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I've been reading (for the second time) "Corky Meyer's Flight Journal". An amazing history, written by one Corwin (Corky) Meyer, who started his Experimental Flight Test career with Grumman in 1942....

When you have an hour, watch this video. An amazing discussion of a corner of aerodynamics most of us have never heard of. Five Hundred mph and twenty Gs on an RC glider...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv7-YM4wno8&authuser=0

Here's an interesting article on general aviation aircraft type "angle of attack" instruments: https://airfactsjournal.com/2025/04/visual-angle-of-attack-indicators-and-systems-engineering-theory/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR5OVZPuuWTGfOFMZvbNord1i5XDmc8N28ZgncUeusufgwgoMdSO3ibmkaFCuA_aem_xwuGGfosoZjVyNnm-2-yVA

A cool, wet April and May brought considerable snow to much of the upper elevations of the Beartooth and Absorokas. In the last several days, warmer weather and over two inches of rain in the same area...

The Montana Pilots Association has partnered with Ralph Rogers of Winifred, MT to sponsor this year's annual Missouri Breaks Fly In. The Fly In this year will be June 24th through 26th, 2022. Following...

Folks, The AOPA Air Safety Institute has been working with a number of backcountry flight oriented organizations on ways to help pilots new to backcountry flying gain some experience that may help them...

JJ Frey, who for decades ran EDO’s float division, passed away at age 89, according to his grandson, Julian Frey. JJ was a good friend, and literally a font of information about all things seaplane....

Folks, My friend Rich Stowell, the “Spin Doctor”, has created a new training program, aimed at making us better pilots. The program is called “Learn To Turn”, and it is (as everything Rich produces)...

I'll try to simply reference some things here, which are at least partially better at explaining what this is about. So, first, an article: https://generalaviationnews.com/2021/06/09/flight-training-under-attack/ https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2021/may/14/the-warbird-adventures-case Give...

Join us for a great weekend of exploring Central Montana and the Upper Missouri Breaks. We'll meet in Winifred, MT (9S7) Friday, June 25th. Dinner at the big hangar in Winifred that evening, sponsored...

Two cameras: A 7 Black and an 8 Black, and metal cases, ND filter, and attachment hardware. https://backcountrypilot.org/images/originalphotos/295/5704/1278b4b014b9efd08112593c.jpg Make a reasonable...

The topic of helmets has been pretty well thrashed in this thread: https://backcountrypilot.org/community/forum/latest/helmets-and-backcountry-flying-23766 But, flight helmets are just one part of...

I have a battery box from a Cessna 175 in excellent condition if anyone wants it. Removed for firewall mount. Looks pretty similar to other Cessna boxes for 25 A batteries. I know it’s hard to find...

Folks, In case you haven't seen this, the Air Force is planning GPS jamming exercises in southern Idaho (Mountain Home) next week. So, if you're flying around anywhere withing a couple hundred miles.....don't...