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I think it's just naked tribalism. Some time ago I was reading about religious (=tribal) rules. The point of these rules is to distinguish members of "your" tribe (or religion) from others, so the rules have to be unusual (or weird) enough that no other tribe would accidentally come up with the same rule. For this reason rules about how you wear your hair, or clothing, or what foods you can/cannot eat often don't make sense, as their only real function is to make it obvious to everyone that you belong to tribe "X". Often the rules are burdensome to follow, for example banning perfectly good foods, so you really have to work to prove you belong to that tribe. I think in 2021 Republicans are a tribe, and to prove you belong you have to forego logic, common sense, and science, and instead commit to lies, nonsense, and Trump.

Musk, Bezos, Gates, etc. are not to blame. The tax codes need to be changed. Period.

Hi Jerry, That's absolutely hilarious. I can't think of any substantial issue that Trump didn't lie about. Not that every statement was a lie (although it's pretty close), it's that there weren't any issues that he didn't lie about something. And, from the article: No shit. Trump lied. And anyone who looked at it from a 'reality based' perspective SAW THAT IT WAS ALL A LIE. It was marks and dupes (you know, morons) who fell for Trump's con. Every single major media outlet (except Fox) made it clear that the election wasn't fraudulent, Biden won and Trump's claims were all lies. But these fools fell for Trump's con, the 'fake news' bullshit and all the rest of the lies. And now they are 'sorry'. File it under TFB. (Too Bad).

Ah, if only you were on the SC, instead of some of the folks who are... Minimalist interpretations shouldn't only be in favor of the rich and powerful. Wendy P.

The flight crew would ABSOLUTELY know when they passed a VORTAC. If the airliner was tracking directly to a VORTAC, the crew would tune in the VORTAC on one of their navigation receivers and set it up to show the radial that they should be on as they track inbound. The navigation receiver would display the word "TO" until the airliner passed directly over the VORTAC at which time the word "TO" changes to "FROM". If I remember correctly, there is also a three degree wide cone of silence that is projected vertically from the VORTAC. If the airliner passed abeam or offset from the inbound radial of the VORTAC the "TO" word will change to "FROM" when the airliner is 90 degrees from the inbound radial as it passes the VORTAC station. However, it will miss the cone of silence. The time that the airliner passes the VORTAC is very important for navigational purposes and is known as "time over station". That time would be written down in the navigational log. There are brief descriptions of the VORTACs and related instruments on Wikipedia and I would suggest that you read them. Also, the FAA has more detailed information on their free navigational publications and I highly recommend them if you want to really understand aircraft navigation.

I finally understand why my wife insists on buying organic!

Rataczak dvd back up on Ebay... it is 1.5 hrs long. https://www.ebay.com/itm/303269552131?hash=item469c462003:g:UiEAAMXQPd1RHGOI\ He specifically said it was not Kenneth Christiansen. One very interesting thing I missed the first time listening to the DVD was that Cooper rejected several refuelling destinations offered after they realized they could not reach his initial demand of Mexico nonstop. First San Francisco was rejected saying it was too big an airport, then he rejected both Los Angeles and San Diego also saying too big an airport.. Folding in the FBI document.. Cooper suggested Phoenix, that was rejected by the crew, He then indicated the plane could reach Yuma but preferred Reno.. they agreed to Reno. Cooper specifically wanted to refuel at a small airport, Why.. if his initial plan was to jump in the PNW it wouldn't matter. Why argue for a small airport unless you expected to be on the plane when it landed. I believe his initial plan was to jump South of the US border but changed his mind and jumped in the PNW.. if so, Cooper did not jump where he had planned, had no ground help and no escape plan.

I agree with most of what you said. I have one caveat; admit that we've lost most of these kids and concentrate on the ones who haven't yet entered school. Also, stop paying people for having kids. Many of these poor zygotes are nothing more than a pay raise for mom and dad. Take away the incentive. Give teachers the authority to remove kids who are a distraction. Reward parents instead when their kid does well in school. Most of us understand that having the government just throw money at a problem with no means of tracking it's effectiveness is not working out very well. There's no hard and fast solutions but the definition of insanity, you know.

I do agree you have a point. I started in the middle years (students had ramair mains, but round reserves, Cypres was just being tested and our big plane was a twin-bo, and everyone over B license opened at 2k unless they did CReW). Seatbelts in the plane, sure... the pilot has one... But as to the activities being done... I think its both. There were always the extremes ('chuteless jumps, low pulls), but the run-of-the-mill jumper was doing RW, some CReW and a 'high performance' canopy was not very much over 1:1.2 that I knew of... ZP canopies were not built much different than the other 99% of the canopies made out of F111. The activities (canopy loading, swooping for distance, playing tag with airplanes, mixing of wingsuits/canopies/belly/freefly to make new hybrids, proximity) are all working to push their respective limits. We get new toys or ideas, we try to see how far we can push the new ideas, technology, techniques, and activities. Unfortunately, the limits are usually found in blood/bones/bodies. JW

Hi Quag, Re: What about rotating the webbing so it doesn't meet at right angles? It is almost impossible to form this joint so that all the stitches load equally. People are simply too different in stature. A ring does allow all of the stitching to be loaded equally. 'All of the stitching' means the stitching in each portion of the hip joint, not all stitch patterns. Al MacDonald of Flying High in Canada, a number of years ago, did some comparative testing of hip joints with & without rings. The ringed hip joint was substantially stronger. Jerry Baumchen PS) If it were me, and not using a ring, I would rotate the stitching 90*, so that the stitch pattern is in line with the horizontal back strap. PPS) Shoot me an email & we can discuss this more; and in more detail.

What about rotating the webbing so it doesn't meet at right angles? I assume this could also be solved with a hip ring, but that just introduces more weight and failure points.

Hi Quag, I would suggest that you Start-Stop the stitch pattern here or double up the stitching here: That is where the highest point of loading at that joint is. Jerry Baumchen

Runway has been paved/extended!

again none of this matters, the jet is not in operation and likely never will be. i've been asking about the jet for years and I havent seen a single serious attempt to getting it up in the air.