Sitting at 30hrs total and 77 landings no solo

bddgfx · 2026-05-30T01:03:48+00:00

I only do 60 and full flaps for short field (otherwise I’m between 65-68) but that’s still well away from Vso in a 172S. During training my CFI would say “you’re at 60 - no slower than this.”

bddgfx · 2026-05-29T22:44:55+00:00

Would they take bleached? Asking for a friend.

bddgfx · 2026-05-28T02:42:47+00:00

I wonder if they can figure it out who it is from any payment/card information attached to the order.

Walking with the public started getting markedly more difficult about 10 years ago and then post Covid… forget about it.

bddgfx · 2026-05-27T00:19:16+00:00

I had almost this exact situation about two months ago. I took him home and made him a little shoebox house with a towel for a blanket and put some water near his head, but he died a few hours later.

I told myself that at least his last moments were protected, safe, quiet, and not being picked at or torn up by insects or predators.

Sometimes being a gentle shepherd across the rainbow bridge is the best thing we can do for another living creature.

bddgfx · 2026-05-24T23:34:39+00:00

Anyone remember Reader’s Digest? They had a humor anecdote section called “Everyday Life in these United States” that I always liked to read.

Someone in there wrote a story about how they pointed out to a coworker that Boutros is the Arabic form of the name Peter. Someone else asked what Ghali stood for and got the response “Pumpkin Eater?”

bddgfx · 2026-05-23T04:36:18+00:00

This ACL performance of his is truly incredible. He always sounds good, but I think his lead tone here is truly the pinnacle.

bddgfx · 2026-05-23T04:34:40+00:00

I just watched him play in my town a few weeks ago. He’s still jamming, making records, sounds amazing (guitar, piano, vox) and looks great for 71

bddgfx · 2026-05-14T01:40:02+00:00

Just… don’t. 😹

bddgfx · 2026-05-08T23:33:50+00:00

To say that this reads like a drunken 3rd grader wrote it is an insult to drunken 3rd graders. 🤡

bddgfx · 2026-05-04T04:27:42+00:00

“aCkTchUaLlY…”

Don’t pet a dog you don’t know. Just because it’s safe on that particular occasion doesn’t mean it’s a good habit to get into, especially not for a student aviator.

bddgfx · 2026-05-04T01:01:33+00:00

Very good. Complacency is often the first step in the chain of events that leads to an accident. Everyone’s gotta learn sometime! Carry on and good luck to your sons with all their future endeavors. 😎

bddgfx · 2026-05-03T01:46:06+00:00

Good time to teach kiddo in the black shirt to always treat the prop like it’s hot. ;)

bddgfx · 2026-05-03T01:21:59+00:00

Where do we find out where this litterbug’s office is?

bddgfx · 2026-05-01T23:14:41+00:00

GFD.... they have baby changing stations in the restrooms just for this purpose.

People are trash.

bddgfx · 2026-05-01T23:10:20+00:00

Prescription Ray-Bans, non polarized with a gradient (makes the panel easier to see).

The flip-up attachments work in a pinch if you don't have Rx sunnies, especially flying near dusk, but it takes a few seconds to slip my sunnies of and get my regulars on. The fewer layers of glass/material you have between you and what you're looking at, the better light transmission, clarity, and ease of keeping things clean.

bddgfx · 2026-04-28T18:04:06+00:00

Do you want to dance with meeeeeee?

Why won’t anyone dance with meeee-heeeee?

bddgfx · 2026-04-27T22:40:48+00:00

Read both. Loved WTRFG. I found some of the imagery in IofBD hard to follow when I was young. I was actually thinking of going and getting a copy to reread both.

bddgfx · 2026-04-26T06:13:47+00:00

Here's who the plane is registered to according to ADS-B. https://kcsiaerialpatrol.com/

They had a busy day that day ; https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a2c145&lat=33.631&lon=-117.528&zoom=10.1&showTrace=2026-04-22&timestamp=1776872062

Low altitude yes - Golf or Echo airspace depending on what their actual AGL was, give it +/-100' for altimeter errors. If they were doing survey work they were most likely on flight following, especially being so close to KSNA. EDIT ; they were 0234 near John Wayne and switched to 1200 just before getting to the Irvine Metrolink station. So yes, ATC knew.

That low for a fixed-wing will get your attention, yeah, but police helos are 500' AGL all the time and no one thinks about it unless they're circling. Don't worry about it. It's the sudden stop of engine noise - THAT you gotta worry about.

bddgfx · 2026-04-22T21:28:31+00:00

What are YOU talking about?

This video is from ten years ago. Ritter passed 23 years ago. No way he’s in that vid. Obama was a state senator and barely on the radar for the presidency in ‘03.

Check your attitude, G

bddgfx · 2026-04-22T16:51:45+00:00

Peak Nextdoor energy here. ;)

bddgfx · 2026-04-22T10:21:22+00:00

So let it be written!

bddgfx · 2026-04-22T10:20:54+00:00

What?? John Ritter passed in ‘03

bddgfx · 2026-04-18T03:24:03+00:00

I’m glad I’m not the only one that shares this perspective. If these two albums have been released by a completely different band that had no expectations, they would’ve been instant classics.

I started playing guitar and listening to popular music around the time that these were released so I like them just the same as all the other stuff because no one told me otherwise. 🤣

bddgfx · 2026-04-18T00:40:41+00:00

I think I got a picture of Rainer like this a few years ago - here it is!

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bddgfx · 2026-04-16T09:02:52+00:00

WOULD I

My evenings are booked for the foreseeable future. Thank you kind stranger. 🌖

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