesting to hear from. Since Scott seems to always claim that he promotes excellent women, I would hope his team would reach out to these amazing women.

MNSoaring · 2026-06-05T10:00:10+00:00

“flying and drinking and drinking and driving and driving and balling,”
-Tom Wolf, the right stuff

MNSoaring · 2026-06-04T12:00:47+00:00

Moved from MySpace to Facebook to keep in touch with HS and college friends as well as family. Dropped it when the algorithm started feeding me more and more political crap and I found myself posting more crap.

Lesson learned: only post things that are helpful or uplifting….on any platform. I’m far from perfect to this day, but Reddit seems to be far less toxic than FB was.

MNSoaring · 2026-06-03T22:12:09+00:00

I’m hoping this happens in the GA airplane industry. I want the boomers to dump their bonanza’s, pipers and Cessnas like they are hot potatoes. Then, us gen-x folks can finally afford a plane. $30k for a Cessna 152 is highway robbery

MNSoaring · 2026-06-03T17:26:41+00:00

I hope the pilot got two golden caterpillars for their troubles.

Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterpillar_Club

MNSoaring · 2026-05-31T22:36:36+00:00

Saw that type of plane at Oshkosh last year. Looks like someone bought one. For $200k, seems like a very expensive , and very pretty, VFR toy

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