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What kind of Sun n Fun “incentives” are you offering? This is Mooneyspace, you should know better Gear one up, gear another up half price?

So I'm guessing it's ok to bring my Oshkosh tie down stakes? The Claw I think, or whatever everyone has at Osh... Also I didn't see much about IFR arrivals. I'm guessing it's normal IFR if the weather is crummy? No reservations and special procedures like OSH?

Gonna be in Florida all week so thinking of popping into Sun n Fun for a day. Never been. For those who have flown in before can you tell me a few things? 1) Do you have to tie down in daytime GA Parking? 2) Is GA Parking paved or grass? 3) Do you need to bring your own ropes? Do you need to bring your own stakes? 4) Realistically how long should I plan for the arrival to take? Is there usually a lot of waiting/holding? 5) Any other advice/tips? I've only done Oshkosh so please point out any differences I should be ready for.

I’m disappointed, I expected at least to one decimal point from you. Show your work next time.

As we all know, demonstrated cross wind component doesn't really mean anything. It is what the manufacturer happened to demonstrate but does not mean or imply a maximum. The real max-crosswind capability is where there is no more available rudder to make a side slip without drifting (or where the upwind wing runs out of ground clearance). What is that max? It is likely different between long, mid, and short bodies. And among short bodies there is probably a difference from when they expanded the rudder. Share your knowledge or experience of what that maximum is and specify the specific model it applies to.

What would a landing like that do to a Mooney? Probably a prop strike and collapsed gear? Doubt it would rip the wing off or flip over though.

You gotta do something first and you might not get to everything. In what order do you go

Some are saying that's an improvement compared to last time. Maybe next time they can initiate a go-around before anything touches the ground.

You're flying an instrument approach at destination in IMC. Let's say weather is something like 600 Broken and you are descending through 1000ft when suddenly and without warning the altitude is going down fast, air speed rising, and the plane is rolling. Weather is otherwise smooth or you know it is going aerobatic beyond what weather normally does. Controls are heavy and only somewhat responsive. You need both hands to keep it steady so reaching for things is difficult and distracting. Other than trying to recover, what do you do? Electric driven AI supports indication on vac AI.

Here’s a discussion we had with a bunch of links and videos to door coming open in flight scenarios. I see so much carelessness about it and such severe outcomes.

Yet another tragic example of how a door popping open can lead to a crashed airplane and why nobody but the PIC should be closing it:

Would have probably been simpler to hack off an antenna or get a 1mph speed mod to justify it being a 202

Interesting that there doesn't appear to be any damage to the airframe. Where did the blade go? Lucky that it didn't go through the windshield!

I thought 2 blade is supposed to be faster

That’s what the phone is for. Nah, WiFi only tablet is plenty. If the Stratus fails, there’s still the panel GPS. If both fail, it’s probably a GPS problem and won’t even come to the phone. Seems like the most common point of failure is overheated iPad. Otherwise this stuff just works.

This shouldn’t be difficult. Always underestimate rather than over. But always strive to improve, practice, and expand those abilities. Keep a wide enough margin that the worst failure you could be reprimanding yourself for is “getting close to getting close to your limit”.

That would be the Grim Reaper @Alan Fox I’ve personally witnessed him cutting up Mooneys so we know the avionics are real.

Let me counter that with a question for those who have hard personal minimums. Do you cancel an approach you're already on if the reported minimums suddenly go below your personal minimums (but above FAA minimums)? Do you immediately turn around or land if an area you are overflying is below your personal mins? Are personal minimums strictly a ground-based flight planning concept or something people adhere strictly to in flight?

I can see a benefit from this for beginners but I don't like this whole written set in stone type minimums. It's all relative. For example crosswind... I wouldn't put a specific number on it. It depends on the size of the runway, if it's a steady or gusty crosswind, takeoff or landing? On a short narrow runway, my tolerance for an extreme crosswind is much lower than on a long wide runway. I find ceilings and visibility to be a funny one as well. Depends on the terrain, approaches available. Heck it even depends on each other. Lower ceilings with great visibility is a bit different than somewhat higher ceilings with terrible visibility. Tolerance for turbulence also depends on things like passengers, expected duration, fatigue. There are days when you just aren't up for taking a beating as much as other days. I can definitely say that there have been some brutally difficult "nicer" days and some fairly easy "very low" days. Lately my minimums have been mostly guided by personal condition more than the flying. Too much work/child/family exhaustion makes me less energetic/focused to be taking it to the lower limit. My absolute biggest risk-mitigation tool though is to care less and make loose enough plans that the flying is never mandatory. Things like leave a day early, be ok coming back a day late, or even scrap the trip because there would be too much pressure. The personal minimums go right out the window when get-there-itis takes over. Managing and preventing get-there-itis goes a far longer way than writing down some numbers. If you're not in a hurry to be there, you'll "know" if things are within personal mins or not on a case by case basis.

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This is already broken down in the Nall report or whatever they call it lately

They already came up with this for cars and it still doesn’t work. ”In 2022, more than 107,000 people were injured in red light running crashes.” https://www.iihs.org/topics/red-light-running#:~:text=By the numbers,in red light running crashes.

If you’re gonna taxi across the runway in front of a landing 737, it better be at a confusing place like Midway.

No, it would stay still without brakes at idle. But you sure as heck couldn't do a runup! You can spin the plane around in a circle by hand on the spot.