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The Spirit of St. Louis was first tested by Lindbergh at Dutch Flats, which was an old flat area in San Diego, north of the current Lindbergh Field. In 2010 I visited the post office near there as there is a plaque marking this location on its wall.

"In short, we are what would be referred to in biology as a domesticated species. We are no longer wild Homo sapiens. Instead, psychologically, many of us have become sheep. Baaa... As sheep -- or, if you prefer domesticated Homo sapiens (Homo sapiens domesticus) or perhaps Homo sapiens...

This time by none other than Dan Gryder https://cowboystatedaily.com/2024/11/23/who-is-d-b-cooper-new-evidence-may-crack-one-of-americas-greatest-mysteries/

More great things coming from private industry - https://www.flyingmag.com/news/civil-aircraft-breaks-sound-barrier-for-first-time-since-concorde/

https://notthebee.com/article/plane-grounded-in-portugal-after-132-hamsters-escape-from-boxes

https://dedaandsons.com/spirit-airlines-files-for-bankruptcy.htm

Clipping the ILS antenna - that’s pretty low! https://www.gatechecked.com/aerosucre-boeing-727-freighter-clips-ils-antenna-while-departing-bogota-9691

50 ton with shielding - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/visions-of-nuclear-powered-cars-captivated-cold-war-america-but-the-technology-never-really-worked-180985437

I assume you know how I view this business about their budget? ;)

I just finished the AOPAs online course. Fairly good graphics and quizzes.

This has turned out to be a much bigger project than I anticipated. For about 6 months impossible to find a DPE. When finally found, I then had to find an instructor with the time. This led me to doing the training in a new airplane type, an SR20, with a glass panel. So I had to get used to...

I think that supervising more DMEs also increases all those good things for a bureaucrat - prestige, power, and pension. I think we could modify that old jingle for Burger King - “the bigger the budget, the better the budget, the budgets are bigger at fedgov”

I don’t know. If people can’t indirectly certify the work of these others, doesn’t that mean there needs to be more certified mechanics to perform the work or certify others? And then more FAA people to certify and check those certified mechanics?

@Richard_Allred Where and what is that plane with the glass panels? I assume that is not a C172 you were training in!

You know, it might just be the opposite. In general, regulations favor large established players, not the small independent person. If you move the supervision downward, you have more people to be supervised. That increases your staff and as a bureaucrat that is a very good thing. It increases...

Yes, it would be nice. And indeed some of us do try and do the right thing regardless. Sadly I think those inclined to go into politics and high level government jobs today are not those kind of people generally. As I mentioned above. I personally prefer to have my aircraft worked on by...

Richard, how is the flying going? Are yu going on to instrument?

I received one to test from the institute. I haven’t found too many uses for it so far. But this looks like a neat application to flight training - https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/general-aviation/2024-10-22/cae-transforming-training-apple-vision-pro-app

I guess it represents mostly a feeling about it more than any real data (which I could be persuaded by, as always). It just seems to me that there are some things and connections you are more likely to notice if you are there in front of the aircraft, rather than having to request a camera being...

Rhetoric aside, as I understand the main issue it is that some mechanics want to be able to supervise remotely using things like Zoom. I personally don’t know that I would want that on my aircraft on most things but maybe would think it ok on some items. So let’s consider the motivations and...