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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Apr 2024, 23:30
Replies: 10
Views: 1,237
Posted By 421dog

try here: ...

try here:
https://www.intruderassociation.org/pdf/Vietnam-A-6-Losses.pdf
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
15th Apr 2024, 21:45
Replies: 182
Views: 49,788
Posted By 421dog

Owned a couple of 340’s, not enough useful load...

Owned a couple of 340’s, not enough useful load for commercial use,

flew a Duke for a while… never again

Mu-2 is an awesome bird, flew a Marquise for somebody else

Flew a piper factory 700...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
15th Apr 2024, 21:36
Replies: 182
Views: 49,788
Posted By 421dog

Barons started out with a max gross of around...

Barons started out with a max gross of around 4200#. They progressed in a non pressurized form to the point that with the G 58 and 58tc you’re up around 5800#, but that limited one with 6 pax to...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
15th Apr 2024, 01:30
Replies: 182
Views: 49,788
Posted By 421dog

learned to fly in 19s with a 180 hp upgrade. (And...

learned to fly in 19s with a 180 hp upgrade. (And a few 23s)
Wonderful trainer. It was a pussycat until one did something stupid, at which point it stalled and broke into a real spin if you didn’t...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
11th Apr 2024, 10:43
Replies: 182
Views: 49,788
Posted By 421dog

[QUOTE..,Has Beechcraft ever made any aeroplanes...

[QUOTE..,Has Beechcraft ever made any aeroplanes which were not joys to fly.?[/QUOTE]

You’ve obviously never been forced to fly a pressurized Baron.
Forum: Tech Log
8th Apr 2024, 22:45
Replies: 13
Views: 1,222
Posted By 421dog

look forward to seeing your blurb in accidents...

look forward to seeing your blurb in accidents etc…
Forum: Tech Log
8th Apr 2024, 20:27
Replies: 13
Views: 1,222
Posted By 421dog

Not true at all.. in a 172, I hold a constant...

Not true at all..
in a 172, I hold a constant back pressure until the airplane starts flying. I absolutely do not “rotate” at a given speed.
On the other hand, in a big plane, with a real VR, I...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
8th Apr 2024, 18:55
Replies: 14
Views: 1,235
Posted By 421dog

What is the 1830 off of? I have a plethora of...

What is the 1830 off of?
I have a plethora of radial mechanics in my circle who should be able to tell you exactly what is needed for nothing more than a smile…
Forum: Tech Log
8th Apr 2024, 18:39
Replies: 13
Views: 1,222
Posted By 421dog

“Rotating” in a single engine piston aircraft is...

“Rotating” in a single engine piston aircraft is commonly taught, but is a remarkably bad idea. A few extra kgs here or there can change ones whole perspective.
It’s pervasive, but it’s because the...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Mar 2024, 15:41
Replies: 21
Views: 4,865
Posted By 421dog

Yeah, where can I find those lovely high voltage...

Yeah, where can I find those lovely high voltage capacitors filled with PCBs that I could charge beyond their capacity, make them break down and they’d just recharge and take it? Now, they break...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
21st Mar 2024, 13:58
Replies: 55
Views: 9,181
Posted By 421dog

Back in the 80s, I worked in Northern Manitoba...

Back in the 80s, I worked in Northern Manitoba during the summers.
Air Manitoba, and to a lesser extent, Perimeter, used to fly YWG to YGO and later, as charters, YWG to our strip at the East end of...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
19th Mar 2024, 04:05
Replies: 19
Views: 1,572
Posted By 421dog

A million years ago, at the University of...

A million years ago, at the University of Illinois Flight Institute, it was common practice that one would be given “disciplinary vectors” if one didn’t keep the pattern tight.
Wasn’t considered...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Mar 2024, 19:53
Replies: 8
Views: 2,069
Posted By 421dog

This side of the pond, I’ll meet you and take you...

This side of the pond, I’ll meet you and take you to dinner if you’re someplace within a tank of gas in a T-28, a T-6 or BT.:.
I got my License in 1983 so I’m ten years behind you.:.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
7th Feb 2024, 03:03
Replies: 15
Views: 5,170
Posted By 421dog

He was obviously continuing to make a substantial...

He was obviously continuing to make a substantial bit of power throughout the attempted landing. (And ultimate “adjustable arresting gear”engagement)

If I know I’m not going to make it off a...
Forum: Medical & Health
17th Jan 2024, 04:48
Replies: 1
Views: 548
Posted By 421dog

In the US, not an issue

In the US, not an issue
Forum: Medical & Health
17th Jan 2024, 00:48
Replies: 8
Views: 1,174
Posted By 421dog

This shouldn’t be shut down. it is an immediate...

This shouldn’t be shut down.
it is an immediate Threat to world air safety, and needs to be discussed.
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Jan 2024, 11:32
Replies: 73
Views: 28,294
Posted By 421dog

Wouldn’t argue with that, or maybe if it was a...

Wouldn’t argue with that, or maybe if it was a busy crappy day, I might just be quiet…
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Jan 2024, 11:20
Replies: 132
Views: 72,542
Posted By 421dog

Had a bad afternoon one day 20 years or so ago...

Had a bad afternoon one day 20 years or so ago where I did a precautionary shut down and cross-fed to the running engine.
Got everything sorted and, upon taking off the next morning, even though I...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Jan 2024, 11:08
Replies: 73
Views: 28,294
Posted By 421dog

I am not trolling or picking a fight, but your...

I am not trolling or picking a fight, but your grammar, usage and spelling really isn’t up to snuff. You are casting aspersions and not really being a paragon of clear communication in this post....
Forum: ATC Issues
15th Jan 2024, 19:19
Replies: 7
Views: 1,178
Posted By 421dog

Sure, why not?

Sure, why not?
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
15th Jan 2024, 14:19
Replies: 21
Views: 2,856
Posted By 421dog

Over here, all you need is a third….

Over here, all you need is a third….
Forum: Medical & Health
15th Jan 2024, 09:58
Replies: 8
Views: 1,174
Posted By 421dog

Still trying to figure out the change to “notice...

Still trying to figure out the change to “notice to air missions”
Forum: Medical & Health
15th Jan 2024, 09:04
Replies: 11
Views: 2,496
Posted By 421dog

Over here, the Feds are gonna want a Bode...

Over here, the Feds are gonna want a Bode Protocol treadmill or a Dobutamine Stress Echo (or some other radiographic stress test)

i wouldn’t sweat it too much
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
14th Jan 2024, 21:04
Replies: 17
Views: 1,387
Posted By 421dog

In the US (and I’m a senior AME who does a bunch...

In the US (and I’m a senior AME who does a bunch of Class 1 medicals), if the airman can’t read anything in the eye chart (20/200 is the lowest resolution on my machine) we record it as such and then...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
14th Jan 2024, 20:54
Replies: 47
Views: 16,120
Posted By 421dog

Stabilized approach, look at the far end of the...

Stabilized approach, look at the far end of the runway and hold it off until it stops flying…
Flare or not, that’s how you avoid bending them. That guy was in a hurry and planted the aircraft in an...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Jan 2024, 10:44
Replies: 32
Views: 14,216
Posted By 421dog

The habit, in the ‘80s and ‘90s of using white...

The habit, in the ‘80s and ‘90s of using white spray paint to outline the road kill from combi wrecks was endearing (inuring?), and made me damned sure to put my full face helmet on even for a jaunt...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
14th Jan 2024, 10:06
Replies: 17
Views: 1,387
Posted By 421dog

You still have to correct to 20/20 distant and...

You still have to correct to 20/20 distant and 20/40 near/intermediate for a first class with acceptable phorias. Nobody much cares what your uncorrected vision is.
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
14th Jan 2024, 06:41
Replies: 61
Views: 8,610
Posted By 421dog

Well, YYZ is unmatched (from a Canadian...

Well, YYZ is unmatched (from a Canadian standpoint anyway)👍
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
13th Jan 2024, 23:02
Replies: 5
Views: 1,524
Posted By 421dog

Flew there a few times on charters in aerostars...

Flew there a few times on charters in aerostars and 421’s. Needed to have the avgas barged in, as they don’t seek it there.

Really nice people.
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jan 2024, 19:59
Replies: 49
Views: 13,540
Posted By 421dog

The guy who needs a wheelbarrow for his wedding...

The guy who needs a wheelbarrow for his wedding tackle….
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Jan 2024, 19:31
Replies: 32
Views: 14,216
Posted By 421dog

In the ‘70s I saw Flanders and Swann in a cabaret...

In the ‘70s I saw Flanders and Swann in a cabaret in Pretoria. Had a half of bottle of Stein (as a 16 y/o) and was convinced I had arrived.
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jan 2024, 19:02
Replies: 49
Views: 13,540
Posted By 421dog

An acquaintance of mine flew Hueys in vietnam. ...

An acquaintance of mine flew Hueys in vietnam. He has seven DFCs. After he got out he became an electrician for the Post Office for the next 30 years.
Against his wishes, he was named to the...
Forum: Tech Log
13th Jan 2024, 17:59
Replies: 5
Views: 1,072
Posted By 421dog

Just breathe deeply and realize big brother is...

Just breathe deeply and realize big brother is looking out for you😇
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
13th Jan 2024, 12:03
Replies: 59
Views: 14,502
Posted By 421dog

So I’m a Surgeon. Our Mantra is: “see one do one...

So I’m a Surgeon. Our Mantra is: “see one do one teach one”. That’s pretty much my intro into commercial aviation. I hit up a local flight instructor who had a night gig at a check flying operation...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Jan 2024, 11:49
Replies: 32
Views: 14,216
Posted By 421dog

I think that those of us who have lived in SA and...

I think that those of us who have lived in SA and enjoyed the country with White, Black, and Coulored colleagues, all of whom seemed to be pretty happy, are bemoaning the fact that the country with a...
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