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00:11
Peeps who were waiting to read my account of my first lesson: I got fed up waiting for the official blog to stop being write-only, so I started my own.
 
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02:41
@DanHulme "the second touch-down was perfect" still only get to count one landing
nice, Dan. can't wait for the English translation to come out
 
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04:20
@rbp BOING. . .*BOING*. . .*BOING*. . . hey I'm current again!
 
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09:11
@voretaq7 heh. Xplane counts bounces as landings too. ;)
 
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12:56
>>> “If you can’t do it when there is no pressure, you surely can’t do it when the pucker factor increases,” he would say. When he shot an approach, it was as if all the instruments were frozen – perfection, but no class. disciplesofflight.com/zero-zero
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19:11
@voretaq7 so which one you are going to?
@Farhan If all goes to plan I'm going to try to make FDK
@voretaq7 Nice. Weather would be nicer then :)
FlyIns doesn't have AOPA's events
@Farhan they were just released today :)
20:01
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Q: Do we really need an [engine] tag?

voretaq7Right now we have a few questions with the engine tag (35, to be precise). This tag seems to be ambiguous at best (is it a piston engine, a jet engine, a turboprop engine, an electric engine (motor), etc.) Most of the existing questions seem like they're better under piston-engine or turbine (po...

 
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21:03
Crap I can't go to Fredericksburg because I will be at thermal camp in the sierras
@rbp I've asked AOPA to move the event to Frederick, MD and they agreed. :) I hope you can make it there.
@rbp 0_o
"thermal camp in the Sierras" - because there's no ridge lift there I guess? :)
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21:16
@voretaq7 there's not a huge difference between thermals and ridge lift
I suppose it all goes "up" :)
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wave is really different
there's a separate wave camp
Including obligatory "How to become an Air Traffic Controller" / "Forget it, you're too damn old to give up your high-stress tech job for a nice relaxing job at Chicago Center! We don't want you!"
(ooh hey spring is coming, that usually means FRG gets new trainee controllers! /cc @BretCopeland)
@voretaq7 wonderful
Oh come on it's "fun"!
21:27
I don't see why what may be the busiest delta in the country should need experienced controllers.
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is it really the busiest Delta? @BretCopeland
It's gotta be close, if it isn't.
@rbp #54 for 2014 (December's data isn't in ATADS yet though)
@voretaq7 among deltas or all airports?
We were 40something-th busiest tower for 2013 - we're slacking
@BretCopeland all towered fields that report to ATADS (so FAA and Contract towers)
21:31
yeah, so I wonder where we rank if you exclude B and C
<BANG> <WHAM WHAM WHAM WHAM> <SMASH>
hmmm, apparently "class" doesn't mean "airspace class" in ATADS
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what's #1?
<THUD> <SCREECH> <BOOM> (I will make you do my bidding, FAA computer system!)
@rbp ORD (as usual)
aspm.faa.gov/opsnet/sys/Tower.asp you can pull a ranking report there
rbp
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i thought that was a B
It is. He means among all towers.
21:36
oh busiest class D? Idunno, but Vero Beach is busier than Republic and I know that's a class D
Hmmm, I can't seem to find a way to break this down by airspace classification. Stupid government :-/
I can't even get it to tell me anything at all. It just outputs a bunch of zeros.
I know I've used this thing before.
@BretCopeland oh check the date range
sometimes it goes screwy (and if you set years it defaults to the current year, which is empty right now)
It would appear that DVT (Phoenix Deer Valley) is the busiest delta with 321,295 tower operations.
(From 01/01/2014 To 11/30/2014)
@BretCopeland That's what I'm seeing too.
Ranked #20 out of all airports
21:51
@BretCopeland Impressive!
rbp
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i guess that's because of flight training? @voretaq7 @BretCopeland
it would appear so, I don't see any obvious commercial service at DVT
ahhhh
grand canyon tour flights too
rbp
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i thought msot of those went out of North Las Vegas
@rbp I did too but Google implies you can get them out of Phoenix too (?)
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hmmmm, an E190 out of Kennedy or an A320 out of LGA .....
22:05
@rbp Would you prefer a nicely renovated pit, or a badly renovated pit?
Bear in mind I don't think A380s can land at LGA, so there's less chance of you being spun like a top there.
Also: Holy fuckweasels that's a lot of hangars at DVT. Why can't we have nice hangars like that at Republic?
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ha!
i picked the 320
going to florida for the sport pilot expo
. . . LGA . . . A320 . . . Florida . . . so far the only good thing I'm hearing is "sport pilot expo" :)
(unless it's an A320 with human-sized seats?)
Open letter to airlines:

For what I'm paying you people I expect a seat that's at least as large and comfortable as the ones in my Cherokee.

Really, that's not a very high bar.

C'MONNNNNN!
rbp
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i paid for seat upgrade (jetblue)
…and also for your first checked bag now. <grumble>
Airlines! Y U RACE TO THE BOTTOM?! :(
rbp
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i never check bags unless i'm going skiing or scuba diving
22:16
I can usually fit a week's worth of essentials into my backpack (unless I'm making a winter trip to somewhere cold).
I need to seriously think about whether I will ship things to my hotel the next time I have to travel for work though.
rbp
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hertz is offering me a camaro convertible for $230 for 3 days, or a boxter for 230/day
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22:48
@Farhan That DC-7 is probably more comfortable than some of the stuff flying out of JFK today :)
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@voretaq7 its a dumb idea, unless its being bought by a flight school for "game night"
how many PPL written candidates are there?
@rbp not many, that's why it confuses me
though perhaps some really bored UND or ERAU students will get drunk and play it?
. . . IDEA: FARs Against Humanity card game
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rbp
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i'd rather play Cards Against Humanity
I'm sure I can MADLibs the FARs to say all kinds of crazy disturbing shit!
rbp
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exactly
madlibs for ATC communications
23:02
@rbp ooooh....that'd be a good one.
rbp
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23:38
well, i'm all booked up to go to florida for 3 days next week to the Sport Pilot Expo
hey! i got some starred chats!
23:51
@rbp it was all me
@voretaq7 it sounds like all educational games

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