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howard941on Ryanair flight landed at Manchester airport with six minutes of fuel left

Well it's not all lost otherwise it'd be a stall spin accident caused by performing the maneuver with too little airspeed. And that's hard to do. It's a noisy maneuver, the air slamming against the fuselage makes itself heard. Once performed it's not easily forgotten.

More dangerous than inadvertently spinning with too little airspeed is the possibility of shock cooling when relying on a forward slip for too much altitude loss. It really does need to be well-controlled.

howard941on Ryanair flight landed at Manchester airport with six minutes of fuel left

Yes, being that one is cross-controlled they must be used very carefully. It's really obvious that one is cross-controlling. It's the only time outside of really powerful crosswinds that you see what's below and ahead of you out of the side window. That view is what makes it fun.

howard941on Ryanair flight landed at Manchester airport with six minutes of fuel left

The glider guys would always suggest a forward slip. It's a lot of fun to do. It's not taught often enough during primary training for powered airplanes.

howard941on Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society

This very much varies state-by-state (ignoring prenups and emergency med treatment as edge cases). In my marriage and state (FL) debts incurred by me remain my own. Wifey owes none of it. Compare with states that have community property or purchases made as tenants by the entirety.

howard941on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2025)

Embedded Firmware Engineer

Location: Sarasota

Remote: Preferred

Willing to relocate: No thank you

Full time or freelancing

Technologies: C; Sensors; Communications; Drone/UAV/robotics: New product development; Sustainment; Embedded/firmware/bare metal, FreeRTOS, NuttX; *nix/RF/crypto; Kinetis KE Cortex M0+ & M4, Nordic Semi's M4 SOC, ST's M4 ARMs, Espressif's ESP8266, Microchip dsPIC; realtime; IAR, gcc via MCUXpresso & Kinetis Dev and TrueStudio & unix like systems; MPLAB-X IDE; Embedded FreeBSD; Embedded Linux on for ex. Raspberry Pi / Broadcom BCM2837; PX4 drone NuttX on STM32F4; gdb; clang; UML; debugging development prototype hardware; embedded HTTP server; grid support power generation systems; TCP and UDP over IP; Ethernet; power line communications; RS-485; RV-C CANBUS; Bluetooth LE; LoRa; Battery powered devices; storage scopes; visual studio; Java w/Android Studio; GNSS. Licensed attorney & pilot (ASEL/IA); amateur radio extra class

Resume: Please request by email

Email: hginfla@gmail.com

howard941on Should we drain the Everglades?

Sea level rise will finish the 'glades.

howard941on Belling the Cat

The very same. Folks did yeoman's work nailing Russian separatists' Buk for MH317.

howard941on State of Permanent Fake Emergency

I'm not sure how it can be fixed. Emergency relief can't wait for normal processes. I'm open to suggestions though.

howard941on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2025)

Embedded Firmware Engineer

Location: Sarasota

Remote: Preferred

Willing to relocate: No thank you

Full time or freelancing

Technologies: C; Sensors; Communications; Drone/UAV/robotics: New product development; Sustainment; Embedded/firmware/bare metal, FreeRTOS, NuttX; *nix/RF/crypto; Kinetis KE Cortex M0+ & M4, Nordic Semi's M4 SOC, ST's M4 ARMs, Espressif's ESP8266, Microchip dsPIC; realtime; IAR, gcc via MCUXpresso & Kinetis Dev and TrueStudio & unix like systems; MPLAB-X IDE; Embedded FreeBSD; Embedded Linux on for ex. Raspberry Pi / Broadcom BCM2837; PX4 drone NuttX on STM32F4; gdb; clang; UML; debugging development prototype hardware; embedded HTTP server; grid support power generation systems; TCP and UDP over IP; Ethernet; power line communications; RS-485; RV-C CANBUS; Bluetooth LE; LoRa; Battery powered devices; storage scopes; visual studio; Java w/Android Studio; GNSS. Licensed attorney & pilot (ASEL/IA); amateur radio extra class

Resume: Please request by email

Email: hginfla@gmail.com

howard941on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2025)

Embedded Firmware Engineer

Location: Sarasota

Remote: Preferred

Willing to relocate: No thank you

Full time or freelancing

Technologies: C; Sensors; Communications; Drone/UAV/robotics: New product development; Sustainment; Embedded/firmware/bare metal, FreeRTOS, NuttX; *nix/RF/crypto; Kinetis KE Cortex M0+ & M4, Nordic Semi's M4 SOC, ST's M4 ARMs, Espressif's ESP8266, Microchip dsPIC; realtime; IAR, gcc via MCUXpresso & Kinetis Dev and TrueStudio & unix like systems; MPLAB-X IDE; Embedded FreeBSD; Embedded Linux on for ex. Raspberry Pi / Broadcom BCM2837; PX4 drone NuttX on STM32F4; gdb; clang; UML; debugging development prototype hardware; embedded HTTP server; grid support power generation systems; TCP and UDP over IP; Ethernet; power line communications; RS-485; RV-C CANBUS; Bluetooth LE; LoRa; Battery powered devices; storage scopes; visual studio; Java w/Android Studio; GNSS. Licensed attorney & pilot (ASEL/IA); amateur radio extra class

Resume: Please request by email

Email: hginfla@gmail.com

howard941on Tom Lehrer has died

We will all go together when we go

https://youtu.be/frAEmhqdLFs?si=iJqkfAUqkHHkkwP2

howard941on Florida is letting companies make it harder for highly paid workers to swap jobs

You'll actually be taking your chance with a couple of major hurricanes every year.

howard941on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2025)

Embedded Firmware Engineer

Location: Sarasota

Remote: Preferred

Willing to relocate: No thank you

Full time or freelancing

Technologies: C; Sensors; Communications; Drone/UAV/robotics: New product development; Sustainment; Embedded/firmware/bare metal, FreeRTOS, NuttX; *nix/RF/crypto; Kinetis KE Cortex M0+ & M4, Nordic Semi's M4 SOC, ST's M4 ARMs, Espressif's ESP8266, Microchip dsPIC; realtime; IAR, gcc via MCUXpresso & Kinetis Dev and TrueStudio & unix like systems; MPLAB-X IDE; Embedded FreeBSD; Embedded Linux on for ex. Raspberry Pi / Broadcom BCM2837; PX4 drone NuttX on STM32F4; gdb; clang; UML; debugging development prototype hardware; embedded HTTP server; grid support power generation systems; TCP and UDP over IP; Ethernet; power line communications; RS-485; RV-C CANBUS; Bluetooth LE; LoRa; Battery powered devices; storage scopes; visual studio; Java w/Android Studio; GNSS. Licensed attorney & pilot (ASEL/IA); amateur radio extra class

Resume: Please request by email

Email: hginfla@gmail.com

howard941on 2025 ARRL Field Day

Should you venture out expecting disappointment I think you'll be more likely to find it. I hope you find a better group and things go better than those bad experiences you had before.

howard941on 2025 ARRL Field Day

Oh FD is for sure an enemy to casual conversations. Wouldn't even try. Can't speak to the computer part, dupe sheets and paper logs work. More labor later but less RFI to deal with.

howard941on 2025 ARRL Field Day

This is a great time to be on the air especially if you're into late nights and enjoy setting up an outdoor station. Want to work all states? This is a good contest for it. It's my 2d favorite with the November CW Sweepstakes coming in first place.

howard941on The startling rise of disability in America (2013)

If you want the job the right answer's going to be no. Unfortunately only a small fraction of those maladies gets you on disability, almost none of them before age 50.

howard941on OpenAI is retaining all ChatGPT logs "indefinitely." Here's who's affected

Didn't this stop working about 6 months ago when it added a delay around 4 paragraphs in saying it was checking your IP address before sending the rest of the article?

howard941on A Giant Plume of Saharan Dust Is Headed to Florida

These plumes suppress tropical storm formation. They're most welcome. Pity they don't come in the Sep-Oct-Nov time frame.

howard941on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2025)

Embedded Firmware Engineer

Location: Sarasota

Remote: Preferred

Willing to relocate: No thank you

Full time or freelancing

Technologies: C; Sensors; Communications; Drone/UAV/robotics: New product development; Sustainment; Embedded/firmware/bare metal, FreeRTOS, NuttX; *nix/RF/crypto; Kinetis KE Cortex M0+ & M4, Nordic Semi's M4 SOC, ST's M4 ARMs, Espressif's ESP8266, Microchip dsPIC; realtime; IAR, gcc via MCUXpresso & Kinetis Dev and TrueStudio & unix like systems; MPLAB-X IDE; Embedded FreeBSD; Embedded Linux on for ex. Raspberry Pi / Broadcom BCM2837; PX4 drone NuttX on STM32F4; gdb; clang; UML; debugging development prototype hardware; embedded HTTP server; grid support power generation systems; TCP and UDP over IP; Ethernet; power line communications; RS-485; RV-C CANBUS; Bluetooth LE; LoRa; Battery powered devices; storage scopes; visual studio; Java w/Android Studio; GNSS. Licensed attorney & pilot (ASEL/IA); amateur radio extra class

Resume: Please request by email

Email: hginfla@gmail.com

howard941on Ask HN: How do I learn practical electronic repair?

Get an isolation transformer and a cheap storage oscilloscope.

howard941on The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don't Exist

This is malicious abuse and it's really rampant. The threshold is too low to [flagged]. Flagging needs to cost something, perhaps some karma. If it's important enough to flag it's important enough to bleed some karma to do it.

howard941on US pauses new student visa interviews as it mulls expanding social media vetting

The 1st amendment covers "US persons." A US Person is a term of art broader than a citizen. OTOH since this is for a visa review that a non citizen wouldn't need I don't see where it comes into play.

howard941on FEMA faces backlog of emergency aid requests as hurricane season nears

https://archive.ph/pRlOd

howard941on Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to enroll international students

Another day, different shit. This is what flooding the zone means.

howard941on Where does your weather forecast come from?

I get mine from http://forecast.weather.gov . Amazingly good pinpoint forecasts.

howard941on Every SWE knows DOGE can't rewrite Social Security in a few months

This shouldn't be done. Nothing's materially wrong with the way things are now.

howard941on NOAA scrambles to fill forecasting jobs as hurricane season looms

To put a finer point on it can we say it's Accuweather's goal? I think at the end of the day Accuweather just wants to be a cash-making front end to NWS products.

howard941on The Battle to Bottle Palm Wine

What is it about bats that makes them vectors for so many maladies? EDITED to remove spurious ref to rodents

howard941on Why are banks still getting authentication so wrong?

Good point