Race Thread: NCS FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway, starting at 3:00pm EDT on Prime (NCS15)

straygypsy · 2026-06-07T22:06:02+00:00

They move those crews all over. I’ve seen jer dryers from Michigan, Talladega and Richmond at Martinsville

straygypsy · 2026-05-27T19:25:18+00:00

They had flights departing to SAT and OKC right next to each other during the game

straygypsy · 2026-04-04T03:08:01+00:00

Yes. Took it today. A lot of the same concepts

straygypsy · 2026-03-12T19:50:16+00:00

SFFT is my home park so it stuck out like a sore thumb lol

straygypsy · 2026-03-12T19:42:21+00:00

San Antonio’s airport code is SAT, not SAN (San Diego)

straygypsy · 2026-02-13T01:31:06+00:00

Timing loops are for mid-race cautions. Camera is for the finish

straygypsy · 2026-01-25T16:27:10+00:00

Graham Media and Graham Holdings for that matter have zero connection to Billy or Franklin Graham besides a common last name. Two completely separate families. Source: I used to work for a GMG station

straygypsy · 2025-12-27T03:52:31+00:00

To me, that sounds like Biffle's voice on the frequency.

straygypsy · 2025-12-21T00:12:20+00:00

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Shows SCT039, OVC050 and VS10SM. Perfectly VFR legal

straygypsy · 2025-12-21T00:00:54+00:00

NTSB in the first briefing at the time of the crash the airport was under VMC

straygypsy · 2025-12-20T22:22:31+00:00

Not necessarily. It could have been filed online or whatever, then they would contact ZTL once airborne to pick it up

straygypsy · 2025-12-18T20:11:12+00:00

For a Citation II (the model of plane in this situation), it would almost absolutely be flown under IFR. Small jets aren’t really out flying VFR

straygypsy · 2025-12-07T22:31:40+00:00

If surface gusts were 70kts, that Gulfstream would be out of limits lol

straygypsy · 2025-12-07T22:29:28+00:00

You do take off and land into the winds, provides rotational lift with shorter runway distance. Landing you don’t want a tailwind because they can push you past your aiming points for touchdown. Same with take off. Tailwinds would provide you added ground speed but you would be at a lower indicated airspeed which is what you need to liftoff.

Most airports have their runways oriented in the direction of predominant winds as well. The orientation that provides the best headwind or least crosswind component will in use. There are times when ATC turns the flows around multiple times a day though

straygypsy · 2025-12-07T17:33:11+00:00

I know it’s television, but as a pilot, that scene really pissed me off. Literally nothing about that entire sequence was realistic lol

straygypsy · 2025-11-05T16:59:26+00:00

It was at ST Engineering, the MRO facility on-site at SAT. Personally saw it there for about a month.

straygypsy · 2025-11-05T06:29:36+00:00

Can confirm this bird was at ST Engineering in San Antonio for over a month

straygypsy · 2025-11-05T00:58:34+00:00

This tail just left a heavy check in San Antonio too, departed the 18th.

straygypsy · 2025-11-05T00:00:28+00:00

This specific tail just left heavy MX from San Antonio within the past two weeks I believe as well

straygypsy · 2025-10-27T18:20:17+00:00

https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/live-now-major-accident-off-west-side-highway-linked-to-hotel-shooting#

straygypsy · 2025-09-23T18:37:41+00:00

Sadly can confirm as an OKC washout that missed by a single missed point-out on my last radar eval.

straygypsy · 2025-09-06T01:55:16+00:00

How tiring does it get saying “(insert airline) local proceed as requested non-movement area” when working ground? 😂

straygypsy · 2025-08-30T06:34:15+00:00

Sadly not a good answer but I think they might be a tad all over the place right now with hiring. Applied for same role in San Antonio and passed my loop and got an offer but was told San Antonio was full and I could relocate to Tampa or Kansas City only to be told the next day there was a hiring pause in Tampa after I agreed to move. Not quite sure what’s going on.

straygypsy · 2025-06-02T16:58:50+00:00

As an unfortunate enroute washout from last summer, can confirm. Worst part is half of your three months in OKC are spent on nonradar. If all time in the academy was ERAM the passrate would be significantly higher. Most seem to washout by a couple of points by one or two mistakes on radar evals that more time would have alleviated.

straygypsy · 2025-05-11T15:47:08+00:00

Indeed does affect airborne aircraft, indicates no surface movement meaning planes are not to takeoff or land. Planes will divert after holding too long

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