Aviation Forum / General / Aviation / September 2008

Continuation video of yesterday's flight.  A compilation of my
landings ranging from:
Normal Landing
Soft Field Landing touch and go.

Today's flight, figured to video how I preflight my plane.  Comments
here or on the video most welcomed.  Always nice to hear input to make
me a safer pilot!
Preflighting an airplane Part 1

Some of you may have heard of Air Canada 143 [http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=dfJIpA2gv1g] which ran out of fuel in mid air and had to make
an emergency descent at velocities way above the normal limits. The
pilot's makeshift technique was to engage a sideslip to decelerate the

Set fire to the IRS and Federal Reserve building in Washington D.C. and
bulldoze the ashes into the Potomac
That is real "Change"

I count around six posts in a row about aviation, with almost all of the
responses actually related to the topic.
Common factor- no Anthony Atkielski. When asked a logical question, Bertie
gives reasonable and factual answers based upon knowledge and experience.

This should make things interesting
The Klan will, however, have pamphlets and membership
applications on hand for any audience members who happen
to share the Klansmen's views. Some examples of those views:

"KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) -- The jarring sound a helicopter made when it
crashed into a suburban home left neighbors shaken and confused,
telling 911 operators they heard a loud noise and saw flames but
didn't know what had happened.

Just finished watching the press release. Any thoughts on the LR30's
accident?

This should make things interesting
The Klan will, however, have pamphlets and membership
applications on hand for any audience members who happen
to share the Klansmen's views. Some examples of those views:

I was talking recently with someone who said that their company needs
to send a few (5-6) people to do some work in Angola from Atlanta and
complained about the difficulty of flying there commercially.  This
made me curious about what it would take to do this in a private jet.

Supporters:
Sockpuppets

I have been at various airshows, flyins, etc where CAP cadets and adults
were present in uniform.
As the civilian auxiliary of the Air Force are they expected to salute
officers etc? Are members of the Air Force supposed to salute CAP members of

Who would have thought Maxi in its (pronoun intended) various
embodiments and Bertie's exchanges would have been enough to keep Mx
away? Of course the overall quality has diminished, which has to be
the goal of the 'I have to type the last word' nutcases, but still

More FAILED Aviation Administration News
Little ones are raining down all over
Soon it will be big ones
(Study NASA/Post Challenger for the fate of FAA)