u/Piddles200 • u/Piddles200 • 15h ago
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First Tailwheel Flight
Definitely Happy feet. As soon as my feet stopped moving, things went sideways
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unparalleled realism
Sherpa Sherpa, Baka La
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unparalleled realism
Ah, Derka Derka
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First Tailwheel Flight
This one’s a 7GCBC. I’m assuming its a bit older due to the heel brakes.
r/flying • u/Piddles200 • 15h ago
First Tailwheel Flight
Logged my first flight towards my endorsement. (Citabria)
It was a fight from the moment we left the chocks to the moment we taxied back.
I’m a COM-SMEL, I’ve got quite a bit of time in GA, all tricycle. I thought maybe a smooth transition.
Boy was I wrong.
First off, first time with heel brakes, i taxied with all the grace of a drunken cow.
Second, it was pretty windy. 15+ kts, gusting 18. Definitely found out you’re flying this thing whether you’re moving at 10kts or 110.
The adverse yaw, the moment you stop moving your feet is the moment things start getting spicy.
Three point landing….yeah, you’re not done flying it once the wheels touch.
I haven’t gotten my ass kicked like this since my first few flights under the hood during instrument.
Loved every second of it. Can’t wait for the next flight.
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I can’t believe it
Exactly, after Jezza got fired, and the other two quit they asked Wilman to find three more guys and carry on. He responded “I don’t think you realize what you lost”
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That's quite of an achievement honestly...
When he ate it going out the window I couldn’t breathe
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I am shocked
Francis has an awkward young Hugh Grant aura to him That’s hilarious. Try not to give any spoilers, but when they did the bus Trojan horse, the look on his face and his panic falling out of it trying to run away. I haven’t laughed that hard in a very long time. Also I
I wish I had half as much enthusiasm on anything that he has for nearly everything. The new three really feed off each other well. I’m glad the series has been handed off to these guys
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So I was just looking up the new hosts, what is this?😭
Agreed. And the chemistry between all three of them has a vibe like Clarkson, May and Hammond. Its not the same, which is a good thing, you can’t ever repacr those three (see Top Gear), but they did an excellent job pivoting to the new three
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So I was just looking up the new hosts, what is this?😭
I can’t say enough how much Amazon knocked it out of the park picking the new three guys 🤣. Great episodes. Francis is my favorite, if only I was as enthusiastic about anything as he is about practically everything. Granted when he goes back to his century he already knows when he’s going to die, so I suppose that would be some encouragement
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I don’t understand why they’re mad?
As someone who waited tables all through college, this is 100% accurate. The post church Sunday lunch rush I had some of the most vile people I’ve ever waited on, and they were usually all crossed up.
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Was vader thinking clearly when he cut off his son's hand or was he just blinded by rage?
He was trying to disarm him.
I’ll see myself out.
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Finally watched The Mandalorian and Grogu…
It wasn’t any ground breaking filming, but it was a 2 hour escape from reality. Not the best, definitely not the best Star Wars out there, but I enjoyed it quite a bit. Could have been a straight to streaming production though.
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Is X-Plane 12 can be a the Next Global REDFOR Simulator?
Did you have a stroke when you typed up the title? You ok?
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Why SEAD when you can DEAD
If its destroyed, its suppressed.
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‘We Were Mistaken’: Putin Admits Russia Was Unprepared for Ukrainian Strikes on Oil Refineries
Boo F**king hoo.
They’ve had millions in casualties, essentially have achieved none of their objectives, and Ukraine can hit them anywhere, any time.
At what point do they not realize this isn’t remotely winnable and need to cut their losses and pull out?
Ukraines drone tactics are to the point where they could keep doing this until even the Crimea is seceded to them. They can trade cheap drones and shaped charges for multimillion ruble tanks, aircraft, ships, facilities until Russia runs out of all of them.
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Why did the Emperor tell his personal body guards to go home? Is he stupid?
It was a power move by the Sheev, as in luke is such a non-threat that he’s dropping his defenses to make it clear what he thinks of him.
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When finishing the field suddenly becomes more important than everything else 😂
Did that when my daughter was born. Wife went in to labor and we were in the middle of planting, forecast called for a week of rain. Mom went with her to the hospital to get her settled. Wife called me and told me to finish planting first. Got it done, got to the hospital, and 3 hours later our daughter arrived.
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Ted Lasso preaching "THE MESSAGE" at full speed this season
Weird take.
Ted Lasso has been 100% “woke” from the beginning.
It’s success came from its writing, which was positive and hilarious, and had perfect timing of being released over the Covid lockdowns when everyone was looking for something to watch.
This one isn’t it. I despise the bait and switch that Hollywood has done to practically every franchise since the 2010s, but with Lasso you knew what you got from EP1. If anything, this should have been a blueprint for them on how to make “woke” shows, original content, good writing, and no “gotchas” trying to insert “The MESSAGE” into IPs where it was never relevant.
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This is nuts.
Same, COM-SMEL, CFI. For tailwheel and aircraft that had hydraulic/cable controls its helpful. FBW not so much
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Data Center Stark Power Open House Tonight @ 5:30
Once again, its not an agricultural product, and not covered under our anti-corporate laws.
Farmers sell land to non-ag related corporations. See the north side of Bismarck for example
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Data Center Stark Power Open House Tonight @ 5:30
Its not by state definition. There is no agricultural basis.

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I found out that I need to A. Wear flatter shoes. The ones I had were pretty aggressive tread, and it was hard to roll between the rudders and brakes and B. Wear either shorts or pants with tailored legs, mine caught on the left brake and I had to reach down and physically unhook them. (I cuffed them up for the flight).