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I didn’t start flying commercially until I was in my early 40’s. I had no trouble finding my first 703 job. I was also in great physical shape. Life experience and maturity counts for a lot, but those 170 lb cylinders of propane and 800 lb pallets of pop won’t load themselves at 5:30 in the morning....

Float driver here looking ahead to summer 2019. Spent the last few seasons flying 185/206’s for small operators I really liked, but with no opportunity for advancement. Good experience 1200 TT (960 hrs floats). I’m looking to step up this summer and wondered if there was any recommended strategy inv...

Welcome to the exciting world of float flying! It’s the most fun you can have with an airplane, imho. Go and get that endorsement and then build time however you can - find a friend to fly with or buy hours through your FTU, if you must. There are also 25 hour “bush flying” courses out there. I’m su...

Lots of accidents have happened because of water meth, not because the system design is no good, but because of human factors. The common error leading to accidents were maintenance personnel inadvertently using the waste liquid barrel to fill up the tanks instead of clean water meth. As dumb as it...

So, I read something today that referenced a “water methanol take-off” in a HS748. I have a vague notion of how this works in auto racing. Was this a common technique and how exactly did it work? Is it strictly a performance thing or did it have other advantages?