An interesting email arrived via our local Canadian Owners and Pilots Association (COPA) mailing list tonight. It’s regarding english language proficiency, or more directly, the lack thereof b
As promised, here is a little more detail on my private pilot checkride, which I passed this past Sunday afternoon. It’s funny, I was actually more nervous leading up to this particular test t
We have Bill Clinton's legacy to thank for the mess we find ourselves in--here's the NY Times article to prove it. Anybody who solely blames the current administration needs to remember that Presiden
This is what happened to the Rare Bear this year at the Reno Air Races. I could explain what happened here in these notes, but it's better to hear the story as it unfo
The opportunity of comparing the Avidyne Entegra in the Cirrus SR22, which was new to me, with the Garmin 1000, which I already knew before, was the most exciting part of
Yesterday my SETI advisor gave a nice talk on Saturn's outer rings (it was definitely the best of the 3 rings talks) for their public colloquium series. Thanks to
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Stack Overflow is a website designed for programmers to get answers to questions. They frown on frivolity there, but once in a while something fun rises to the
UPDATE TO THE FOLLOWING BLOG ENTRY: Well, it seems that Paddy Power have removed both the bet AND the blog entry titled ‘Next Airline to go Bust?’ Maybe they had too many complaints? Wh
The recent gasoline shortage in the Southeast appears to be easing. Many of the gas stations I pass on the way to work have long lines of cars waiting to fill up, but that is an improvement over the
The 100th episode of UCAP! It was even harder than expected to get this on off the ground. For no particularly good reason it took Jack a long time to get it all together, but here it is. A larger tha
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