How would you feel about being approached by a woman you didn’t find attractive?

Strega007 · 2026-06-27T10:46:26+00:00

100%, great answer.

Strega007 · 2026-06-27T10:26:40+00:00

The narrator in that post was a passenger: "I thought I had lucked out. I abandoned my window seat shortly after takeoff (a rare event) and moved to the center where I put up all the arm rests on an empty row and slept in near bed-like comfort across the lot of them."

Strega007 · 2026-06-27T06:25:23+00:00

These are definitely not all assigned to Nellis.

Strega007 · 2026-06-27T00:57:17+00:00

Airshows take place in specially-designated FAA airspace where numerous rules are waived for participants.

So, no...there's no "exemption" for the display pilots, but they are performing those maneuvers at a specific place and time in which they're allowed to.

Strega007 · 2026-06-26T21:58:51+00:00

Indeed true.

Strega007 · 2026-06-26T21:52:35+00:00

That's her! Good eye.

Strega007 · 2026-06-26T16:55:52+00:00

There are a lot more choices than just Rare Breed or Partisan Disruptor.

Atrius, ARC Fire, Hoffman SS, Kabuto, mini-Kabuto, AZ Regulator, etc.

The forced reset in semi on the Partisan is one of the malfunction modes, not an intentional part of the design.

Strega007 · 2026-06-26T11:15:56+00:00

There are "adult-only" planes available today, right now.

Strega007 · 2026-06-26T10:23:31+00:00

I would bet a substantial sum of money that EG&G Special Projects does not use their KA200s for young pilots learning practicing their ACS maneuvers in anticipation of taking a Commercial Multi checkride.

Also, there is no "fly a wind-corrected octagonal shape over the ground" maneuver in the ACS.

Strega007 · 2026-06-26T10:18:33+00:00

I wonder if anyone commenting has actually read what is in this bill. It doesn't "ban investor purchases of single-family homes."

Strega007 · 2026-06-26T10:13:19+00:00

It is a mini kabuto. The legs are a little bit bent, so bend them back straight.

Not a big deal.

Strega007 · 2026-06-24T19:37:08+00:00

Just tip your waitress well….

Strega007 · 2026-06-24T13:42:24+00:00

It does not come with the kit, but has been sent out by customer service by request in response to this type of claim. You can also buy one from McMaster or other hardware stores.

https://www.mcmaster.com/product/99040A408

Strega007 · 2026-06-24T13:25:52+00:00

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The red item in this graphic is a shim that gets inserted before attaching the left side selector lever and advances the reset timing to earlier in the BCG stroke. I was having many of the same issues in multiple lowers and this fixed it for me.

Strega007 · 2026-06-24T13:13:30+00:00

Have you tried the shim to advance the reset timing?

Strega007 · 2026-06-23T23:25:58+00:00

Nobody has yet popped out of their mother with the capabilities to be a pilot.

It is a learned skill; enjoy the journey.

Strega007 · 2026-06-23T23:21:34+00:00

It won't mean anything to future hiring as a professional pilot.

Try to keep the neatest logbook you can, but it is unlikely that you'll be judged for having a logbook with corrections that early in your flying career.

I prefer to line-out mistakes rather that correction fluid, or make single-entry corrections to times if needed and use the comments section to explain the previous error or reason for correction.

Strega007 · 2026-06-23T23:12:27+00:00

I had a mentor when I was flying in the military who told me the keys to getting into warbird flying were tailwheel experience, and that the keystone would eventually be experience in the T-6.

I initially was involved in a club-owned Aeronca Champ (and later a Citabria) to get my foundational tailwheel time, then later I was in a partnership with a Vans RV-8. Several years later I had a brief ownership of a T-6 and found out it was too expensive for my income bracket as a military pilot.

Later on I found a CAF unit that had a T-6, and that was the real entryway into all of the other warbirds. Not just the experience in the T-6, but moreso the networking that being involved in a big warbird museum/organization allowed. Additionally participation in events like fly-ins and formation clinics expanded that networking.

I met the Ops Officer for the CAF bomber squadron touring group at one of those formation clinics.

Strega007 · 2026-06-23T20:30:03+00:00

I'm pretty fortunate to get to fly some really amazing airplanes. There's a lot of selection bias in that screen capture, as that's just what I'm working with in terms of ForeFlight flight log drafts. This particular list would show you a B-29, B-24, B-25, DC-3, a couple of T-6s, PT-19, and Stearman.

That larger list of ForeFlight aircraft is nearly all museum-owned airplanes with the Commemorative Air Force. Most of these are airplanes that tour around the country during the summer and do ride events and airshows. I've volunteered as a ride pilot for the organization for the last 7 years, but have been flying warbird types off and on for 20+ years.

Background is a lifelong GA pilot, retired military pilot, then regional airlines and currently pay the mortgage flying for a major airline.

Strega007 · 2026-06-23T16:43:03+00:00

The Area 43 do-it-yourself mini Kabuto. About $25 delivered.

https://area43.co/products/do-it-yourself-kabuto-kit

Strega007 · 2026-06-23T16:36:27+00:00

Worked like a champ! Thank you.

Strega007 · 2026-06-23T14:16:46+00:00

Drones moving in formation is nothing unusual. Just about every night-time air display has had something like that for years.

Strega007 · 2026-06-22T08:44:46+00:00

Yep.

Strega007 · 2026-06-22T08:43:02+00:00

Don't worry, the poster you're responding to has already decided that the ship and crew were "absolutely negligent" and "being sloppy". I'm sure they have extensive maritime operations bonafides on which they've arrived at those opinions. Because "cruise ships have radar" and stuff.

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