But, he’s got no room for being unlucky.
You can only prepare for so much to go wrong. Operating an aircraft where aircraft is not supposed to be operated means you accept additional risk. Mistakes, breakdowns and mishaps that normally would be a nuisance, can be deadly.
But hey, pilots doing this regularly are good at what they do. No doubt about it. There’s little room for anything less. Just saying that it’s means added risk.
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I agree, hes one engine cough from his coffee leaving through the windscreen. You just havent got any time to fault find and aviate that close to the trees.
I think bush flying is fantastic and I basically live on youtube watching them do it but stuff like this does worry me. Even the landing strip has undercarriage stripes on it. You’ve only got to get a bit twisted on landing and it’s goodbye to the wheels
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I assume that they must play a prerecorded message on the regular ATC channels for people inbound that may have not checked their NOTAMS for the destination airport?
Yes, it will be noted on the ATIS, and you’ll likely be talking to NY Approach anyway…although the floor of the Class B there is 1,800’…so you could sneak on in under without having to talk to anyone. I’d want to be talking to approach to get the low-down on the traffic situation though. I’d imagine TEB is a ghost town right now…and particularly at those hours.
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I live on short final for 24. We’ve heard nothing for a week. Of course they might be landing 19. But I think the silence can be sourced to other reasons. Think positive thoughts. We’ll all be flying again soon.
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I’m so worried about jumping in aircraft that havent flown for months. Its gonna be weeks before those little engines are running right.
Naw. My airplane has gone many months without starting during other lulls. I would pull the prop around a few times and she’d crank right up.
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We’ve got a rotax 912 and they really dont like being sat still. The limbach and steyr powered ones will be fine I would think. They are bulletproof
You are an accomplished mechanic, are you not? Just take a set of tools along, set it down in a meadow and fix it, should the plugs run foul.
Speaking of mechanics, type this in in your YouTube search bar, you shall be entertained for hours: garage 54
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The problem for idle engines is not fouled plugs I’m told. They are relatively easy to clean/replace anyway. The problem is rusty cylinders. The cylinders rust because the oil that coats them can itself can pick up moisture over time. The solution is to run the engine every couple of months. The problem with doing that solution only partially is that it does more harm than good. The engine has to run hot enough that all water is baked off. Just idling for five minutes will only produce more moisture in the engine. The mechanics in my world say it’s best to leave it alone and not worry about it. But that’s Lycoming. They’re tanks.
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I worry far more about my own currency after sitting around the house for a month or two, than the aircraft’s mechanical condition. I think I deteriorate much faster than it does!
I have made an effort to get back into small GA flying a little bit, and went up myself and got tailwheel current again last Tuesday. That was fun, it’d been nearly a year since I’d flown anything with one motor, much less conventional gear. Surprisingly my feet remembered everything and all my landings were acceptable! 
Then I took my two year old for a ride, he clapped after my first touch-and-go landing and then promptly fell asleep for the rest of the flight.
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Yep, mine does that. Its hilarious when you get out after the flight and he says he has had the best time ever lol
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You are not wrong there!!! Wow!
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Imagine showing up to prom in this…
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I can’t remember if I ever posted a picture of my King Air B200 checkride t-shirt. I wore it into an FAA checkride as a gag once a long time ago…back when I could wear that size shirt (!). Found it in my closet a while back as I was cleaning…
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He’d better be keeping that plane in top shape if you are constantly about to stall when on approach, and you better hope there’s no bird about to hit you. Just imagine a carb giving a little cough on approach? These video’s are about as close to that type of flying as I want to get!
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Interesting video of preflight preparations and flying a parachute jumping mission over Saint Martin (SXM)…