“The way to stop discriminating on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race,” (Chief Justice John Robers)
Who woulda thought that preference in scholarships based on skin color and ancestry was racism?
At least without having to huff oxygen from a mask…
The 340 pressurization issue is fixed.
Turned out is was a sticking outflow valve.
Simple soap and water, some compressed air, and a tiny bit of LPS fixed it…which is good because there are none available and we could not find anyplace to buy a rebuilt one.
4.2 psi differential, a 9000 ft cabin at 25,000 ft. At that altitude we can go pretty fast and cover some ground if the winds are right.
The weather was gorgeous for a flight: Severe VFR, clear and smooth: The view out the windows on the test flight as we turned back north at FL22 (22,000 ft) was spectacular though.
their Juneteenth (what a totally stupid name) Celebrations….
Thing is, most black people have no idea why it is a special day, or what it’s significance is.
But hey, they all get a free day off, so they are happy.
At the Obama center Grand Opening:
Joe Biden.
So I was supposed to test fly the 340 on Wed with a mechanic at 9AM in order to try to track down an intermittent pressurization issue….
And the forecast was for storms….very intense storms.
As we could not get out in time to do the tests and come back before the storms hit, we cancelled.
The forecast 24 hours before was for thunderstorms, heavy rain and hail arriving about 10:00 AM
The forecast 12 hours prior was for heavy rains, thunderstorms and hail arriving about 9:30 AM
The forecast 4 hours before was hail, heavy rain, and thunderstorms arriving about 10:30 with very low ceilings and poor visibility.
I called for weather briefing at 8 AM and got the detailed aviation forecast: Heavy rain, hail, extremely gusty winds, and thunderstorms arriving between 9:30 and 10:30AM. Low clouds and poor visibility.
So since we could not depart, climb, do the tests, and return before the expected 9:30 weather, we cancelled.
We got rain. at 11 AM. Mild rain, no hail, no thunderstorms, nearly calm winds with a ceiling about 8,000 feet and 6 or more miles of visibility. Just an hours long rain shower.
There was a forecast for later in the day for even more intense thunderstorms. We got nuthin’…..nuthin’ but rain. Nearest thunderstorm was at 10 PM 70 miles to the north.
These are the folks that claim that they can predict the weather 20 and even 50 and 100 years in the future. Yet they cannot predict with any accuracy the energy state of the atmosphere even as far as 1 hour in the future.
The same folks who have told us Global Warming Climate Change was going to kill us all in the next 10 years…for the past 40 years.
I think their models need a bot of tweaking.
Dude got screwed, first by the cops, then by the courts.
All I can say is there are other ways to get justice, if the courts won’t give it to you….
and I did not post the Words of Wisdom.
Sorry about that. They will resume next Wednesday.
as per the “Agreement” (Memorandum of Understanding) between the United States and Iran…
Then the USA has wasted countless dollars (enriching the weapons makers) broke a bunch of military equipment, damaged or lost several tens of aircraft, lost 13 US personnel, and accomplished…..
Nothing.
Fail. No other word for it.
No regime change, no guarantees that the Uranium enrichment will stop, the US has not gotten the enriched fissile material stockpiles, and this entire has done nothing to prevent the massacre of countless Iranian civilians. None of the original reasons for going to war were accomplished.
Reportedly there are reparations of 300 Billion dollars as well.
Of course, we can trust the Iranians to continue the negotiations about disarmament and the other issues in good faith now that there is not threat …Sure we can.
Ultimately the entire exercise was a failure,
Just got back from the Range….
Pretty proud of this target.
Peep sighted Savage Mark II rifle at 50 yards. Nice heavy barrel helps a lot.
We just beat the rain.
(yeah, I know it is a “50 foot” target, but that’s the challenge, innit?)
No wind to speak of and from a bench with a front rest and a sandbag. Others used a lead sled, but I am old school. A rest and a sandbag shows your skill. I feel like a Lead Sled is cheating.
Left to right, top to bottom. No sighters.
5 rds per
When we use scopes, we also shoot at the staples…
Only one cup of coffee helps….
I had no spotting scope (and no spotter) so I wasn’t sure how I did until I had shot all 50 rounds. I didn’t see any holes in the white so I figured I was doing pretty good.
Now if I could only shoot like that at the competitions!