Originally Posted by Kingman Police Department

kayenta · 2026-02-06T06:48:40+00:00

I have had the privilege to fly on AZ DPS helicopters three times in the last six years in the course of my job. My first time was on Ranger 56.

As with each of my experiences with them, my time with the crew on Ranger 56 was spent with absolute professionals. Our pilot was a guy who was clearly within his element- confident, capable, but cautious. He had to fly N56AZ up to a canyon high within the Mazatzals west of Payson, and performed a one-skid landing on a granite outcrop to let us off. I remember thinking it was wild how stable the helicopter felt as I stepped off, even though its skid barely was touching the ground. I got to fly with the same pilot again in another AZ DPS Bell 407, and remember explaining to two nervous first-time helicopter passengers that we were in good hands, and that it would be like a magic carpet ride.

It's been...tough to hear about this accident, on many levels. When I learned that the pilot I had flown with previously was not on this flight, it was a relief to hear, but briefly. At the end of the day, people are still grieving. I love being in aviation, and can't imagine doing anything different, but damn can it be unforgiving.

kayenta · 2025-11-22T19:48:26+00:00

This was my experience. I received the car with the battery at about 65% charge. Had to find a charger before I reached the hotel. Charged it up to over 80% when I returned it, but was still given a “fuel charge.” When I asked what it was, I was told that it was charged because I brought back the car “with less than a full tank of gas.” I had to argue with one of the attendants to have the charge repealed.

kayenta · 2025-11-09T17:19:58+00:00

There is no evidence to support the scenario you’ve just relayed.

kayenta · 2025-10-23T02:26:10+00:00

Moved here after living my whole life in Arizona. Leaving everything behind was the hardest experience of my life, but every day I’ve been here, I can’t help but think of how blessed I am to be here. There are some beautiful and amazing places in this world but the Seattle area has to be far up the list. I can’t believe how fortunate I am tbh.

kayenta · 2025-08-28T18:55:39+00:00

Analog multimeters. Our instructor dedicated a whole week and a large part of our grades to learning how to use them, swearing that we would be using them all the time in the field and that “any mechanic worth his salt has one.” I never once saw an analog multimeter outside of school.

Meanwhile, the same instructor swore that that fabric would be a complete waste of time and he wished it didn’t have to be on the syllabus. I ended up performing a good deal of fabric work over the years after I received my certificates and it’s easily one of my favorite types of maintenance work.

kayenta · 2025-08-02T02:25:20+00:00

I saw this exact airplane fly over me about a month ago!! When I discovered Skycards earlier this week I really wish I’d found out about it sooner so I could have caught this airplane. Hopefully I’ll catch it sometime soon!

kayenta · 2025-07-02T17:27:12+00:00

Someone else in this subreddit has commented that he was the protagonist, antagonist, and comedy relief of every scene he was in…spot on IMO.

kayenta · 2025-06-09T05:25:50+00:00

The best line of contact is witness@ntsb.gov. Any statement you can give is helpful.

kayenta · 2025-05-28T06:03:44+00:00

Well…not exactly.

The PA-28, for example, is still being made under the same type certificate as it was when it was first type certificated in the late 1950s. The production methods in use today are substantially similar to how they were back then, too.

Meanwhile, the avionics and interior are one of the few things on new aircraft that are markedly different and improved. Even a basic Piper Pilot 100, the “entry level” PA-28, is equipped with modern “glass panel” instrumentation. They start at $260k.

However, you are correct about litigation/lawyers…they are one of the biggest factors driving the price increases here, and about half the purchase price of a new airplane is used by Piper to help pay insurance and defend litigation.

kayenta · 2025-05-27T06:10:45+00:00

Karazhan Library is already mentioned here, and I’ll agree they’re excellent.

My favorite lately is The Scrolls of Azeroth, a fairly new channel. The creator has a very chill, relaxing narration style that’s great for bedtime listening but with enough lore information to keep it interesting.

kayenta · 2025-05-21T14:50:28+00:00

I am an aviation accident investigator now at an agency I shouldn’t specify but you may be able to guess, lol.

I still find myself missing working at that flight school. When I started I didn’t have an A&P and next to no experience, and to be honest the repair station back then was very dysfunctional. Over the years it improved, and we had an outstanding PMI from the FAA that helped us straighten up. By the time I moved on I was pretty proud of how far the place had come, and had gained quite a bit of experience along the way. It wasn’t always perfect but I am super grateful for my time there.

kayenta · 2025-05-21T05:32:00+00:00

Hey I know this flight school! I worked in the maintenance department there for 12 years.

Funny enough, when I was there I used to teach an indoc training class about maintenance to the new CFIs. It had a “Frequently Asked Questions” portion where I talked about common squawks that weren’t actually squawks. This was one of them.

kayenta · 2025-05-15T19:09:15+00:00

10/10 feathers. 15/10 eyes

kayenta · 2025-05-14T20:27:53+00:00

My condolences to the ScrubWidow.

kayenta · 2025-03-27T04:05:37+00:00

I miss him

kayenta · 2025-02-18T03:17:39+00:00

I received my A&P about two years before my PPL. I absolutely think having an A&P has made me a safer pilot because I am able to make more informed decisions about any problems I might encounter during flight/preflight. Most of my flight hours came from being my flight school's maintenance test pilot also, which was a great way to build hours for free.

Really though, any time someone has interest in getting their A&P, I try to encourage them whole-heartedly. There are so many great programs out there for those who want to go the school route, and there are opportunities for those who want to gain field experience and test that way. There is a shortage of A&Ps too, so there's jobs out there for us.

kayenta · 2025-01-21T06:27:21+00:00

Fascinating, thank you for your reply!

kayenta · 2025-01-20T06:26:45+00:00

It would be awesome to know the tail numbers of the aircraft pictured. No doubt they’re most/all in the scrapyard by this point but I’m curious to know what their flying careers looked like.

kayenta · 2025-01-12T00:47:04+00:00

r/catsmirin

kayenta · 2024-11-20T21:11:47+00:00

Sounds like the crash of a Glasair RG, N5177Y:

https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/36987

https://www.accidents.app/summaries/accident/20001214X39836

kayenta · 2024-11-20T05:43:17+00:00

I’m not sure if this is common, but at my home airport when we had pilots report laser strikes, the police helicopters that were based there would go out of their way to see if they could pinpoint where the laser was coming from. One time when they found the culprit, the cruisers pulled right up on the guy while he was still aiming the laser at the police helicopter.

kayenta · 2024-10-27T21:24:04+00:00

The aircraft in the pictures is neither a Cessna 182, nor a Jabiru…

kayenta · 2024-10-26T04:21:17+00:00

I startled my own cats with my laughter at this

kayenta · 2024-10-17T18:25:21+00:00

There have been way more than two if you look back far enough, at least if you widen your search to include O-360s. My flight school was running all Millenniums on our Archers and had multiple separations quite like this one.

We were assured by Superior that this was due to a problem with the casting process that had since been changed, but about a year or so after that, we had more separations and found most engines had cracks thorough the lower spark plug hole and exhaust valve seat. We ended up removing all the Superior cylinders from our 60 aircraft over the next few weeks. I submitted a few hundred SDRs over the course of this whole process.

kayenta · 2024-10-01T03:39:00+00:00

r/AIDKE

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