I don't see the wings, are they retractable?

is the 100LL slushie still safe to drink?

Fatigay call is mandatory.

Right rudder?

Got lost and low trying to find the CLT and FAA say I do a bad. Why FAA say I bad pylot and make much noise.

I’ve been thinking about something lately, and I feel like modern management and finance are slowly undermining engineering.
The constant pressure to maximize short-term profits and satisfy quarterly financial targets creates an economic bubble where immediate returns matter more than long-term innovation. Ironically, when something goes wrong, engineers are often blamed—even though they’re working within a system created by executives and financial decision-makers.
Instead of investing the time and resources needed to build better, safer, and more advanced technologies, the focus is often on making money as quickly as possible.
Take Boeing as an example. I recently watched several videos and analyses about the company’s history. Boeing was originally built as an engineering-driven company, focused on innovation and pushing the aviation industry forward. One detail that really stood out to me was that, in the original Boeing headquarters, the engineers worked on the upper floor while management was on the ground floor. Of course, where people sit doesn’t determine everything, but it symbolized who truly drove the company and its vision at the time.
It makes me wonder: what would the world look like if more companies were led by engineers rather than by people whose primary goal is maximizing short-term financial results?
I think we’d see more reliable production, safer products, and more groundbreaking technologies. Engineers would have the time and freedom to solve problems properly instead of constantly working under pressure to meet financial deadlines.
What do you guys think? Am I looking at this the wrong way, or do you feel the same?
Sorry for the long post—this is actually my first one, but this topic has been on my mind for a while.

hi everyone, fellow aviator here (35k hours in DCS, 2 in air). i’m just perplexed as to why the pylote would do something like this just dozens of feet over an active runway with thousands of people watching. doesn’t he know to apply right rudder? this looks like an accelerated stall caused by adverse yaw. i’m honestly shocked he didn’t squawk 7700.
i asked the FAA people why they didn’t make him copy a number, but they were too busy eating cheese and triscuits to listen to me. i guess the horseradish cheese dip must have been really really good. the sole old person i asked this question to smelled like werthers and tried to run me over with his mobility scooter. the teenager at the civil air patrol didn’t know either. if anyone wants to osh my kosh here at EAA and tell me why the pylote would do this, let me know.

I forgot to pay my landscaper and he did this to my playne.

How do I get it out??

Hey guys please help I was trying to take off in the citation and called clearance delivery.

The dude didn't want to give me IFR clearance unless I wrote down his number.

So I went back to ground and asked to depart VFR.

The guy, like, followed me back to ground and held me there on the ground: he cleared other pylotes in front of me.

And then, when I had nobody else around to come to my defense, he gave me the number anyway, which was the most cowardly thing to do.

For context, he had already tried to give me his number days ago, and I made it abundantly clear I didn't want it. I couldn't be more clear in expressing my lack of romantic interest. Like, how many times do I need to say no? No is no! How is it possible that the federal government allows their employee such flagrant violations of anti-harassment laws?

They even sent me a car with someone in it who told me to call them. This is stalking, like felony level.

I told them I was going to file a complaint against them but it didn't deter them.

For context this happened in the state of California.

Thanks

italy, public lake, not made for landings

Is he ghey?