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    "We just hit a Drone!" | Windshield Damaged on United B737 MAX at SFO

    My brother and I, at an early age, about 10 years old, (1950), became interested in flight. He was a few years older than me. We lived on farm with lots of space to experiment. We both started building stick balsa models with rubber band power. At one point he made a stick built glider with...
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    The Fields Luxury fly-in Resort

    Yes, and he is also the new, in 2022, publisher of the magazine Flying. In the February 2022 issue of Flying, the Fields ad claims that "ground breaking is set for spring 2022 and move in as early as 2023" The advertisement and promotion in the magazine sounded rather aggressive, but from a...
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    The Fields Luxury fly-in Resort

    The Fields is supposed to be developing in the Sequatchie valley in East Tennessee. Does anyone know what developments are taking place ? If you live in the area, could you inform us of any work taking place ? Richard
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    Ambi-Budd Werke flying car

    You just can't make this kind of stuff up: FLYING CARS: Minnesota lawmakers are considering a measure to streamline the adoption of flying cars in the state, colleague Janet Moore writes. The so-called Jetson bill defines a "roadable aircraft" and sets road and registration rules for their...
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    Crashes in the News - Thread

    This sure looks familiar, see this: https://kstp.com/kstp-news/local-news/plane-lands-on-upper-red-lake-breaks-through-ice/
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    Crashes in the News - Thread

    Boeing's problems just keep stacking up. Blinken stuck in Davos after Boeing aircraft experiences oxygen leak https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2802013/blinken-grounded-boeing-aircraft-experiences-oxygen-leak/
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    Crashes in the News - Thread

    Planes collide at Tokyo airport Most lived, some died.
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    Boeing has loose nuts

    BREAKING NEWS Boeing urges airlines to inspect 737 MAX planes for possible loose bolts Boeing is urging airlines to inspect all 737 MAX jets for loose hardware in the rudder-control system. More than 1,370 of the planes have been delivered worldwide since 2017.
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    Crashes in the News - Thread

    The CNN report said that it happened about 10:30PM. So they were flying in the dark, did the pilot have the use of night time vision optics ? There seems to be more reports of Helicopter crashes at night. Controlled flight into terrain ? Richard
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    Crashes in the News - Thread

    OK, after 2 years, here is what the FAA says about this: https://kstp.com/kstp-news/local-news/ntsb-says-pilot-became-disoriented-lost-control-before-victoria-plane-crash-that-killed-3/ Richard
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    Crashes in the News - Thread

    Single engine Piper make an emergency landing on a street in Crystal, MN. https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/small-plane-crash-brooklyn-park/?intcid=CNM-00-10abd1h Piper PA-28 SUPER ARCHER II N8274H https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/348445 This was a long flight, about 370 miles...
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    Crashes in the News - Thread

    The F-35B that was lost and then found had flew over 60 miles after the pilot jumped ship. I'm not a jet pilot, but if the aircraft was able to fly 60 miles by itself, could not the pilot have landed the thing ? And apparently the F35 has a self destruct mode. In the news they showed a wooded...
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    Crashes in the News - Thread

    And the planes keep falling out of the sky: https://www.fox9.com/news/polk-county-sheriffs-office-investigating-fatal-plane-crash
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    Crashes in the News - Thread

    As usual for AP, they had to throw in something completely irrelevant to the crash of the aircraft: Found this short video from a local news station including a weather report: https://www.krtv.com/news/montana-and-regional-news/one-person-dead-after-small-plane-crashes-in-ravalli-county Richard
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    Crashes in the News - Thread

    NYC Assemblyman's Crash Landing on Long Island Beach Caught on Camera https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/witness-captures-emergency-plane-landing-on-long-island-beach/4160902/ OK I'm in my ez chair and I'm second guessing the pilot. Looks like he stretched out that glide just a little to...
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    Crashes in the News - Thread

    OK I didn't get it right above. The normal landing runway would be 10L when approaching from the west which is what this aircraft was doing. Runway 10R is typically reserved for jets. Richard
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    Crashes in the News - Thread

    Small plane crashes at the Eden Prairie airport. https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/small-plane-crash-flying-cloud-airport-eden-prairie-police/89-8f75b485-46ec-455b-94ba-9d46cb1190c2 It is amazing that these people survived this crash after seen what is left of the aircraft. The area...
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    Crashes in the News - Thread

    One does not need to wear the "tin foil" hat to see that there is some strange things happening about this incident.
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    Crashes in the News - Thread

    OK you have had your little laugh. Little Rock, AR.
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    Crashes in the News - Thread

    Little Rock,. AR plane crash It has been 13 days since that crash, yet not one photo or video has surfaced showing the actual aircraft wreckage. The aircraft went down in a wooded area with lots of dry grass and trees, yet there was no fire in the woods in spite of the reported big flaming...
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