Or playing buttag...

(Written on 01/13/2023)(Permalink)

Air speed and altitude, I am told you must have both to fly. Another tragic accident, so sad.

(Written on 01/06/2023)(Permalink)

Thank you for providing the links. What a tragic accident, so terrifying for all involved. Sad for the deaths.

(Written on 01/06/2023)(Permalink)

They had already proven they had a legitimate reason to be there. In other words they had proven they were not a security risk. Nothing about their security risk status had changed. Talk about adding insult ti injury.

(Written on 12/30/2022)(Permalink)

Not all of his numbers make sense, and the "Environmental and Energy Study Institute" does not sound like anybody I would trust not to doctor or invent their figures. Basically his conclusions regarding energy consumption sound good however. If you could fly with a compact nuclear reactor or such (Fusion anyone?), and generate power as you flew, it could work just fine. I think we are almost there, but the power source can not be anything close to today's battery technology of today.

(Written on 12/23/2022)(Permalink)

I think I know where they could snag some engineers if they need them...

(Written on 12/16/2022)(Permalink)

Well if they need them, I think I know where some experienced engineers can e located...

(Written on 12/16/2022)(Permalink)

If I am not mistaken, didn't we just have an incident with a pilot having some serious problem and the copilot taking over and landing? As I recall my reaction was to laugh at the news because they were making a big deal about the copilot making a perfect landing, trying to treat it like the cases where a non-pilot had to take over and land a small plane. What they seem to be trying to do here is eliminate that redundant safety. It seems to me like they are setting up that private aviation situation with an ATC trying to talk someone who is not qualified through the landing of a huge aircraft while sitting 3 stories above the runway, at 180 knots, with around 200 or more passengers. Not someones wife whose husband just died at the controls of a small plane while sitting maybe 4 feet above the runway and with a 50 knot stall speed.

(Written on 11/25/2022)(Permalink)

This is an interesting "little" shuttle type space craft. It does not take much imagination to see a whole wide range of missions. Unmanned, without the need for life support, this ship has proven itself capable of long term missions w/o the need for resupply and/or crew changes. I can also see some form of life support package for limited manned (Space Fighter??) missions.

(Written on 11/18/2022)(Permalink)

I know that FedEx home delivery quality (at least out my way) has really gone down hill. I now dread it when a supplier notifies my package is coming FedEx. This started some time back and If I have a choice I will pay a bit more to get another carrier.

(Written on 11/18/2022)(Permalink)