This seems to be not a read receipt, but probably a 1x1 invisible GIF bug in the signature that reports back to the app.

Pilatus PC-6 Porter, turbine power and room for up to 10 passengers:

I think the sonobuoy aspect of it is an interesting one and not touched on much. For those not familiar, there's a pretty cool YouTube video of deployment from a P-3. In theory, the pinger on the black box will sound for 30 days after being submerged. The other issue is that the range of hearing the pinger may only be…

Yep, that's the trouble. Part of the classifications coming in the future will segregate "Small UAS" from others, with that line being at 55lbs. Just because it's under 55lbs doesn't mean it can't kill someone, as this guy in Brooklyn found out: http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?sec…

How do you differentiate between a $100 Parrot.AR and a $400,000 240lb Schiebel CamCopter?

For those curious, that would be Flight DL1189:

Ha sure was! Amazing to not hit a single vehicle though, and that everyone walked away. Not an easy place to lose an engine.

This time of year, literally not as cool. Almost a year ago another Piper lost power and did crash into the Hudson River: http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2013/01/piper-…

Article has it wrong, he wasn't landing at LGA, but was merely in touch with LGA Tower as he transited the Class B airspace owned by LGA.

Someone onboard?

Incorrect. The prop can indeed windmill at most flight-sustaining speeds. In-air restarts without using the engine's starter are possible this exact way.

Not a lot of places to put a plane down there. I'd say he did a damn fine job.

or the pilot was smart enough to kill power before landing

This is likely an "incident", not an "accident", in the NTSB's eyes. There's no "substantial damage" to the airframe, as landing gear and the engine is excluded from the requirements to be classified as substantial damage. There also were no "serious injuries", another threshold that must be met for it to be an…

Landing gear, on most retractible gear aircraft, can be manually extended regardless of the engine operating.

This definitely tops #6:

Shows how much the landing gear on a BAe-146 can take, which is more than average!

Only done autos in the front of a 300CBi. That was a lot of fun, but imagine a Robbo's a little quicker.

Ha, I rode along in the back of that (2323H) aircraft for some practice autos at LDJ. Good fun.

They'll let you do it almost every day...take you right over Central Park at 2000'. Few people ask to do it, but when one asks they're usually permitted.