First of all, my condolences to the families of the Passengers and Crew, and everyone at Ju-Air. I have flown Ju-Air in the summer of 2016, in fact, my flight was on HB-HOT. The weather was beautiful, the crew were professional, friendly, well organized. They flew the valleys in the Alps in a very s...

I'm starting to take my three year old flying in my Piper Archer. First flight revealed that a standard size headset was really not compatible with his child seat (or comfortable). Anyone done with theirs? Kids all grown?

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The spikes are used a lot in C-Train stations and fixtures in Calgary (and elsewhere) - and seem to be quite successful. But you cannot argue the coolness of using USB controlled missiles controlled from your office computer.

http://youtu.be/EmZ-QKglyrc

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Steve Wolf makes the rest of us look like we have the IQ of a carrot. But Steve said he was thinking that when the front seat was empty - as it often is - you could install some triangulating clamps and steel cable and turnbuckles, to stiffen it up, and not require any paperwork. Brilliant. Very. O...

In the meantime...a discourse on the economics of "pumped storage hydro", which can improve the economics of renewables like wind. As an aside, this artice refers to the Old Man River dam, only a few miles from CZPC...an aerodrome that is surrounded by wind farms. Study on Pumped Storage Economics g

As I sip my coffee, I can't help but laugh. Why "argue"? Why take things "personally"? This is the internet for crying out loud. Because...we are not all computers, we are all people communicating *using* computers. One of the biggest jerks I've ever met was known for being a right bastard on line,...

We'd be a sub-culture, but I'm not aware of any amphibians that can operate underwater yet.
Well...more than once anyway.

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I keep looking at the photo and thinking it would be so easy to add pedals, with a meter. Then you could discount the airfare according to how fast you can spin!

This site needs a "Plus 1" button in the worst way.

Listening to you two talk about vectors and normals is starting to make me cross.

But the turn back discussion and videos are interesting...


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I've got so many cards, it's ridiculous. So many different qualifications, licences, health card number, SIN, credit, debit, rewards and more rewards cards. I hope that one day we reduce this number of cards, papers we carry around in general. I know it can be done, it could be quite easy for that ...

Really? It took Bob Hoover to tell the pilot who was flying a high performance aircraft that pulling some Gs might free the landing gear? Honestly, I wouldn't have wasted one of my lifelines on that one before trying it out myself. Fair enough. But on the other hand, he got to chat with Bob Hoover ...

...because sometimes one Merlin just isn't enough...


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Probably not legal or safe, but Massive Bonus points for style.

...and keeping an eye on the local traffic.

http://dvice.com/archives/2012/10/watch-a-passing.php

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There was an article in the AB papers about Jr. Engineers starting salary of $80 to $85000. If a fresh engineering grad was making that kind of money straight out of school it would certainly be an exception. Even in the Calgary oil patch. Have you got a link to the article which claims this? [Afte...

The whole problem with credential creep is that it actually devalues "higher education" because if everyone has it, how much can it be worth? I think I see where you're coming from - but I disagree that more education is devalued by everyone having it. "credentials for the sake of credentials" may ...

[quote="Beefitarian"I wonder if they still have internet? I could just bring the lappy here and business as usual with the added bonus of potentially running into live pilots in person.[/quote] The Club has WiFi (not particularly fast, but they have it). Springbank is actually a great airport (for t...

A friend for a sightseeing ride down the front range of the Rockies. My girlfriend was my second passenger, for the same flight, shortly after that.

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iflyforpie wrote: But it seems that the composite mindset is dead set on velocity and efficiency and pretty airplanes (though the DA20 is a stretch ).

Hey! The Katana is WAY prettier than a 172. AND it has a stick. :p

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Colonel Sanders wrote:That's a good point - don't confuse marketing and engineering

Most people don't understand either one very well, so asking
people to master both is generally a bit much.

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Heat damage and limitations are an old joke or urban legend. It is just not there for all practical purposes. Can link to the POH. Or realistically how many Boeings or Airbuses are grounded for this reason? The DA20C1 I learned in hd a limitation of 54 C on the interior. There is actually an indica...

Speculative comment on my part, but another possible reason why the 172 design hasn't really changed a lot (despite the availability of more advanced materials, and other opportunities to really revolutionize the design) is that Liability consideration again. If you make major changes to the design,...

I don't know. I like to push flying as much as the next guy here, but if you want to fly because you love flying - then is flying really for you? For me, the currency requirements at the club aren't a chore to take care of, it's an excuse to go flying! I didn't mind that my licensing stretched out a...

Damnit, where's the "Awwww" button?

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I've never really seen the Katana/Evolution series of planes in that way. I find them far easier to fly than the Cessnas. I was mostly coming at it from the point of view of energy management, and getting ahead of the airplane. They don't shed energy easily, and if you couple that with the long gli...