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VFR sectional color change

A couple weeks ago, the aviation community woke up to the latest editions of the VFR Sectional charts from the FAA in their EFBs and had a surprise on their hands: it was suddenly much, much more difficult to read the charts. The colors had changed! Where the difference between things like Class B airspace [ ]

True-24-hour endurance races

I m a fan of 24-hour endurance races in motorsports. Since 2020, I ve been contesting the true-24 race run by the 24 Hours of Lemons, first as a part of another team, and since 2021 with our own car. Here s our 1999 Miata endurance car showing off its fancy lights: One thing I ve noticed is that [ ]

Highway friendship

Sean and I were an hour east of Avoca, Iowa near Des Moines when it became apparent that we would not make it to Cedar Rapids on our extant tank of fuel. I was driving; it was Sean’s truck, and our F1000 race car was in our 24ft trailer behind us. We were towing to [ ]

Total solar eclipse, number two

For the second time in my life, I have been privileged to view a total solar eclipse. With the weather forecasts favoring roughly Illinois in the week or so prior to the eclipse, but with considerable uncertainty still in the cards, Sean and I chose to drive to St. Louis from Denver so that we d [ ]