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As if we needed another example, yet again political sniping has been introduced to financial postings by the Trump disciples of the board. Two of them in particular are well aware of the MFO management request that we use the Off-Topic section for …
"The best we can do is to elect someone who we believe has our best interests at heart, and who listens to people who are more knowledgeable then him or herself."
How true. Well, we know for sure that eliminates one of the two contenders.
• As if any US president has any control over Russia starting a war.
• As if Trump's good friend Putin's war had nothing to do with the world-wide increase in energy prices.
• As if any US president has any control over Hamas starting a war.
• As…
@hank- yes, the Case tractor at our station was also light-orange / yellow and indeed "badly faded". And also yes, light aircraft don't commonly have reversible props, although some of the more expensive models do have adjustable-pitch props.
@Crash- Yes, Boeing bought (re-acquired) Spirit in July.
The FAA has been under significant regulatory capture for many years, much to the continuing irritation of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), who are the U.S. primary investiga…
My intent was only to note that sometimes it isn't possible for a manufacturer/final assembler to realize that a part supplied by another company will fail in the future because of a manufacturing defect, and to differentiate that situation from one…
Here are excerpts from a current report in The Guardian:
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Friday it will open a three-month review of Boeing’s compliance with safety regulations, continuing the agency’s closer oversight of the compa…
@hank- yes sir, The props are reversible, not the engines. Here's a pic of our plane. This type plane was called an "Albatross". Note that it has retractible wheels, and can be used on either land or water. For takeoff on a very short airstrip such …
Now you've reminded me of my tractor story! Same place in Philippines. Our family in San Francisco never had a vehicle, so I had no idea how to drive. Our Loran station in the Philippines had a grass airstrip, with an approach from over the reef on …
Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us, only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living…
Certainly been there and done all of that. Very happy that I can now afford to have someone else do the work. Getting a few drops of warm dirty engine oil on my face was no fun. Never had much fun with distributors either, with the damned "condenser…
I really do appreciate those of us here who are able to admit that we sometimes try things which turn out to be not such great ideas. Pretty real, compared to those few who have never made a mistake or done a bad deal.
"Getting to be a country of ignoramuses."
Yes, and a number of factors there:
No more in-depth broadcast Radio or TV news departments other than PBS - many people now get the "news" from each other via questionable internet sources.
Broadcast an…
"This, after the far-right fossil fools have spent years arguing there's no way humans could affect weather or climate."
Well yeah, but they don't regard anyone other than their enlightened selves to be truly "human". Just ask Trump... it's some ki…
It should be noted that the defective part was sold to Boeing by Collins Aerospace — an aerospace manufacturer that supplies Boeing. Given the nature of the defect there is no suggestion that Boeing could have or should have been aware of the defect…
