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mymuss
6y ago
Fitbit Toto Washlet House
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mymuss
8y ago
Paying attention to the attitude indicator is absolutely not the right way to fly in visual conditions for many reasons. The best way to deal with reduced visibility under VFR is by doing a thorough preflight planning (e.g. stay on the grou
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mymuss
9y ago
> I can't think of a single U.S. city that does this. They're all exact change only or proprietary ticketing systems MBTA in Boston had the mTicket app for mobile ticketing and payments for years. I live in Boston and use the a
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mymuss
10y ago
FinMason | System Administrator (Junior to Midlevel) | Boston MA | ONSITE | Full-Time We are a fintech startup in downtown Boston. This position is responsible for operation, maintenance, provisioning, and installation/configuration of
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mymuss
10y ago
What you're saying is absolutely correct but it has nothing to do with the issue being discussed in the linked article. You can fly in a real aircraft for hours doing nothing but twisting autopilot knobs. OTOH you can practice basic ai
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mymuss
10y ago
This article is factually incorrect. Here's some glaring examples: > United States and European Union, which still compel pilots to meet stringent standards to keep their licences valid, including a requirement to actually fly a pla
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mymuss
10y ago
What's the significance of "17.2" in Model Name/Number?
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Startups Are Eating Wall Street's Lunch
(bloomberg.com)
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mymuss
11y ago
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mymuss
11y ago
That statement is indeed absurd on so many levels. I only hope it doesn't not come from someone who is IFR rated.
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mymuss
11y ago
Ok I'm going to agree that Flytenow's operation obviously fails the duck test, no sure what they were hoping for. In fact I met with one of the founders when they started and told him no way it was going to fly (pun intended) with
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mymuss
11y ago
I did not say that. I'm sure best maintenance facilities for TUs and ILs are in Russia. I am going to say though flying is safer in the developed world. US based passenger airlines did not have one fatality since February 2009.
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mymuss
11y ago
It's a bit more than "unscrew this, replace that". Even the relatively simple maintenance procedures often require multiple steps and referring to bunch of charts and tables. Something small like using incorrect torque settin
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mymuss
12y ago
I'm a flight instructor. When I teach engine out emergencies in multiengine aircraft one of the challenges is to quickly identify which engine is failing. The most obvious effect of an loss of thrust on one engine is yaw (rotation of t
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SpaceX runs on Linux
(lwn.net)
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mymuss
14y ago
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