Rick Durden

Author: The Thinking Pilot's Flight Manual (Vol. 1-3). Aviation attorney, editor, volunteer + CFI.

[Rick Durden @thinking_pilot]

5/5 Can't decide which book to purchase? Get one or all of them! Order directly from https://t.co/9QLBO4UIks, including shipping & handling, and Rick will personally autograph your copies. Perfect for #Avgeeks, #AviationLovers & aspiring pilots all the way to ATPs #ThinkingPilot

[Rick Durden @thinking_pilot]

🧵1/5 After Old Hack discovered that no insurer would write a $1 million smooth policy on his two-seat Super Cruiser, his only choice was to buy the $100K sublimits policy. He knows he’s seriously underinsured, and it worries him.

[Rick Durden @thinking_pilot]

4/5 Read "Recurrent Training: Some Extra Insurance," Chapter 3 of "The Thinking Pilot, Vol 3" https://t.co/3uk0ayY8ij #AviationInsurance #GeneralAviation #AircraftOwner #RecurrentTraining #CFI

[GAMA @GAManufacturers]

Our Aviation Design Challenge winners, from McIntosh High School, toured CubCrafters completion center and spent some time with the latest planes being prepared for delivery. We are grateful for @GarminAviation’s sponsorship of the Challenge.

[Dave Coulier @DaveCoulier]

#FullHouse changed my life, and I want to hear how it enhanced YOURS. Record a video sharing what Full House means to you and post it with the hashtag #fullhouserewind. I’ll be sharing some of my favorites!

[EAA @EAA]

EAA’s Chance Vought F4U-4 Corsair was retired to our Eagle Hangar in February 1998. Today, after a little coaxing, this beautiful bird was fired up for the first time in 25 years!

You can see this historic airplane for yourself when it’s on display at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023. It also will be a part of a special Corsair reunion. #OSH23 #Corsair #warbird #aviation #aviationlovers #avgeek

[National Air and Space Museum @airandspace]

45 years ago this week, James Christy and Robert Harrington discovered Charon, the largest of Pluto's five moons. New Horizons took this photo of Charon during its flyby of the Pluto system in 2015.

More on Charon's discovery: https://t.co/gW6t5bkvzY

[Rick Durden @thinking_pilot]

4/4 Can't decide which book to buy? Get one or all of them! Order directly from https://t.co/9QLBO4UIks, including shipping & handling, and Rick will personally autograph your copies. Perfect for #Avgeeks, #AviationLovers, and aspiring pilots all the way to ATPs #ThinkingPilot

[Rick Durden @thinking_pilot]

🧵1/4 Our resident curmudgeon, Old Hack, said he just renewed his Super Cruiser’s insurance. He had always bought a $1 million smooth policy. He can’t carry more than two passengers, but an accident with injuries could mean a lawsuit worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

[Rick Durden @thinking_pilot]

3/4 Read "Recurrent Training: Some Extra Insurance," Chapter 3 of "The Thinking Pilot, Vol 3" https://t.co/3uk0ayY8ij #AviationInsurance #GeneralAviation #AircraftOwner #RecurrentTraining #CFI

[GAMA @GAManufacturers]

Our Aviation Design Challenge winners, from McIntosh High School, are partaking in a fabrication
experience at the CubCrafters machine shop. We are grateful for @jetaviation’s sponsorship of the
Challenge.

[National Air and Space Museum @airandspace]

50 years ago today, the crew of Skylab 2—the first human mission to the Skylab space station—returned to Earth after 28 days, 404 orbits, and 392 experiment hours.

[Travis Elwood @tjelwood1]

@CAF1957

[Cessna Flyer @CessnaFlyerAssn]

Magneto Maintenance 101 -
Read the full article here and join Cessna Flyer Association today for more great content - https://t.co/RzALsZhQkw

[Rick Durden @thinking_pilot]

5/5 Can't decide which book to purchase? Get one, two or all of them! Order directly from https://t.co/9QLBO4UIks, including shipping & handling, & Rick will personally autograph your copies. Great for #Avgeeks, #AviationLovers & aspiring pilots all the way to ATPs #ThinkingPilot

[Rick Durden @thinking_pilot]

🧵1/5 You finally convince your family to fly to a scenic airport close to a rental lake house...just after an airplane blows a tire, blocking the 4,000-ft paved runway directly into the wind. What will you do? Will you try the crosswind landing on the short runway or divert?

[Rick Durden @thinking_pilot]

4/5 What will you do when you realize that you haven’t tamed all of the risks of aviation? Read "In Defense of Precision," Chapter 2 of "The Thinking Pilot, Vol 3" https://t.co/3uk0ayYG7R