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Your Mom

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  1. As with most other things we go with the low budget solution… MEL stickers over the iPad cameras.
  2. I’ve been more critical of this than I should have on this thread. Yesterday we had a takeoff that required an engine run-up (for cold temps) and I timed it just for my curiosity. It was nearly 60 seconds from getting clearance at a stand still to getting rolling for takeoff with making the turn at an appropriate taxi speed and accomplishing the required run-up. I don’t know what the temp was that morning in Austin or if the run-up was required but you don’t go rushing into a low visibility takeoff. This is me eating a little crow about that. 50 seconds under those conditions isn’t unusual, but I still think you might let the controller know you won’t be expediting this one. I think the investigation will show that the takeoff clearance was inappropriate On the abort thing, above 80 knots we abort for exactly 4 things and a random unidentified voice on the radio isn’t one of them. A high speed abort is filled with all kinds of risk. With low visibility, even more so. Lots of things could’ve been done differently that day but I don’t see that as being one of them.
  3. I spent the mid-90’s getting drunk at Moose McGillicuddy’s in Waikiki most weekends. Don’t really remember much that would be of any use to you.
  4. I’m back. I logged a bunch of zeroes during a camping trip, some early work days, tree clearing, etc… Got back on it this week. I do them the way Rimbo described and I count on the jump. I will admit to sandbagging the jump sometimes. Toward the end of the set the jump becomes a half-hearted hop.
  5. I don’t know how accurate it is. The busiest airports have ground radar. AUS is not one of them.
  6. The problem with that is that you don’t know where SWA was when FedEx said that. Neither did Fed Ex. They could’ve been half a mile down the runway and about to rotate at that point. I don’t trust that animation to be an accurate representation of their exact locations. Its typical for planes to arrive and depart within seconds of each other. The one departing is typically way downfield from the landing traffic and going a similar speed by then. It’s common on good weather days. Not in low vis though.
  7. As soon as they canceled school last week the younger kid and I left our broken tree branches for later and headed to Big Bend. Squeezed in a decent amount in a quick trip. Hiked the Window, good meal in Terlingua, two isolated days and nights out in BBRSP, made it to Ft Davis for a star party at the observatory.
  8. Allegedly, according some some YouTube animation. 30ish seconds is pretty normal. It takes a little time to get moving and round the corner. We also don’t know the position of SWA when they got their clearance. It’s not uncommon to get the clearance well prior to reaching end of the runway, in which case 50 seconds would be perfectly reasonable. There’s no reason to do that on a low vis day but it’s just another piece of information we don’t have.
  9. All correct. I don’t believe the clearance to TO should’ve been given. But even if it was legal, 50 seconds is a long damn time to get rolling and contributed to the whole thing.
  10. I think it was FedEx saying “swa abort”. ATC would’ve used a full call sign and different terminology. SWA said negative, likely because they were beyond the speed at which you are committed to going.
  11. Did not lol.
  12. I think the ILS equipment is on the east side of that runway. Traffic from the terminal approaches it from the west side and doesn’t encroach on the critical area. I don’t know the spacing requirements there but I’d be irritated if I was inside 3 miles on a Cat III and heard them clear someone ahead of me. At the same time, you have to be ready to roll if you take that TO clearance in that situation.
  13. On the AUS ramp deal with Virgin… I may be biased but SWA had no need to yield there. The ramp is wide enough Virgin has room and every right to go around them. The SWA tug driver purposely stopped short enough to allow Virgin to pass around them. It happens daily and you just taxi around the guy. That’s just how it works I don’t think AUS quite needs a ramp control yet, but that’s just me. That big wide ramp has lots of room. Nashville could use one though, it’s tight and congested there. On the near miss today… holy shit. That was bad. FedEx pilots saved lives. Im guessing the SWA was a Max and didn’t have the full warm up time yet. Another reason to not to taxi out single engine if so. Could’ve been something else though. It’ can take 30 seconds or so to acknowledge your takeoff clearance, make the turn, and spool up to roll, but 50 seconds is a bit much with a guy 3 miles out. I don’t know how low the vis was but that’s no time to have tight spacing.
  14. RRISD is out too. AISD evaluating options. Lame.
  15. The kid hanging out that back window is going to drive this same truck off to college in a few months. 15 years and about 260k on the odometer since that pic was taken.
  16. Hey kids, check out the new zip line!
  17. Large brush pickup in my ‘hood is in less that 2 weeks. Good timing and my street is going to keep them busy.
  18. Dominique Champion is a halfway decent stripper name.
  19. You should be fine. I drove Houston to Austin last night and got in at midnight. Took it slow from Bastrop on and never felt any slipping at all. Temp was right at 32 and it’s only getting warmer today.
  20. “Something else an academic education will do for you. If you go along with it any considerable distance, it’ll begin to give you an idea what size mind you have. What it’ll fit and, maybe, what it won’t. After a while, you’ll have an idea what kind of thoughts your particular size mind should be wearing. For one thing, it may save you an extraordinary amount of time trying on ideas that don’t suit you, aren’t becoming to you. You’ll begin to know your true measurements and dress your mind accordingly.” - Mr Antolini, the old pervert professor from Catcher In the Rye.
  21. ‘47 Franchise is my hat of choice. Total dad hat. I wish they made that one in white with an orange Bevo. ‘47 Clean Up is the style they make In white and I don’t like it. Closest I’ve found in Franchise is a light khaki with orange Bevo.
  22. 101X is full on classic rock now. I love Chili Peppers and Nirvana but most of that stuff is 20-30 years old and I’ve heard it enough, yet they keep cramming it onto the airwaves hour after hour.
  23. Pretty good assessment of the state of EV charging stations and range estimates for EVs on road trips right now. 5 different EVs on 5 different road trips and their experiences. https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/road-tripping-in-our-long-term-electric-test-cars/ tl/dr: There are still significant reliability problems with lots of the charging stations. You need multiple options and should expect to find broken or slow chargers. Cold weather can render the range estimates completely worthless. None of this is new information, but it paints a pretty good picture of what to expect on a road trip and how to counter it. No Teslas were involved in these trips, their network seems to have a clear advantage still, but hopefully not forever.
  24. I have the short sleeve. I thought it was a great shirt until we lost both games I wore it for. It’s banished to the back of the closet now until my kid grows into it and maybe has better luck with it.
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