Haha
We never really had a âlast flightâ
We got ânext flight is 2 hoursâ
Dtw is 1100 flights a day
I think the blizzards we were jamming, 5 slots wide 2 truck operations weâd probably do 30 an hour 
Having to drive to fill tanks sounds dumb
We had storage right on our pad
Yeah, MSP was huge too.
Aspen is a different beast, lots of restrictions because of the mountains. Tower opens at 7AM, no flights before then.
Planes can still land after 10:30, but planes must be wheels up by 10:30:00 or else they canât take off. FAA rules up here.
37 flights a day doesnât sound like much (it isnât), until you also figure in 3 deicers total on a 13+ hour shift 7 days a week. And those 37 flights are mixed in with 130+ private flights. And the ~150 inbound flights. And all of them usually end up touching our deice pad at one point or another.
Itâs made to fit 3 CRJ-700âs. But weâve had 3 parked there, plus 2 we were deicing at one point. I was actually sitting in the travel lane/safety zone while deicing the tail (which was hanging over the safety zone) because it was so damn full.
Itâs a tiny airport, but stupid busy because of a shitty layout.
Top is north, bottom is south. Commercial has to take off to the north, and land south. Weâve had it so windy, there were so many jets lined up waiting to take off it was blocking entrance to the deice pad so we couldnât get anything else in to spray.
Empty pad:
Full pad:
Bonus rainbow:
Normally, youâd want to take off and land with a headwind. And if you have relatively normal weather, most planes should be taking off and landing in the same direction.
I imagine that this is at KASE, and youâve got a bit of a crosswind right now:
METAR KASE 011253Z 21008KT 10SM CLR 09/00 A3049 RMK AO2 SLP214 T00890000
I guess that runway 15 is currently active?
Yuppers, 15 is southbound so thatâs the landing direction. Runway 33 is northbound. Same runway, different direction. Privates can takeoff/land either direction, they just have to get the OK from Tower. Commercial canât due to FAA regulations because of the mountains.
Does anyone have a photo of a flexM1 v2 closeup?
A useless bit of info for people that donât know but might care.
Runways are numbered from a compass heading with 0â° removed
eg 15 0â° - 33 0â°
(Rounded to the nearest 10â°)
So runways are numbered from 1 to 36
Opposite end of the runway always differ by 180 degrees / ±18
eg. 15 - 33
My mother (in her 80âs) still lives on the farm. Sheâs one of those nothing is gonna hold me back kind of people. From generations of farmers.
Just to let you know how that works, I got a text a few years back, âI ran over the propane tank with the tractor, but itâs o.k.â For reference, I had no clue what âitâs o.k.â meant, and she drove an Allis 7060 over a 500 gallon propane tank.
Anywho, I bring this up cause last year she decided she wanted the house painted and she wants it done her way. So she bought a goverment surplus de-icer. A.K.A. âThe Beastâ
I spent last Christmas fixing the Hydraulics and bucket controls. God only know how this plays out, but at least sheâs not planning to go up in it herself.
Just to clarify, the massive spray rig will not be used. Itâs just to run some poor guy who didnât run fast enough away from the project 30 ft up in the air with a paintbrush.
Also useful in case that tractor gets any funny ideas about running over propane tanks againâŠ
She sounds cool as fuck.
And hilarious 
Thats the opposite of overkillâŠ
Thats like strapping somebody to the front of a ride on mower with a pair of scissors
I can get you one Wednesday, if you donât mind waiting : )
Yes please!
wormhole attack in the wild
Dug out some old Wyze V2 cams I had and finally got around to getting setup. Loaded with Dafang firmware: GitHub - EliasKotlyar/Xiaomi-Dafang-Hacks
No cloud, no internet, no subscription needed. Tied into my Homeassistant server so now I get notifications on somebody in the driveway.
Takes a few seconds to trigger. And if Iâm home (based on phone GPS, and/or if its connected to home wifi) it also plays over the home audio.
When are you putting in the upgrade?
[vent]Tall poppy syndrome sucks!
No Iâm not showing off, in fact most of the time I donât even care and just want to finish whatever Iâm doing and go home. So itâs probably not even the best effort Iâm capable of, fuck off!
Why are some cultures like this!? Why are people like this!? I donât like to compare myself to others and seriously donât care. If you want help ask, if you want to learn how I do things ask, but donât belittle me because you lost a dumb competition that I wasnât participating in and probably only exists in your head.[/vent]
People suck⊠This aspect about Latin America sucks⊠And I need a hugâŠ
I only regret the person you label as The Mankini
