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Well, Rich has tried to give us SOME idea of what it knows - and what it doesn't (yet). Meanwhile, from today's NYT: At UK Summit, Global Leaders Warn AI Could Cause ‘Catastrophic’ Harm - The New York Times WWW.NYTIMES.COM At a U.K. summit, 28 governments, including China and the U.S., signed a declaration agreeing to cooperate on evaluating the risks of artificial intelligence.

https://www.communityaviation.com/hubfs/Nine Principles - Rich Stowell and ChatGPT - 27Sep2023-1.pdf And starts a new blog (which, he reckons, was written by a human ;- ) Community Aviation WWW.COMMUNITYAVIATION.COM We're building a network of experts in every field of aviation that you can access for knowledge and hands-on training. Rich Stowell. Rich took his first flying lesson in 1982 and began his career as a full-time flight instructor specializing in spin, emergency maneuver, and aerobatic training in 1987. He is a recognized subject matter expert in loss of control in light airplanes, the 2014 National FAA Safety Team Rep of the Year, and the 2006 National Flight Instructor of the Year. A 20-year Master Instructor, Rich is a Charter and Life Member of the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators, and a 35-year member of AOPA, EAA, and IAC. He has logged 10,200 hours of flight time with 9,100 hours of flight instruction given, 34,700 spins, and 25,700 landings.

Deconstructing The Cirrus Hate - AVweb WWW.AVWEB.COM With anti-Chinese sentiment at an all time high, Cirrus takes it on the chin for being owned by the Chinese government. Should it?

And this is Blancolirio's account of yet another professional going down in a GA single. Juan opines that an important safety device we'd do well not to forget is the common credit card.

Yes, according to Juan Browne, it was probably not the turn, per se, that caught them out but coming up short on the glide, which, in this case, meant crashing into near vertical terrain just before the runway; apparently, a kind of plateau, whereas a normal airport layout might have had this episode end with nothing more than a bit of an undershoot in the grass.

YPFT closure is mentioned in "Public Notes" on its info page in OzRwys.

New OzRwys instructional vid:

Two killed in Lake Placid airplane crash identified | News, Sports, Jobs - Lake Placid News WWW.LAKEPLACIDNEWS.COM LAKE PLACID — The two people killed in an airplane crash at the Lake Placid Airport on Sunday have been identified as Russ Francis, a former NFL tight end who Air Safety Institute's Richard McSpadden Dies In Crash - AVweb WWW.AVWEB.COM Richard McSpadden, the senior vice president of the AOPA Air Safety Institute died, along with one other person, in the crash of a Cessna 177RG near Lake Placid Airport in upstate New York Sunday...

More to the point: whatareyou

More flingwing follies:

A MOSAIC Study Guide - FLYING Magazine WWW.FLYINGMAG.COM FAA proposed regulation has powerfully captured the attention of many pilots. Pilots have tons of questions.

According to this report the Pawnee was going around as the Jabiru was taking off on the crossing runway. One plane in fatal aerial collision north of Brisbane had just aborted a landing attempt, ATSB reveals - ABC News WWW.ABC.NET.AU One pilot survived the mid-air collision near Caboolture Airfield, which killed David and Jan Maddern on Friday morning.

Yep. It's a homebuilt. Surely not pressurised. O2 units available if needed. As mentioned above, it cruises at around 200 Kt. Its engine weighs 20 kilos; smaller than an airliner's APU. Some interesting facts, for anyone interested, in this "Experimenter" article (from some years back, about a prototype of the single seater). https://www.sonexaircraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/EAASA_SubSonex_Sept_2016.pdf EXCERPTS: "BOB CARLTON COMES SCREAMING down the air show line at nearly 300 mph. The high pitch of the tiny PBS TJ100 jet engine, combined with the vivid canary yellow paint scheme, make the entrance of the JSX-2 SubSonex very hard to ignore ... The JSX-2 could easily be the everyman’s jet, and I was lucky enough to learn why in the most fun way possible—through firsthand experience studying and flying it. SPIRITED PERFORMANCE The density altitude is a whopping 7,000 feet at the runway. While the takeoff roll of the SubSonex is correspondingly long, that is immediately forgotten as the tiny landing gear break free from the runway surface. Even at this altitude, the JSX-2’s performance is so far removed from most aircraft in this weight class that I can’t help but smile. I quickly get back to business and retract the gear as the airspeed rapidly accelerates toward the maximum gear speed of 125 mph. The gear stows within seconds, and 500 feet AGL passes as I reduce the thrust to climb power (98 percent) and arm the engine’s automatic protection computer (more on that later). Climbing at 150 to 160 indicated, I reach maneuvering altitude after only three climbing legs around the airport’s perimeter. The altimeter now reads 9,500 feet MSL (density altitude of around 10,500 feet), but I’m only 3,000 or so feet above New Mexico’s high desert terrain. As I level off, I wonder to myself what the SubSonex’s performance must be like when operating out of Sonex’s home airport of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in the dead of winter. I’m sure what I just experienced would seem positively anemic in comparison. MICROSTEPS TO MICROJETS Tiny jets have been around for decades. In fact, a fascinating array of them have popped up at AirVenture over the years. However, until recently, flying examples have been essentially limited to novelty air show acts and one-off aircraft originally designed with piston powerplants. The jet engines they used were mostly converted auxiliary power units (APUs) or upscaled RC model aircraft engines. While the former suffered from poor power-to-weight ratios and high fuel consumption, the latter lacked reliability and operational convenience. Additionally, with airframes initially designed without consideration of turbine power, the systems, aerodynamics, and performance limitations can easily negate any advantages that a jet engine (of any variety) might offer. Thus, the microjet that offered any real level of practicality remained elusive. Then, in 2008, a Czech company with decades of experience building military-grade APUs introduced something different, something game-changing. The PBS TJ100 turbojet engine was a modern, clean-sheet design with exceptional thrust-to-weight ratio and fuel economy. Unlike earlier microjet engines, it incorporated computerized digital control, an integrated starter/ generator, recirculating lubrication, and spark ignition. All of which contributed to ease of operation, along with reliable and predictable performance. People noticed. Soon, the TJ100 became very desirable for both small manned aircraft and drone applications. Previously built microjets that struggled with engine reliability for years quietly began to convert to PBS engines. While other applications that had been waiting for just such an engine began to move beyond imaginations and into reality Sonex Aircraft founder and legendary sport plane designer John Monnett set about designing a completely new Sonex. His design would revolve around PBS turbojet power and be optimized to take full advantage of it."

The engine is the same apparently. The wing area is about 47% larger. Lots of info here: SubSonex JSX-2T Update: Successful AirVenture Debut and a Design Tweak – Reserve Your Two-Place Jet Kit Today! – Sonex Aircraft WWW.SONEXAIRCRAFT.COM The long-anticipated Two-Seat SubSonex JSX-2T was unveiled at a record-breaking EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2022, providing the first opportunity for the public to see the new... I put the specs alongside each other here to compare. [Click the 'thumbnail' to see it properly.]

Absolutely, it's a poor man's Vision Jet. ;- )

Sorry.

I didn't get the impression that BrendAn was unfamiliar with the specs of the aircraft he's already bought. Maybe I missed something.

" "Erratic Manor" would be a good name for where the Munster's live." Ha, ha ... thanks. That is funny. "A joke that takes a while to GET is the best.. Nev" ... and by that measure VERY funny. ;- ) (BTW, outside parts of the lawn bowls and sports flying communities, it'll take a LOT longer still for that joke to land. )