Even for a medium-distance domestic flight(e.g, SEA-TPA), I always fight for a stopover of an hour or more. Usually very hard to get.

(Written on 11/15/2019)(Permalink)

I took my instrument checkride in actual IMC. Ah, the good old days.

(Written on 09/27/2019)(Permalink)

Great article in the NYT by William Langewiesche (anyone who doesn't recognize that name has no business reading this page) bemoaning the lack of airmanship that (among other things) brought down the 2 MAXes. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/18/magazine/boeing-737-max-crashes.html

(Written on 09/27/2019)(Permalink)

Follow the money. Messing with the landing gear on the 737 is a huge engineering problem. Clever software can compensate for a lot of quirks like this, and I suspect we've only begun to see SDA - Software Defined Aerodynamics/Aircraft/etc. I understand some advanced aircraft cannot be hand-flown at all, and we're getting to that point in more common applications.

(Written on 09/06/2019)(Permalink)

сбалансированная длина лётного поля, anyone?

(Written on 08/30/2019)(Permalink)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSVC2eWO_nw

(Written on 08/30/2019)(Permalink)

OTOH, I'll ask for one, and enjoy the extra room and better service -- for a while at least.

(Written on 05/11/2019)(Permalink)

Yeah, a buddy who was stationed there said "there was a woman behind every tree."

(Written on 12/28/2018)(Permalink)

I hesitate to say "me, too" but me, too. On a flight from KJYO to JAX, we were over a solid cloud deck, bright moon above, and late at night -- absolutely gorgeous. I asked my copilot to watch the store while I snoozed. He said sure, so off I went. I woke up about 1/2 hour later, and looked to my right to see him sound asleep. Last time that ever happened.

(Written on 11/30/2018)(Permalink)

If SWA doesn't go there, I don't either.

(Written on 08/18/2017)(Permalink)