Hangar Chat

I'm out of boyhood stores. I posted the last one last week. Last night I posted a simple poem I wrote some time ago about aging. That reminded me of a poem I wrote back in 1966 or 1967 that has a story to go with it. I was the bomb delivery supervisor for the 355th Tactical Fighter Wind at Takhli Air Force Base in Thailand. I was responsible for making sure all og the armament was delivered from the bomb dump to the aircraft on the flight line for the afternoon missions. It was hectic on the flightline in front of the revetments where the F-105s were parked. I drove my blue pickup truck up and down the flightline and back an forth to the bomb dump to make sure …

Last night I looked out the window at the moon & saw a bright object nearby that had to be a planet. I guessed it was Jupiter, but wanted to be sure, so I checked online. I found this website below & confirmed it was Jupiter. I found this website interesting: https://earthsky.org/ One thing led to another; video of a surveyor drone inside a hurricane: https://earthsky.org/earth/ocean-drone-hurricane-sam-video/ Saildrone Surveyor: Mike A.

Former chief test pilot for Boeing charged with lying about flight controls on 737 Max (msn.com)

11 seat, 450 knot cruise, FL470 ceiling, range of over 2,600! Transcontinental. Single pilot capable. Links show interior. https://www.acquiremag.com/lifestyle/hondajet-2600-concept https://www.bizjournals.com/triad/news/2021/10/12/honda-aircraft-unveils-concept-for-hondajet-2600.html

See these two METARs, spaced just 9 minutes apart: SACO 141802Z 16022G47KT 120V190 2000 DS DU FEW048 22/09 Q1006 NOSIG SACO 141811Z 19041G55KT 2000 BLDU BKN030 FEW045CB 17/09 Q1007 NOSIG 5°C (9°F) down and base windspeed almost doubled in just 9 minutes? For reference, I'm at my office, which is located 10 km away from SACO. I can hear how hard is the wind blowing. It was pushing so hard that I couldn't even open the window.

I've downloaded the free Garmin trainer software and have been messing around with a GDU 700P and GTN750 combo. One thing that does not seem to work is getting it to use the AP to follow a VOR radial. I can tune in the VOR, get its ID, I can set a radial with the CRS setting and it will show me the deviation from that CRS. However with the CDI set to VLOC and NAV mode on the AP it will not intercept or follow the VOR radial. Am I doing something wrong or is intercepting a VOR radial not supported in the Garmin PC Trainer? Thanks

I got a very cheep LED-strip at IKEA for aprox. 10 us dollar (99 SEK) and improved my small home cokpit. Beacause I'm using TrackIR I often had to get the lights in my room dimmed down not to disturb my TrackIR, so I find this solution superb and can highly recommend this.

Yesterday I got into my car after not driving it for a few days and the touch screen looked different as did the icons and graphics at the upper portions of the dash. I had no idea how to get it back to what I was familiar with so I took it to the dealer. Three salesmen, all of whom were supposed to be knowledgeable on the Prius were unable to get it back to the way it was. They called the technician from the garage and he was able to get it back to a semblance of what it was after about 10 minutes of fiddling around. The main thing I wanted back was the graphic that showed the power train so I could glance up and see if I was running with the engine, the…

...at Mach 3.18! Mach 3.18 in-flight breakup of an SR-71 Blackbird - Flight Journal Also found this morning is a very interesting and comprehensive answer to a question regarding the operation of the engines on the SR-71. I've known for a long time what compressor stalls and flameouts were, but I had never before encountered the term "unstart!" This was very educational. https://www.quora.com/Why-were-the-SR-71-engines-mounted-so-far-away-from-each-other

Just noticed this pop up on FSElite. Great to see so many differing aircraft now in development. Link

Fascinating video for me...

Looks like a CME is due to hit us today. Could be some disruption, so if your power goes out or there's disruption to the Internet you will know the possible culprit. https://www.independent.co.uk/space/solar-storm-earth-power-grid-satellite-b1936092.html "An enormous solar flare is expected to hit Earth today, potentially affecting power grids and generating an aurora in northern latitudes." I like the way they say "HUGE" solar storm and "enormous" solar flare to scare the pants off people but in reality it's just a moderate flare. 😆

Now now this actually looks like a lot of fun, and unlike some of these things, it actually looks a bit practical too.

This is an interesting piece I came across while researching the biography of Marine Corps General Smedly Butler. He came up though the ranks and is still the most decorated Marine in history. He fought in the Banana Republics, the Philippines, China and World War 1. I just finished re-reading his short book, 'War is a Racket' where he chastises the United States using military forces to help the United Fruit Company gain a monopoly in the Caribbean and Central America. I came across this interesting piece about his blowing the whistle to congress about an attempted coup of the US Government in 1933. Captains of industry at the time wanted Butler to lead an…

For those who might not know me or might be new here I post 'A Pittance of Time' every November 11th. It commemorates the end of World War I when the armistice was signed on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. In the United States it's generally known as Veterans day, although some of we old timers remember it as Armistice Day as it was called hen we were in school. In Canada it is called Remembrance Day. I don't know what is called elsewhere. I got this years ago from a fellow simmer (at the time) who lives in Edmonton Alberta. Here it is. It isn't that long. Noel

Yesterday I was again reminded how much I dislike photoreal scenery. I downloaded a photoreal scenery for Edwards Air Force Base. Oh sure, from 10,000 feet it looks like the tarmac is filled with fighters and bombers. But after you land and start taxiing to the hangar they look like someone spilled paint on the tarmac...which is what they have done. Two dimensional aircraft because the third dimension is only a molecule thick. I quickly deleted it and got a scenery that had some static birds on the tarmac. I guess I don't mind photoreal in cities and towns because I am looking them from altitude. But if I were to drive through the photoreal neighborhoo…

Hello, You might be interested in reading the story published in Flying Magazine under the title: No more happy landings. Sad ending for a brilliant carrer in aviation...

At least I do know how to spell "Comcast"...

Hello together, I am thinking of buying the GayaSim Vienna Scenery for the P3DV5, but I have heard from some sites, that the FPS should not be so good. Does any of you perhaps have a feedback on how eitactually behaves and whether it might be more worthwhile to buy the FlyTampa. Thank you Niclas.

Most comments seem to get heated talking about our sim options. In short MSFS is a threat to all our GA competition especially with the upgrade put into DCS. DCS is almost MSFS quality and that's a fighter jet simulator. The old look is no longer working unless your going for Flight Gear as a standard. Laminar's new version shows they had to up their game. Now there will be a native weather and ATC engine in the sim. That was unheard of before and flat out refused by Laminar in the past. This means age old thinking of focusing on flight dynamics alone is a sure way to go out of business. If it wasn't for the limitation of real world data from sources like Google …

Not an experience one would ever be likely to forget!

22 pounds of slipcased volumes of every Calvin and Hobbs cartoon ever. published. $37 off the regular price of $100. A nice Christmas gift, maybe? https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0740748475/ _____________________________ Calvin and Hobbs comic strip was named for the 16th and 17th century thinkers John Calvin and Thomas Hobbs who did not really see 'eye to eye' on the big questions. https://www.ranker.com/list/things-you-missed-in-calvin-and-hobbes/genevieve-carlton