25 Oct
2022
25 Oct
'22
7:04 p.m.
Hey Everyone,
I passed my check ride this last Friday for private pilot! woo hoo. This
has been what I call "Curiosity killed the cat adventure.", in the
figurative sense of course. ;-)
It was all partly inspired by work with Spark/Ada while I was at Sac State
and few guest lectures I gave to the CSC 201 class at Sac State on
Spark/Ada revolving around the implementation of Spark/Ada in the C130J
upgrades. While I found the use of Spark/Ada interesting in the C130J, I
couldn't help wondering what more is involved with the aircraft. So, I
took pilot training lessons! Well, it has been a lot of work. I can fly
a Cessna 172 now! It's not quite a C130J, but it sure gives that hands
on feel!
Here is an interesting paper!
https://www.sigada.org/ada_letters/dec2000/chapman-paper.pdf
Brian
--
Brian Lavender
http://www.brie.com/brian/
"There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to
make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other
way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies."
Professor C. A. R. Hoare
The 1980 Turing award lecture
25 Oct
25 Oct
7:20 p.m.
Congrats!!! đŻđđ
On Tue, Oct 25, 2022, 12:05 PM Brian E. Lavender <brian(a)brie.com> wrote:
Hey Everyone,
I passed my check ride this last Friday for private pilot! woo hoo. This
has been what I call "Curiosity killed the cat adventure.", in the
figurative sense of course. ;-)
It was all partly inspired by work with Spark/Ada while I was at Sac State
and few guest lectures I gave to the CSC 201 class at Sac State on
Spark/Ada revolving around the implementation of Spark/Ada in the C130J
upgrades. While I found the use of Spark/Ada interesting in the C130J, I
couldn't help wondering what more is involved with the aircraft. So, I
took pilot training lessons! Well, it has been a lot of work. I can fly
a Cessna 172 now! It's not quite a C130J, but it sure gives that hands
on feel!
Here is an interesting paper!
https://www.sigada.org/ada_letters/dec2000/chapman-paper.pdf
Brian
--
Brian Lavender
http://www.brie.com/brian/
"There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to
make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other
way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies."
Professor C. A. R. Hoare
The 1980 Turing award lecture
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26 Oct
26 Oct
4:40 a.m.
Finally! Now let's hear about the gas mileage
you get in one of those planes. Regular miles
per gallon, not nautical. We ain't at sea.
9:52 p.m.
On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 09:40:00PM -0700, Charles Polisher wrote:
Finally! Now let's hear about the gas mileage
you get in one of those planes. Regular miles
per gallon, not nautical. We ain't at sea.
Mr. Chuck,
I would like to get the Diamond Aircraft DA 50 RG.
It is fairly fuel efficient. Yet, the price tag of 1.1 to 1.4 million is
sort of a deal killer for me. :-( Owning a plane is worse than owning a
boat. You have inspections, insurance, hangar fees, maintenance, oh and
then you put fuel in it!
The DA 40 NG would probably be a better choice!
You can look up the fuel efficiency! The nice thing is that Petaluma is
just 30 minutes away by plane from Sac. But, the fog is the killer! I
checked the weather a couple times for flying there only to see fog
predicted. I drove to the last NBLUG meeting and when I left, the fog
rolled in! Perhaps, I just need to pursue IFR certification! ;-)
Brian
--
Brian Lavender
http://www.brie.com/brian/
"There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to
make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other
way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies."
Professor C. A. R. Hoare
The 1980 Turing award lecture
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