Scott Manley

We've never seen anything like this recording of a landing on another world. @fireflyspace

Well, I guess I’m not recording any audio today

The show today was a bit lower energy than what we had last week:

@Space_EngGG No he just hadn’t renewed because he wasn’t flying.

@DJSnM Wait so my guy was grounded for years over a medical? Sport pilot rules are wild.

Went flying with a guy I know, he was a pilot that hadn’t flown in years, let him do a bunch of flying and told him he should log the time. “I can’t my, medical has expired” “You don’t need a medical for this just a driver’s license”

View from up there is great too

In SF there’s a park in Corona Heights, with one of the world’s largest patch of slickensides. Rock that was in a fault which was polished flat, you can see the grooves showing the direction the fault slipped. This rock is actually a tough chunk of chert from north of the bridge that’s been moved south by fault motion.

@JohnFromUCLA He’s certainly had a colorful career.

@DJSnM A blue haired guy!

@MrAnthonyDR Andor turned into one of the great shows, not just among Star Wars, but in general.

@DJSnM I just wish any of this more recent Star wars stuff was actually worth watching. I enjoyed the first couple of seasons of mandalorian and actually rogue one, but everything else has been such garbage.

I love the facial expressions on the foley performers.

@Stuck4ger I want to get these skills, need to find the time.

@DJSnM Me in 1975

It’s truly awesome to fly high and fast but every now and then I need a little low and slow to cleanse the soul.

@AndyMasley Even my kids know this?

My simple test whenever I meet anyone in DC making strong claims about China is “Do you know who Deng Xiaoping is?” And the failure rate is way higher than you might think

@VFXPilot It’s at 1O2 Lampsin Field. Replaces Red’s Sky Room

@DJSnM Thanks. Also, what was the name/location of that new airport restaurant? Want to update our database

@AstroSkeptic Yeah, I think I would go with SR22 for extra performance and capabilities (FIKI)

@DJSnM Ah okay makes a bit more sense then. Doesn't this leave the SR20 in a weird spot? Feel like most private owners go for the SR22.

Cirrus have announce the Trac 10 - a big change from their SR2X series because it has a Rotas 916iS engine. It's aimed at flight schools, and while you might think $500k for a new training plane is expensive, that's roughly what a Cessna 172 costs. youtube.com/watch?v=BVN6Wd…

@JoelOBryanPhD Does that factor in the lower insurance costs?

@DJSnM CAPES adds at least $3K/yr ($30K/10 years to replace squib and repack) maintenance cost vs C-172.

@VFXPilot Yep, it’s an LSA

@DJSnM Is that because of LSA rules? Not as familiar

@TomcatJunkie Kerbal Space Program

Be honest. Is there anything that you can call yourself an expert in?

The 'Space DJ' thing has had an unforseen improvement in my video editing. Now when I need a piece of historic B-Roll I can frequently think of the tune I matched it to and grab the footage from there. Astronaut in gorrilla suit - look for Basement Jaxx. X-15 - Chemical Brothers. Space Shuttle - High Contrast Exploding rockets - Katy Perry etc Now some of you might be organized enough to organize your B-roll by file names, but I somehow never made that work.

@saradietschy And it's really hard to outsource unless you have the discipline to put into writing what you could do more quickly in a video editor.

It's feels kind of cruel how all encompassing video editing is The rare kind of work where you can't listen to music or do anything else it requires literally 110% of your focus which is just so exhausting after doing it for 15+ years lol

@Avboden One of these days I need to do that experiment since I've only every flown glass. Except for those times I did spins and aerobatics.

@DJSnM Is an aircraft being *too* advanced for training an issue? Like causes reliance on all the tech and then you get into anything older and barely actually know how to fly?