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by RedAndWhiteBaron
Mon Jul 05, 2021 9:06 am
Forum: Porter Airlines
Topic: Porter Airlines shifts restart of flights date to June 29
Replies: 207
Views: 57843

Re: Porter Airlines shifts restart of flights date to June 29

Do they really, really and for true, mean it this time?

I don't blame them for it really, but by god, they've pushed this date back so many times now, I'm not putting any stock in it until I actually see them flying.
by RedAndWhiteBaron
Mon Jul 05, 2021 6:18 am
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Happy Treason Day!
Replies: 44
Views: 11978

Re: Happy Treason Day!

As a foreigner here, I have not felt welcomed at all. Lived in the states for a number of years (not american) very very welcoming. And don't sit there and tell me that I feel welcomed. I hardly know an expat here who feels welcomed by the canadians. I can't speak for everyone, but speaking for mys...
by RedAndWhiteBaron
Sun Jul 04, 2021 7:03 pm
Forum: Covid
Topic: Sky-high housing prices causing psychological harm
Replies: 16
Views: 2169

Re: Sky-high housing prices causing psychological harm

rookiepilot wrote: Sat Jul 03, 2021 2:14 pm I don’t respect journalists.
That's a pretty broad statement - without journalists, power answers to no-one. Sure, the majority of them are clickbait chasing vultures, but this world would be a far worse place without the good ones.
by RedAndWhiteBaron
Sun Jul 04, 2021 6:40 pm
Forum: Covid
Topic: 3 BA pilots died following their 2nd jab this last week
Replies: 302
Views: 23322

Re: 3 BA pilots died following their 2nd jab this last week

altiplano wrote: Sat Jul 03, 2021 10:50 am You call challenging what are clearly fascist ideas that seek to place one class above another class based on what are private and personal decisions an attack and personal insult? Hardly.
No, but calling people batshit crazy because they disagree with you is.
by RedAndWhiteBaron
Sat Jul 03, 2021 10:15 am
Forum: Covid
Topic: 3 BA pilots died following their 2nd jab this last week
Replies: 302
Views: 23322

Re: 3 BA pilots died following their 2nd jab this last week

What do you mean "take the risk" you guys are going to length to say that there is no risk from vaccines. No. We go to length to say the vaccine carries less risk than the virus. You guys are bat shit crazy. Go to China if you don't want to live in a free society. Personal attacks will not help you...
by RedAndWhiteBaron
Fri Jul 02, 2021 10:13 pm
Forum: Covid
Topic: 3 BA pilots died following their 2nd jab this last week
Replies: 302
Views: 23322

Re: 3 BA pilots died following their 2nd jab this last week

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/long-term-effects.html I suggest you read about the long term effects of COVID and make your decision after being informed. As far as I'm concerned, the amount of people getting COVID is small enough not to worry. Moreso, it's mostly the unvaccinated who ar...
by RedAndWhiteBaron
Fri Jul 02, 2021 10:09 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: 737 in the water off Hawaii
Replies: 25
Views: 6693

Re: 737 in the water off Hawaii

photofly wrote: Fri Jul 02, 2021 10:50 am Not enough checklists.
Wrong. It was their instructor's fault.
by RedAndWhiteBaron
Fri Jul 02, 2021 7:24 pm
Forum: Covid
Topic: 3 BA pilots died following their 2nd jab this last week
Replies: 302
Views: 23322

Re: 3 BA pilots died following their 2nd jab this last week

https://www.expatica.com/pt/news/lisbon-court-rules-only-0-9-of-verified-cases-actually-died-of-covid-100196/ Lisbon court rules only 0.9% of ‘verified cases’ actually died of Covid Published on June 28, 2021 Following a citizen’s petition, a Lisbon court was forced to provide verified Covid-19 mor...
by RedAndWhiteBaron
Fri Jul 02, 2021 12:53 pm
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: Drag Curve - Best range
Replies: 22
Views: 1582

Re: Drag Curve - Best range

Yep, I see it now. Took a bit of head scratching but now it seems obvious. Digit's method will find best endurance.
by RedAndWhiteBaron
Fri Jul 02, 2021 12:28 pm
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: Drag Curve - Best range
Replies: 22
Views: 1582

Re: Drag Curve - Best range

As I understand, the method Digits describes will in fact approximate the power setting at the point where the tangent passes through the origin. No, it doesn't. Okay, how about a theoretical exercise then? Where would you think that the exercise would land you on the power curve? I think it would ...
by RedAndWhiteBaron
Fri Jul 02, 2021 12:14 pm
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: Drag Curve - Best range
Replies: 22
Views: 1582

Re: Drag Curve - Best range

In my older notes, I found this description of the technique, which is what I used to try it out: o Start from speed for maximum endurance o Add power 100 RPM at a time, let airspeed stabilize and trim  look at the airspeed increase o Continue until the largest increase in airspeed for a 100 RPM i...
by RedAndWhiteBaron
Thu Jul 01, 2021 9:26 pm
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: Drag Curve - Best range
Replies: 22
Views: 1582

Re: Drag Curve - Best range

Wouldn't this work for fixed pitch props: - fly at lowest rpm that keeps you airborne (gives you your best endurance speed as well) - add 50 rpm, note airspeed increase. - repeat, keep track of airspeed increase (eg 2 kts) - once the airspeed increase decreases, you found your max range setting I b...
by RedAndWhiteBaron
Thu Jul 01, 2021 5:37 pm
Forum: Covid
Topic: 3 BA pilots died following their 2nd jab this last week
Replies: 302
Views: 23322

Re: 3 BA pilots died following their 2nd jab this last week

I really should have invested in popcorn futures when this pandemic started.
by RedAndWhiteBaron
Thu Jul 01, 2021 5:17 pm
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: Drag Curve - Best range
Replies: 22
Views: 1582

Re: Drag Curve - Best range

Energy is also wasted as heat. I don't know the general rule for aero engines, but for liquid cooled automotive engines, around ⅔ of the energy produced is turned into heat rather than forward movement. So even if we accept that fuel quantity is proportional to energy, the assumption that the requir...
by RedAndWhiteBaron
Tue Jun 29, 2021 8:55 pm
Forum: Covid
Topic: 3 BA pilots died following their 2nd jab this last week
Replies: 302
Views: 23322

Re: 3 BA pilots died following their 2nd jab this last week

Almost 3 billion doses administered globally, and case counts falling everywhere. It's almost as if some folks don't understand the preponderance of evidence... Most folks do not understand the power of statistics manipulation as a tool for rhetoric. (That technique goes back at least 2500 years by...
by RedAndWhiteBaron
Tue Jun 29, 2021 9:58 am
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: Share your secrets on demonstrating a cross-control stall/spin in a C172!
Replies: 13
Views: 1515

Re: Share your secrets on demonstrating a cross-control stall/spin in a C172!

Sure, I get it. But a spin cannot be entered without some element of cross control (required to be un coordinated). That's not entirely true, in my experience. I recently did some spin training in an airframe with washed-in, laminar flow wings. If you stall it in a turn, it spins - almost every tim...
by RedAndWhiteBaron
Sun Jun 27, 2021 10:02 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: AIFs while commuting/jumpseating
Replies: 7
Views: 1258

Re: AIFs while commuting/jumpseating

Sorry... AIF?
by RedAndWhiteBaron
Sun Jun 27, 2021 9:20 pm
Forum: Covid
Topic: 3 BA pilots died following their 2nd jab this last week
Replies: 302
Views: 23322

Re: 3 BA pilots died following their 2nd jab this last week

Almost 3 billion doses administered globally, and case counts falling everywhere.

It's almost as if some folks don't understand the preponderance of evidence...
by RedAndWhiteBaron
Sun Jun 27, 2021 8:20 pm
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: Optimism
Replies: 76
Views: 21404

Re: Optimism

I feel no guilt at all for something that happened many years ago that I had absolutely nothing to do with. People need to stop this whole guilt trip and move on. It’s pathetic. I feel no pride at all for defeating Hitler. It happened many years ago and I had absolutely nothing to do with it. Peopl...
by RedAndWhiteBaron
Sun Jun 27, 2021 7:38 pm
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: Optimism
Replies: 76
Views: 21404

Re: Optimism

I feel no guilt at all for something that happened many years ago that I had absolutely nothing to do with. People need to stop this whole guilt trip and move on. It’s pathetic. I feel no pride at all for defeating Hitler. It happened many years ago and I had absolutely nothing to do with it. Peopl...

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