Do you want to just safety pilot each other and knock out some approaches?

11/6/2022 11:28:07 AM

Yeah that'd be cool. I need to still rent and check out so they'd let me fly

11/6/2022 12:11:52 PM

Finally found someone there. What do you fly when you fly there? Will probably get on the schedule this week.

11/7/2022 7:26:41 AM

I did my instrument rating in 99T (Cherokee 140). I’ve flown the warriors some.

I’m thinking about joining navy flying club so I can fly their Arrow when I need something IFR equipped, or need to carry more than the RV can do, or just until we get the RV registration sorted out.

11/7/2022 11:38:07 PM

Pretty horrifying video of a B-17 crashing at an airshow today.
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-plane-crash-dallas-executive-airport-rbd/287-1d54f7a6-05ad-40ee-a02b-961874c52bea

11/12/2022 5:06:50 PM

Yeah shit was crazy. Happened here in metroplex

11/13/2022 2:50:46 AM

Flew from FL to CA in a Piper Arrow, stopping at (among other places) Arches, Zion, Bryce Canyon, and Grand Canyon National Parks (and flew over the Grand Canyon). Bullhead City/Laughlin in AZ/NV. Currently stuck in Mohave, CA awaiting a repair to the door latch/hinge--the door isn't closing tightly.

Hopefully head to Big Sur and fly down the CA coast tomorrow. Planning on Van Nuys and then eventually Austin/San Antonio if we can get the problem fixed in time.

3/16/2023 1:39:13 AM

Stop in KSZP for a cool old airport vibe. Couple of people on US aerobatic team around and lots of decathlons. KCMA has the best lunch if it's not packed. Big Sur is pretty awesome if the marine layer isn't socked in. Land at Hearst castle and say you know Lady Gaga.

3/16/2023 7:50:17 PM

^^
Seems like a really small plane for such a long flight

3/18/2023 12:14:40 AM

^^ Didn't see that post until it was too late.

^ Yeah, I wouldn't want to do it in any less airplane. As it was, we had to pack light, and it took about 40 hours (including the ground time...prob more like mid/upper 30s actually in the air. That was also with doing a lot of short flights, like 2 hours or less, which is less time efficient).

One of the biggest things was the lack of performance at altitude and lack of ability to climb over clouds in freezing conditions. Something like a turbo Arrow, turbo Mooney, or best of all turbo Bonanza--with onboard oxygen--would make it an easy trip.

3/25/2023 5:05:21 PM

Friday, got to fly a 1933-build DeHavilland Tiger Moth. This particular plane (G-AOEI) was used in some capacity in France in 1939 - 1940 and then was part of the evacuation at Dunkirk.

6/18/2023 4:07:19 PM

^thanks for sharing, pretty interesting wikipedia

6/18/2023 7:52:34 PM

^^ Sweet. I love flying taildraggers.

Speaking of which, we [I]finally[/I] got the RV-4 registered. What a disaster. It took between 2.5-3 years, and apparently that's just normal. The only way we got it done was to hire a title company in Oklahoma City by the FAA. They hired a guy inside the FAA, and magically it actually gets processed. Before that, they'd take 6-7 months to even look at the paperwork, and then they'd find some stupid piddly thing they didn't like and send it back. Rinse and repeat for years, which is apparently typical.

Over the weekend, I got my 5 hour insurance checkout in an RV-4. So, I think as soon as our A&P/IA replaces some wingtip strobes (minor surgery--cutting the wingtips and doing some fiberglass work) and then a weight & balance, I think we'll be flying. Finally.

6/19/2023 6:23:00 PM

So...I was at the Reno Air Races over the weekend when the midair happened. I didn't see them hit each other or hit the ground, but turned back and saw just as the dust plumes were rising from the two impact sites.

9/21/2023 11:21:56 PM

Flew my RV4 for the first time today. It's been a 4.5 year project.

Looking through the logs, I don't think this bird has flown since 2007, and not much for a year or two before that.

This is me about to start up, with my airplane partner's kids jumping in the picture:

3/29/2024 11:26:30 PM

Awesome man! Congrats on getting her in the air!

3/31/2024 7:16:51 PM

4/1/2024 5:17:53 PM

4/28/2024 3:58:25 PM

(here's the one just before starting up for first flight in 16.5 years. Partner's kids are in foreground. He was there ready to drag me out of the wreckage, render first aid, and call the ambulance if things went wrong.)

4/28/2024 4:01:46 PM

hella stall

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/video-shows-passenger-plane-crashing-in-brazil-216844869649

8/9/2024 5:36:26 PM

whoa. what in the hell happened to have a commuter airliner like that end up in a flat spin??!

8/9/2024 7:55:18 PM

I have a something something removed uncle who's super into aviation. We went to a museum with him once in DC or Maryland, and he had so much to say and teach about everything we saw from the histories of some iconic planes to the mechanics and physics of old engines. I learned a lot that day and I like visiting museums in general but being there with him made it so much more memorable.

8/11/2024 4:15:36 PM

I’ve put something in the ballpark of 150 hours on the RV-4 now.

Shat a cylinder a couple of months ago at about 50’ agl near the departure end of a runway. Fortunately I had a lot of speed and was able to rip it around, declare an emergency with tower, and land opposite direction. Not a total engine failure, but it wasn’t really making useful power. 1.3/10, do not recommend.

12/3/2024 10:08:07 PM

My last flight was in Nov 2023. IFR to New Braunfels from PNS to drop off my plane with its new owner. I've been playing A&P with my 3 year olds Lego airplanes to maintain currency.

12/4/2024 1:29:29 PM

damn, and had a blown tire today.

I was a little concerned a taildragger was gonna be a wild ride on landing with a blown tire, but it wasn't bad.

12/12/2024 8:24:31 PM

A wheel landing would have been. Did you know on take off?

12/13/2024 11:57:28 AM

I felt a pull to the side and like something was holding me back a little on a touch and go. I gave it full power and got it off the ground, then brought it home for the slowest 3-point I could do, tailwheel first.

12/14/2024 11:15:37 AM

Thoughts on Korea? Could the fleet get grounded?

12/29/2024 12:58:17 AM

It landed gear up and then slid off the runway. Could have been gear failure or pilot fuck up. I haven't followed it. I assume they would have tapes confirming gear was inoperative with the tower and arrangements would be made.

I am not familiar with the gear system on the plane but find it kind of hard to believe it would be possible to land gear up given the risk to everyone on the plane.

Edit: yep, malfunction , maybe bird strike https://avherald.com/h?article=52225189

[Edited on December 29, 2024 at 8:54 AM. Reason : A]

12/29/2024 8:53:08 AM

it seems crazy, but I have to wonder if they just forgot to configure due to distraction by damage from the bird strike(s)

12/29/2024 12:15:50 PM

The video you can hear the engines running. People are saying only 1 thrust reverser deployed

From what I’ve read even if the engines were windmilling this would generate hydraulic power for landing gear… and these landing gear are gravity deployed anyway. Doesn’t seem like a bird strike would cause that kind of failure? Maybe the brakes weren’t working so they thought to just slide in?

Seems like massive pilot error regardless. But if a bird strike caused a landing gear failure somehow that seems like a major issue

12/29/2024 10:04:36 PM

I'm not specifically familiar with the 737, but in every other jet I have experience in, a windmilling engine will provide hydraulic power. However, that goes away after landing; you need a certain airspeed to windmill the engine enough for hydraulics. Of course, that's irrelevant specifically in regard to gear extension, as you can't extend the gear after landing. Also, you said the engines are running.

Also, I've never heard of a multi-engine turbine powered airplane that couldn't operate the hydraulics from either engine if you lost an engine...and a 737 pilot friend confirmed that losing 1 engine wouldn't cost you the hyds in a 737 when I was texting him this morning.

Also, there is no way the gear extension in a 737 is by gravity. That may be a backup emergency method (it is in some airplanes; others have a pneumatic backup), but I guarantee that gear extension is hydraulic.

12/29/2024 10:49:12 PM

From nyt

Quote :

"As the plane was preparing to land, the airport warned the pilots about a potential bird strike, said Ju Jong-wan, a director of aviation policy at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Around this time, witnesses heard loud explosion-like sounds, MBC-TV reported. The channel broadcast footage showing flames trailing briefly from one of the plane’s engines. The plane issued a mayday alert shortly after the warning from the airport, then crash-landed, Mr. Ju said. The pilot aborted his first attempt at landing and with permission from the control tower, was landing from the opposite direction when the disaster happened, officials said. Planes were allowed to land from both directions at the airport, they said. The muddy tidal flats near Muan and much of the west coast of the Korean Peninsula are favorite resting places for migrant birds. Photographs in local media showed flocks of birds flying near the airport on Sunday. Evidence suggested that the aircraft encountered a flock of birds during its approach, leading to suspected bird ingestion into the engines, said Marco Chan, a senior lecturer in aviation operations at the U.K.-based Buckinghamshire New University. The damage may have caused a hydraulic system failure, which could explain the inability to deploy the landing gear, Mr. Chan said in an analysis emailed by his university. The plane also did not appear to have activated its wing flaps, said Keith Tonkin, the managing director of Aviation Projects, an aviation consulting company in Brisbane, Australia, who reviewed video of the crash. That meant it was traveling faster than normal landing speed when it belly flopped on the runway, he said."

I need to google why planes engines cause landing gear not to function and it will probably make more sense

12/30/2024 12:24:55 AM

Gear and flaps are almost always hydraulically actuated in an airplane of any decent size, and the hydraulic pumps are generally powered by the accessory gearbox on each engine. They are usually redundant on a multi engine airplane (as are the generators for electrical power)

12/30/2024 12:41:54 AM

I just watched the video finally.

They went off the side of the runway. It doesn’t look like they are making any rudder inputs whatsoever to keep it on the runway.

That makes em wonder even more if they just forgot to configure and then went “oh shit oh shit oh shit oh shit” when they touched down and realized they were gear-up.

12/30/2024 1:02:00 AM

So is the bird strike a red herring? Or bird strike led to their forgetfulness/oh shitness?

12/30/2024 1:40:22 AM

^ highly probable that it's either of those.

12/30/2024 9:38:28 AM

Yea I think the pilots got overwhelmed with the "we have to get down now" and they didn't work the checklists. In the video when they had the compressor stall happen they had flaps deployed but gear were not down. The 738 has the ability to deploy flaps electrically even if hydraulics failed and the gear can even be dropped manually as well, but again, it is a bit slow. Sounds like the flight crew panicked, tried to get her down ASAP, and fucked up the landing and got into ground effect for a bit before touching down. I wish we had ATC audio so we could see what they were communicating and why they didn't check in to let the flight crew know their gear weren't deployed.

Really sucks that this situation was made worse by the fucking Rwy 10 localizer on that raised dirt mound at the end of the runway to get over their concrete perimeter wall. Hindsight is 20/20 obviously, but it sure seems like if they had just flown the pattern back around and landed on Rwy 10 they would have had more time to work through the checklists, maybe not forget to get the flaps and gear down, and even if they hadn't or couldn't they would have had an easier overrun as the other localizer isn't on such a massive hill.

12/31/2024 4:34:51 PM

Right. Lots of speculation and spotty information, but that's what I think is most likely, too. I think they likely made a whole series of fuck-ups.

A gear malfunction shouldn't end up fatal. A bird strike in a 737 shouldn't, either, other than a Sullenburger scenario or something, or if one penetrated the cockpit. Both of them together generally shouldn't.

The whole thing is a head-scratcher.

[Edited on December 31, 2024 at 6:21 PM. Reason : I also wonder why they did a go-around for a bird strike.]

12/31/2024 6:19:52 PM

After watching the video idk how the hell the 2 flight attendants survived

[Edited on December 31, 2024 at 6:34 PM. Reason : Add another space]

12/31/2024 6:33:59 PM

they were probably in the very back of the jet, which is generally the best odds I think (and in this case, I think the tail was pretty much the only thing left)

12/31/2024 10:51:02 PM

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDN9mOTSor_/?igsh=ZzI5eDhmMjR4ZDh0

This has to be the coolest job a civilian pilot can have

1/9/2025 10:51:51 PM

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEoxW4ix8X0/?igsh=MWl2aTF1N3M5NnJiZw==

1/10/2025 11:05:52 AM

^^ yeah it's epically bad ass:

See all of them:
https://www.flightradar24.com/34.10,-118.63/11

1/10/2025 6:42:09 PM

Alright, I got checked out yesterday in a Cherokee 140 with a 160 hp STC. It's not the coolest bird I've ever flown, BUT it has a very nice, new Garmin glass avionics setup and it's only $100/hour (107 w/ tax) dry (so prob something like $150/hr all-in), hangared up at 2R4.

If you ever want to split time in it, let me know. I mostly fly my RV4, but I got into this thing so I can stay IFR current after dropping my membership at the Navy Flying Club. Speaking of which, I need to go log 2 more approaches before 1/30, so I don't have to get an IPC.

[Edited on January 21, 2025 at 10:46 AM. Reason : ]

1/21/2025 10:45:53 AM