Aaron Van Arsdale

@SteveNomadic Socks?

Eating what???? 😳

@SteveNomadic @slimschadey161 @MidwestGolfJake @golfshadowridge Remember our playing partner? 😂

@slimschadey161 @MidwestGolfJake @golfshadowridge Yes! @AVAgolfs and I did the day we left YLW for Brazil. I liked it.

Anybody else like to play golf courses near airports so you can see air traffic while playing?

@CaptBob_Nomadic In front of your favorite restaurant!

Made it to Singapore!

@jonostrower If you need more, my daughter is selling them. Just DM me your order and I can deliver them to you at the Museum of Flight. 😂

What has two thumbs and is probably going to eat entire sleeve of Thin Mints tonight?

@BarstoolBigCat we need to make this happen.

@NFL what do we have to do to make MNF Seahawks/Eagles game the @Seahawks throwback jerseys and the @Eagles Kelly Greens? 🤔

@JTTsteve @ndarmour @oneflyerguy1993 @OMD_SkyDog @ndarmour I’ll never forget this! Right before my 21st birthday in CYS in the EMB-120 doing V1 cuts in the airplane. What a different world that was.

@ndarmour @oneflyerguy1993 @OMD_SkyDog @AVAgolfs No way! That’s awesome! He was about 9 years old back then 😂

.@OMD_SkyDog practicing a V1 cut in our Westwind II today. There’s only one 1124 sim in the world - so we do our training in the actual plane! A V1 cut is an engine failure after V1 (takeoff decision speed). It means we’re past the point where a rejected takeoff is safe or possible, therefore we must take-off on the remaining good engine. All pilots practice V1 cuts on large multiengine aircraft, but usually in a simulator. We do it as part of every recurrent Checkride on the big jets, but it’s extra trippy doing it for real! That said, the “failure” is really just one engine being pulled back to idle thrust, so it’s available IF necessary. Notice - it’s barely even an event in the hands of a skilled professional pilot. Rudder is applied to the side of the good engine, directional control is maintained, and the aircraft is rotated into a climb at V2 while the non-flying pilot retracts the gear and the flaps. The “issue” and subsequent troubleshooting/shutdown procedures are delayed until the aircraft is at a safe altitude.

Awesome day today! My airplane obsessed son, Austin, got an intro flight. (I would’ve liked to do it but haven’t flown a single engine since 2007 😂) He had a great instructor that was patient and let him fly most of the flight. I think he’s hooked! #avgeek

@OMD_SkyDog @mhp_guy Or you can run a half marathon, ragnars and other races just like myself post having kids and it’s even more rewarding. I can’t attest to grandchildren like @OMD_SkyDog, but having kids is the most challenging and rewarding things you can do in life.

@mhp_guy I'll tell you what's better than having kids...it's when your kids have kids! Being a grandparent has been one of the most satisfying things in my life. I'm truly grateful for the experience.

There's been a resurgence of people doing hard things: Tough mudders Ultra marathons Extended fasts At the same time, the birth rate peaked in '07 & has been dropping ever since. Below replacement levels. If you CHOOSE to not have kids but like doing hard things I have some great news for you: Having kids is really, really hard, too, but also 1,000x more rewarding than crossing a finish line. You can do it! And you should. And no, you'll never feel ready. That's ok.

@JTTsteve @aidan_allen101 There it is for proof!

The second plane flown by @AVAgolfs and @aidan_allen101 had the SELCAL code: FK-ER. 🤣

I often associate the SELCAL code with 2 words, and that becomes the aircraft nickname. 😂

@JTTsteve @bradbruchs The grint pro membership is a solid choice.👌🤌😂

For those not familiar with WeChat (i.e. people that haven’t been to China) - be advised we DON’T want this here. In China, WeChat is used to buy things, fill out mandatory government documents, basically everything. It’s the ultimate big-brother app. You literally cannot buy fast food at the airport in China without a WeChat account unless you have RMB (cash) - and some places don’t even accept that! You also can’t fill out your health declaration without WeChat to depart the country!

@JTTsteve Chambers hat is awesome!

Settled in for the long ride home! Time to 😴

@JTTsteve @Aerotiques @AveryGiordano Do you have room for a picture of Chambers Bay on those walls?

With the finishing touch now in place from @Aerotiques - my home office renovation is now finished! 100% of the design credit goes to @AveryGiordano - a true master. I’ll be honest, I resisted this for a while. I thought I preferred working in a junk heap, but I was wrong!

@CaptFZ I can’t believe you made it without that IFE! 😂

Earlier……..⚡️

What a trip this was with @JTTsteve. No hot ovens and inedible food. Nearly froze to death with a pack that got stuck full cold on our last leg after departure and the most chaotic Covid protocols ever in CMB. We will always have a story to tell on this one!

The northern lights were on display tonight looking Northwest over the Montana/Wyoming border. ✈️

@BarstoolBigCat He’s back @BarstoolBigCat. Let’s just hope he takes an Uber anywhere he needs to go after the event so he can win the masters this year.

Is Tiger back?

@Ameriflight @iflyspokane 3200 hrs in the EMB-120. The most fun airplane I’ve ever flown.

You can only chose ONE - sunrise or sunset? 🌅🌄 Photo by: Kayleigh Huth @iflyspokane #sunrisephotography #AvGeek

@JTTsteve @Eagles They’re going to have them all greased up ready for the crazy Philly fans. 😂

@AVAgolfs @Eagles Maybe I’ll climb a traffic light 🚦

757 trip this weekend delayed into next week… I just went from “I’m going to miss the game completely😡” to I’m physically going to the NFC Championship F’ing @Eagles game!!! let’s F’ing Go! #FlyEaglesFly