Twenty minutes to pump up one tyre on KK. The valve hides behind the spat and lines up with the gap in exactly one place. Never the one you need. So out come the chocks, off come the tiedowns, and I'm Read More
Who forgot the battery? I did. Obviously. The Moxy is a carbon monoxide detector built for aircraft. Rather than beeping to itself on the cockpit floor where you'll never hear it under ANR, it runs inline with your headset so the Read More 2 Likes
Duxford yesterday, and this thing came past. Nellie B. A P-47 Thunderbolt, red checkerboard nose, D-Day stripes, and a noise you feel in your chest before you hear it. Eighteen cylinders. My 172 has four cylinders and 180 horses, and I'm Read More 7 Likes
A few flying hours with my shoulder harness off, and the keyboard warriors keep pulling me up on it. A Delta flight from LAX to Orlando finally made me think twice about seatbelts, old habits, and the day I went Read More 3 Likes
Spot the Cessna. The CAA has opened a consultation on making electronic conspicuity mandatory below FL100. Every aircraft transmitting, and the owner buys the box. I spent a happy hour working out what it would cost me, then read the SkyEcho manual Read More 2 Likes
The webinar I expected to hate. Hottest day of the year, KK tied down on her pad because she's a flying greenhouse, and me signing up for an hour of what looked like death by PowerPoint. And for the first stretch, Read More 1 Comments
