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MAY 25, 2025

Minimal IMC West of London, scattered clouds at my cruise altitude resulted in roughly thirty minutes of time in instrument meteorological conditions that also caused some unfortunately timed light chop. Timing was unfortunate because I chose that leg of the flight to relieve an over-pressurized bladder. Photo by Mike K.

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MAY 22, 2024

As the former owner of a vintage V-tail Bonanza, I always pay attention when one of them crashes. It involved an in-flight breakup, and the pilot was a doctor. Both invoke traditional assumptions about V-tails, and even vintage Bonanza lovers like me acknowledge there is at least a grain or two of truth in each.

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MAY 22, 2024

As the former owner of a vintage V-tail Bonanza, I always pay attention when one of them crashes. It involved an in-flight breakup; and the pilot was a doctor. Both invoke traditional assumptions about V-tails, and even vintage Bonanza lovers like me acknowledge there is at least a grain or two of truth in each.

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OCTOBER 28, 2023

Putting the front to our tails, we flew in IMC (instrument meteorological conditions) for 30 minutes before emerging under a clear blue sky. At Million Air, I helped myself to a Coke while I filed an IFR flight plan home. (In Better safe than sorry.

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