ROLL CALL
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Sorry hon - neither one of us will be around when that happens.
C'mon - I'm coming up for the April 15 football scrimmage. We can hang out at Nick's. Bond. Get our pics taken together!
Joe is not going to be happy. Evidently you don't believe in the bro code.
GOLD, Pure Gold coach. I needed this laugh.
When I landed in Mobile yesterday, as I landed, my plane died (bad fuel pump). I've been a little weak kneed and questioning the meaning of life, while being very thankful for the incredible timing the good lord offered my engine failure.
SO, you may want to put me as a game time decision. I've gotta get new boxer briefs. NEXT MAN UP team !
Man you know just when to move in, don't ya? Oh well, if it's for the team then go ahead.
No shit? For realz?
I'm surprised there's no backup or redundancy built in. That's a pretty glaring single point of failure thing.
Yeah, the kids want to do a bucket list trip to Australia. I said, “The only way I’m doing that is if you can drug me enough to put me out for the 20 hours or however long it takes to get there.”
Flights to Ireland and England were bad enough. Awake the entire time and flying is worse now.
Get me a way to drive there and I’m all for it.
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I thought that was Applebees on a Tuesday
For realz.
There is redundancy for the exact instance that this happened to me. Low RPMS during take off and landing. Most of the time (Like MOST MOST MOST) mechanical pumps doesn't fail at high RPMS without showing signs first at low rpms (but you know that). ... Redundancies only work when they are turned on........ I hardly EVER miss a simple step of a procedure, but I over looked it this time. You can bet my sweet ass that I won't over look it again!
Engine outs do happen and every pilot trains for them. That doesn't mean that it isn't.... ummmm, unnerving! You get your shit together and focus real quickly.
So, there's a electric backup that wasn't engaged as part of the landing procedure?
Sounds like you got down and then it crapped out on the tarmac. Yeah, that would be enough to make you go phew, sure am glad that didn't happen at cruising altitude. But if it had you could have kicked the backup on and been okay?
I remeber going up with my Dad as he practiced stalls on a plane he was going to take the whole family on vacation with. First one made me damn near puke, but they were fun after that. Just like a roller coaster.
Basically yes. At a high(er) altitude, no problem! on the Tarmac/ runway/ taxiway, no problem. At 200' - 750' altitude on short final...... could get hairy. If you are on proper glide slope then probably no issue at all, BUT if you screwed the pooch and need to go around for another attempt.... You don't have very many seconds for root cause determination..
Dads with planes and moms with medical degrees. Where’d all that god damn money go?
I'm with ya there ! The first time the instructor reached over and shut the engine off... I was like WTF would you do that? Then I realized that the plane won't jsut fall out of the sky. Suddenly practicing was kinda fun !
He rented, and only on very rare occasions. He didn't stick with it. It was like a five year thing.
My buddy at Bloomington bought a Cessna 3 years ago for $40k. Sold it 2 months ago for $150k. On top of that, his wife is some respiratory therapist and is a complete smoke show! He doesn't do crypto either!
Basically yes. At a high(er) altitude, no problem! on the Tarmac/ runway/ taxiway, no problem. At 200' - 750' altitude on short final...... could get hairy. If you are on proper glide slope then probably no issue at all, BUT if you screwed the pooch and need to go around for another attempt.... You don't have very many seconds for root cause determination..
Gotchya. Yeah, I suspect that small window can be pretty unforgiving without power if you haven't threaded the needle just so.
I don’t want any part of those baby planes. I have a buddy who does that litigation full time in so fla. Those things are always crash landing on highways and roads and swamps down there
Aircraft mechanics are required to be certified to minimize poor maintenance as the cause for plane crashes.
Mine identifies as an A-10. I can straff you in 1:15 from Bloomington! So watch the baby plane horse stuff. 🚀🚀
Yeah, I really thought that fuel pump thing was going to clear my way.....
Holy shit - really? Dude, I can't even imagine. Was it a controlled landing? I assume so, since you're still here. Did you glide in or did you have just enough juice to land?
I'm glad you made it to terra firma in one piece!
Very. The indictment didn't even contain the federal law that was allegedly broken.
They always do this to themselves - get all boned up about FINALLY getting Trump and then.... meh.
You had the team ready to go, though.
They have these things called ships....
I actually looked into a 2 to 3 month cruise from LA to Australia/New Zealand and Pacific Islands, but the timing didn't work out this year.
A friend of mine worked for a guy who sold planes at the Kokomo airport. Said you couldn't believe the weirdos who came from all over the country to buy planes there.
Who would have guessed.
Buying a plane has to be like buying a horse or a boat. The purchase price is just a tiny piece of what it takes to own one.
Oh boy - truer words were never spoken. I've told this before, but I bought a boat after we built a house on Morse Reservoir in '88. First of all, there was a damn DROUGHT that year and the lake dried up. But after that year, we had 'visitors' every weekend and you know who drove them around in the boat AND cleaned up after everyone had gone inside to relax.
Never so happy to get rid of something in my life. When we moved, I bought another boat - used - but they had concierge service at the boat ramp. You call up, have them put the boat in the water, go drive around, park it, and they put it back in the barn - I didn't have to do anything. I enjoyed that a lot more, but it was still a money pit.
It’s obvious you were spared to be on Mac’s team. You realize Mac just returned from a voyage to the Gods, right? He also met a hot mom, who’s going to hit it big in crypto and never leave him. You figure it out. 😎
20 hours? Try 35+ hour travel times. 17 hr individual flights. All social order breaks down. If there is a screaming baby it will be sacrificed. It’s in the small print.
Try being on a flight where you can get drunk and sober up while still in the air.
TRY NOT TAKING A SHIT FOR 18 hrs. Oh yeah. Never a problem. Until it’s a huge problem.
I can put up with a little boredom if it means spending time in Tahiti and Bora Bora.
That's exactly why I haven't done it yet. I've heard horror stories about flying to Singapore. 18 hours to Japan, followed by an 8 hour flight from Tokyo to Singapore.
No thanks.
Yeah my trip back from Egypt was 34. When I got back from Australia I had a wedding the next day. Don’t remember a thing about it. I’m trying to prioritize and get my trips to farthest away in the next couple years. I think Galapagos is next winter. The worst is when you get back and are really close and then get delayed back in the states for hours. Ugh
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