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So if you find something with drug residue you concoct a theory that the person was trafficking narcotics to fund jihad. Of course that is not even necessary now, the United States is now calling drug cartels terrorist organizations. So this begs the question, what is a terrorist now anyways...

I would be very surprised if that helicopter was actually being operated by the US Army. Though this just goes to show that governments are now a serious danger to civil aircraft.

Well, maybe you need a better STOL aircraft?

So were you able to get the Aerobat down in 150' of runway?

But how will the government protect us from government missiles.

Does seem like a bad place to choose a gear up landing. Wonder if this could be blamed on a culture which readily defers to authority?

Also located: https://www.the-sun.com/news/13169708/biggest-killer-airline-passengers-missiles-azerbaijan-crash-deaths-putin/ https://nypost.com/2024/12/27/world-news/missiles-are-now-the-biggest-killer-of-plane-passengers-report/

I was wondering about this recently, but question if it is actually far worse if suspected missile strikes like MH370 are added. Missiles Are Now the Biggest Killer of Airline Passengers

I recall being asked once if I would go up in the Space Shuttle, to which I responded that a 2.8% mortality rate was not acceptable to me in those circumstances. So by aviation standards I am perhaps fairly risk averse (I get my micromorts elsewhere) Assuming the accuracy of your chart, what...

I do appreciate that we basically all now concede MD took over Boeing with the latter's money. The odd reality though is that Boeing is not really in the business of commercial aircraft anymore than Amazon is in the retail business.

So my brain is decidedly mechanical and I can't understand most analogue technology, let alone digital machines. I did know an aviatrix who decided to rely on her iPad with fairly dire results and could see some value in regulation that dictates basic operating parameters for equipment on...

We need a Hamster Safety Administration to make sure this is never repeated! Better body scanners capable of finding rodents secreted on a human are clearly needed.

DC-8s, Convair 880s and 707s could readily break the sound barrier in a dive I thought? I imagine many modern private jets still can and I have met a few pilots who claim to have done it. I always assumed it was the whisky talking, but it is not inherently incredible that lots of people are...

Saw the same story in the Guardian. It must be recycled from some other source. Odd to see you reading my home state paper Peter? What has always struck me as odd about this, is that "DB Cooper" was either crazy or knew what he was doing. Assuming he knew what he was doing, it seems like a big...

That is fairly close to me. I might try and drop by.

We shall see where the proceeds go, whether to fund federal law enforcement or to Americans whose property was stolen by the communists in Venezuela.

Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3 is in there too. Don't get me wrong, taking the example of Venezuela, I think Maduro is evil, but where does this go in the long run?

So this was slightly amusing on some level, but is actually part of a larger issue now. The WSJ had this story recently also that the Russian government demands $100 million from Canada for seized aircraft. With this type of thing going on now are we seeing the breakdown of the order that has...