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    Magnificent Flying Machines

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    Aviation License Plates

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    Lets make Friday 'Joke Day'!

    One, One, One
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    172/Cherokee gotchas

    The stabilator mod appeared on the '69 177A from the factory, and Cessna made it available for retrofit on the whole fleet.
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    172/Cherokee gotchas

    Only the "straight" (no letter suffix) 1968 177 Cardinals -- about 35-40% of the fixed-gear Cardinals built -- had the 150 hp engine. The 1969 177A had the 180 hp O-360 and fixed-pitch prop, and the 1970-78 177B had constant-speed prop and modified wing leading edges
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    Home insurance sticker shock

    Last year The Hartford (AARP) raised our premiums by one-third on everything -- auto, home, umbrella -- despite no claims, no accidents, no tickets, no changes in vehicles or drivers, and not in a high-crime or natural-disaster-risk area. The company may be taking a bath in the stock market...
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    Aviation License Plates

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    Bad aviation journalism thread

    A number of years ago a Comanche made a forced landing on a Burbank street. There was no fire, and the occupants all walked away. A fireman, with TV microphone thrust in front of his face, said, “Those passengers were very lucky there was no fuel in the tanks …. “
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    End of the Rope: My Flight to Hollywood

    I learned to fly at Fullerton in the mid 1960s. -X2-1/2HK was routine. Occasionally FUL tower would call three-mile visibility, but maybe it was a "wink-wink, nudge-nudge" kind of thing because they wanted some action too. In the hazy afternoons, back before the localizer, the final approach...
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    I reported a taxiway incursion this morning

    Shortly after I got my new Sport Cub in 2008 I noticed a TV news crew set up on the home drome ….
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    Swan Song

    Years since solo: 56 (47% of the history of flight since Kitty Hawk) Total Hours: 4,646.6 PIC: 4,415.1 X-C: 3,120.8 Complex PIC: 922.6 High Performance PIC: 850.4 Tailwheel PIC: 310.8 Instruction Given: 576.7 IMC: 113.7 Night: 278.5 Types Flown (by ICAO designator): 40 Aircraft Owned...
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    Juxtaposed Threads Thread

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    Major cellular outage

    That's what they want you to think ...
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    Major cellular outage

    What if my vehicle's extended warranty expires before this gets fixed??
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    Henning gone west

    "Interesting" persona online, very pleasant fellow in person. Had a beer with him in a little pub in Coronado CA in 2007.
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    Randy Sparks (1933-2024)

    This one hurts. Not only was Randy Sparks, who died Sunday at the age of 90, an innovative and creative genius in the music business, he was a close friend. Randy was a prolific songwriter and up-and-coming folksinger in the late 1950s and early 1960s, performing in clubs and venues up and...
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    Helicopter Crash, no Injuries-Mars

    The nearest A&P ...
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    High Tech War Fighter Downed (on the ramp) by Low Tech Wrench

    This was USAF. Happened right here in the neighborhood, at Luke AFB.
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