https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/retired-fighter-pilot-selling-hand-built-p-40-warhawk/vi-AA1IWPEH?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=efead2a4b47c406aa53e4a7e05fd3706&ei=64 Came across this today randomly. I knew him from MRC days, (back before it was a U) and good to see he is still kicking. Does an...

Carbon tax and other taxes. They don’t do that sh1t south of the border. I saw gas for 2.89 a gallon. That’s a lot cheaper than we pay. But that's not everywhere. I've seen it also close to $4.00 USD/gallon in places. The thing people are forgetting when they cheer Canada joining the US for lower t...

rookiepilot wrote: ↑Sun Jan 12, 2025 12:18 pm
So why can’t we store 25 hours of voice and data on a CVR?

A different medium of storing data that prioritizes survivability over volume of data. If i remember correctly, these still use a metal tape. Mechanically they're still more similar to an 8track player than your iphone.

Canada should join the Russian federation and China for it's defense, the americans want our country so they can steal our natural resources like they are stealing oil in Syria for the last ten years or more. The americans now have a criminal as president,he should be in jail not in the white house...

Depends on who you are. If you own a FBO, you'd be getting some of that sweet, sweet government money from a military fuel contract. If you're anyone else like a working pilot or AME it would turn out worse when you have to renegotiate your wage when you have to lose part of it to pay for a health p...

The term ‘51st state’ is getting used a lot, maybe as part of the beginnings of a sell job, but I can’t imagine we’d be anything more than cold Puerto Rico. Hard pass. Indeed. I couldn't imagine a lot of Americans would want 8 new blue states to the union (and two possible red states) I can't see e...

The term ‘51st state’ is getting used a lot, maybe as part of the beginnings of a sell job, but I can’t imagine we’d be anything more than cold Puerto Rico. Hard pass. Indeed. I couldn't imagine a lot of Americans would want 8 new blue states to the union (and two possible red states) I can't see e...

And when it comes to defense, the Americans need us... I'm still laughing out loud Bob. Please, give us some more. I hate to tell you this, but they do. Canada being a stable country saves the US a ton of money, and while they defend us to a good degree, that's also because we provide a ton of buff...

Seasonal slowdowns are only for seasonal work. Seaplanes, tour operators, skydiving, summer based charter work (lodges), wildfires, etc. To be fair though, the seasonal jobs are a large chunk of low time entry jobs, especially when you throw survey work into that group. There is a general slowdown ...

Bede wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2024 10:31 am Thanks for posting.

Key point :

“ANY TRAFFIC IN THE AREA, PLEASE ADVISE” are not recognized phraseology and should not be used. Any traffic that is present at the time of a report should reply without being prompted to do so.

Five stars, no notes.

pelmet wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2024 11:48 am

Thanks,

Any more details on fuel management would be appreciated.

I really can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not.

‘Bob’ wrote:
Better to borrow someone else’s airplane.

If it flies, floats or f@#*s, its cheaper to rent.

Case closed. In case some one is wondering, thats the wrong position for the selectors if you wanted both engines to feed from the right side. Side note, the fuel in the outboard tank suggests the pilot either wasnt aware of how to manage the navajo fuel system or was careless. Generally you run the...

Not a good year for Navajos. Plane is registered to Airborne Energy Solutions. Knew the guy who used to own it, but he passed on a few years back.

You presume the autopilot was on. Maybe a 777 in the clag, but a Ho on clear day? The other option would be then that the pilot rolled the trim in. That would indicate supreme incompetence. There exists fhe possibility the pilot had a lapse in attention, stalled the airplane, didnt recognize the st...

and frankly lack of muscle… . No way she couldn’t outmuscle a Navajo. No one can handle the airplane at full trim forever and have a hand free. I dont care how big or strong you think you are. Go try it next time you're flying, trim it full and see how long you can keep it level. Now try to take a ...

Squaretail, I blew this up for you and added the slope line. I think this seat has been modded to get it out of the way for entry through the pilot door. I don't think it was shot in the middle of maintenance. It's parked on a ramp, not in a hangar. The airstair isn't down. https://i.postimg.cc/bdt...

I can accept that a seat malfunction, or mishandling may contribute, but if it did we should have seen auto roll the wheel to full nose down if she didnt let go of the yoke. The auto doesnt need to malfunction to get a bad aircraft state, and yes it can be turned off, you would be surprised at how m...

I don't know if this happens to anybody else here, but when I make a reply or reply in a quote, and hit Submit, it says I have to log in to do that. I'm already logged in. My reply disappears and can't be found. What the...? Is it time to go exclusively to PPRune? There is some fairly key new info....

You know a whole lot bud. Blow that photo up. Have a look at the seat back. I never noticed that before, i didnt zoom in. However, the seat backs in the navajo pilot seats do not recline. If i was to guess, though is too hard to tell from the photo, thats a seat sitting in there not installed. Henc...

Here's another photo that gives some insights. https://i.postimg.cc/nXbtxK86/C-GKSI.jpg Squaretail, is there anything you see that might assist this discussion? By the photo it looks like that aircraft had the panther mod, which among other things, has vgs which make its low speed handling better. ...

You guys have no clue and are just desperately grabbing at straws. How much navajo time do you have? Still say that you guys are just making wildass guesses as to how the trim got to its final position with no evidence to back it up. Just because something happened to you is not a guarantee that it...

You guys have no clue and are just desperately grabbing at straws. How much navajo time do you have? Here's a little secret. Ive taken off with a mistrimmed navajo before. A couple of times for that matter, each time because maintenance was fucking with stuff and a weak point in the system is the n...

Many moons ago when I flew a PA31-350, I did a maint flight where an avionics tech attempted to fix the autopilot. With it engaged, it started oscillating in pitch, in increasing severity. It got to the point where it was going from 20-30 degrees nose up to same nose down. It doesn't explain the ba...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89eUKcEZxgM Juan Browne Video I think the explanation that checks all the boxes is seat slide back or seat back failure. I am not sure that the typical seat slide back also results in electric trim operation at the same time. I suppose anything is possible. First a s...