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    How I got phished!

    I once spun up a VM and gave them access to that. It was entertaining to watch.
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    Flamping... Sort of

    "Landesaire" (PBY Catalina conversion). https://www.messynessychic.com/2014/04/24/all-aboard-the-flying-yacht-circa-1950/
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    Trump's Plane Clips Another at Palm Beach

    Was the extreme right wing?
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    the "not worthy of it's own thread" thread

    You'd better change your story. We wouldn't want you to contract a mysterious and potentially fatal illness.
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    What's For Dinner?

    How much work was it to teach the chicken how to fry a chicken?
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    the "not worthy of it's own thread" thread

    Better than Boeing, too. :)
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    Flight Plan Filed -- Told to Expect Different Route

    I was thinking something more akin to this, "IFR climb to VFR-on-top": https://www.redbirdflight.com/landing/vfr-on-top
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    Flight Plan Filed -- Told to Expect Different Route

    I wonder if you could do that thing that every instrument pilot learns, few understand and even fewer ever use: VFR-on-top?
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    AWC 3 and 4 digit ceilings

    It would have been helpful if you clicked on the airport and showed us the raw METAR. Right now I get something different.
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    Complex/High Performance aircraft questions

    (a) Locate RPM and manifold pressure on altitude curve (point "A"). (b) Locate RPM and manifold pressure on sea level curve (point "B"). (c) Transfer "B" to sea level on altitude curve (point "C"). (d) Draw line from "C" through "A". (e) Locate point "D" at pressure altitude and read horsepower...
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    Piper Warrior budget Waas Gps advice

    The way things are these days, getting rid of the touchscreen might actually increase the price due to the need for adding hard buttons to make up the difference in functionality. Even shrinking the screen probably wouldn't move the needle enough.
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    What are currently the best EFBs for Android?

    My hypothesis is that it's a form of cognitive dissonance. Suppose Alfred needs a new truck and buys a Ford. All is well and after a few weeks, Alfred discovers that Barbara has also purchased a brand new Ford truck. Barbara's purchase confirms Alfred's decision and Alfred feels validated. Some...
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    Complex/High Performance aircraft questions

    Just so we're on the same page (literally), this is what your POH says, right? Because I see 23"/2450RPM and not 2350RPM. Also, have you checked the MP at idle? If there's a leak in the line feeding the MP gauge, you could be getting a reading that's falsely high.
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    GPS approach downgrade

    Is a G5 geomagnetic storm capable of damaging the vertical guidance board?
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    the "not worthy of it's own thread" thread

    I hear it on several AWOS broadcasts, even at airports where it's not really a concern for 99.9% of the traffic there.
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    DIY Electronic Nerd Project Ideas for Aviation

    I'd get real concerned if it reported more than 0AGL/0KTS-GS.
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    Pocket knife: Weird or normal?

    Isn't the evolution of the fad something like folding Buck -> Swiss Army -> Leatherman -> smart phone?
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    Boeing cargo plane makes emergency 'belly' landing

    That's sooo lazy. Have you considered a professional journalism career? :)
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    Piper Warrior budget Waas Gps advice

    I'm not clip4, but the 2 most obvious things would be that the IFD540 has a bigger screen and that it has a NAV radio.
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    Jacobs-powered pickup

    Is that first one a Sheman tank?
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