Hey, what's this red handle? Let's see if it does anything.

(Written on 2021年05月21日)(Permalink)

I was often told where to sit when flying some of the commuter aircraft in order to be compliant with W/B. I used to work with and travel worldwide with a man that was enormously huge and heavy. He would convince the ticket agent to declare the seat next to him as broken so it would not be sold to anyone. Then once the flight crew were done with the seat belt demonstration he would ask for the demonstrator belt so he could use it as an extension in order to get the seat belt to wrap around his very large belly. It's people like this they need to send directly to a wing seat or close to wherever the CG is located.

(Written on 2021年05月21日)(Permalink)

Burt Rutan and Scaled Composites did design, build and flew a similar aircraft for D.A.R.P.A. back around 1986/1987. It was known as the ATTT or the AT3. The concept was to provide STOL capabilities in a military transport with heavy lift and a very wide tolerant center of gravity. I think only one was made at 62% scale and flown and now is being restored for display at the Edwards AFB museum. http://stargazer2006.online.fr/aircraft/pages/smut.htm

(Written on 2021年05月21日)(Permalink)

Now trying to find a window seat that isn't right over the wing is twice as difficult.

(Written on 2021年05月21日)(Permalink)

If the plane's fuel tank were to explode from a wiring fault, there’d be a huge chunk missing from the reconstruction, like a bite out of a ham sandwich.

(Written on 2021年02月26日)(Permalink)

As I recall from all the media coverage of the event (I was not an eyewitness) the Navy was conducting training exercises out in the ocean right near the area where the airliner exploded and began it's chaotic descent. Makes one wonder...could a mistake have happened?

(Written on 2021年02月26日)(Permalink)

It is quite ridiculous to mandate the wearing of masks as they do no good in preventing the spread of viruses. Viruses penetrate right through a face mask although they are good bacterial blocks which is why we use them in patient settings. But against a virus they are absolutely no good. When wearing them for long durations they reduce your blood oxygen level and compromise your own immune system. Don’t wear them! There’s so much false information out there. The best thing is to wash hands often and careful what you touch. Face masks will not save you. That’s a farce.

(Written on 2020年07月31日)(Permalink)

This is total speculation and not proof.

(Written on 2020年07月10日)(Permalink)

AGAIN - More hype by the media. There is absolutely no evidence of this damage being caused by a drone. BUT - they just report a crazy assumption as fact anyway. If they say it enough times and get others to start saying it then the public will begin to believe it, even though it's not true. This has got to stop.

(Written on 2018年12月21日)(Permalink)

This is all hype by the news media. There is more danger from bird strikes than any possible drone strike. It's just not a big deal.

(Written on 2018年12月21日)(Permalink)