Through no fault of the pilots, it was sadly written off a few months after I flew it. The retraction mechanism on the 172RGs has always been a weak spot, even after several ADs. Despite having almost brand new parts, it broke when they were extending it so the mains were just dangling there. Belly landing. Write off.…

Speaking of "happening" in the middle of the night, I flew the pictured Cessna 172RG for a couple of dozen hours while doing my commercial license. The story was that it had been used for radar absorbent paint trials before being bought by the school. It had this hideous uneven and rough gray-green paint. Anyway it…

In 'n Out starts employees at $10.50/hour. The food costs the same as McD, with the added bonus of being way better, prepared on the spot (including cutting whole potatoes for fries) and never from frozen ingredients.

On a related note, In 'n Out starts employees at $10.50/hour, and their foods costs the same as McD. They also have much better staff retention rates.

Apart from those differences, the food is also much better than at McD. No freezers, heat-lamps or microwaves. Everything prepared on the spot, down to cutting whole…

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Haha. Sorta hard without powered rear wheels, but I guess you can parking brake it. ;)

Agreed. Easily fixable in several ways though. If you have Chrome and set it to "Click to Play" it works for pretty much all video, not just YouTube.

I'll try that!

Haha. Sign up here. :)

A "Dry Martini" uses gin. And then there is a "Vodka Martini". While I will reluctantly accept that some people like the flavor (de gustibus no est disputandum), a "Vodka Martini" is not a "Dry Martini".

Aviation Gin. I'd never heard of it until now. As a pilot I must now have it... Thanks for feeding my obsession. My wife will "thank" you separately later. ;)

But what the hell, I'll probably buy a bottle eventually.

Any time.

Monkey 47?

Fair point. Hendrick's is yum.

Word. If I'm getting a Martini, the brand of gin makes a huge difference. If I'm getting a Gin Tonic, not so much...

Light piston planes actually still have procedures for hand cranking. The prop makes for a convenient handle. Not that I've ever seen anyone doing it.

I'd crap my pants just hearing the thing start. ;)

The materials and other gizmos for high revs weren't really "there" yet, so high HP numbers weren't in the cards. I bet the torque was pretty decent.

Ha! That would have been much easier. :)