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Interesting price moves - big increase on the universe (+7.9% avg, +6.1% median) but with a lot of conflicting moves across each series. If you exclude Cirrus from the data the market was essentially flat (+1%). They have an enormous impact on pricing stats, both avg/median. Overall turnover...

Quite the storm front...

I'm wondering how it would be relevant what the insured value of your aircraft is if the other person is liable for the accident? That's just the value I insure, if I insure it at all. There's a number of ways that are better to figure out a current "value" of the aircraft, and it seems like...

I think we can safely put EdFred in the "Just learn how to fly your plane and use full flaps" camp ;)

Not exactly a nice place, but Cubby Bear in Chicago across from Wrigley Field. Circa 2008. It was all courtesy of a belligerent drunk female friend who was picking fights with people, and bouncers assuming I was part of the mayhem b/c i was with her. I ended up being "escorted" out...

I don't know much about the town but I could VERY easily get on board with a Wyoming fly-in. I'd make the trip from Chicago. Some place like that I'd personally prefer for fall or spring. Summer could be brutal for DA and winter could be rugged wx.

I ended up using AVEMCO but BWI (broker) was responsive and helpful.

I think the other Stormy gets polluted with a lot more than water...

Solvent wash did the trick! Appreciate that recommendation folks! Compression increased from 62 -> 68. Others in the 70s. All good for now. And it sounds like AQI is going to honor the warranty on an OH turn coordinator I got last year which stopped working (warranty is only 1y and I'm a few...

Understandable... Perhaps members out west can propose a nice fly-in spot? Personally I would be totally down to fly out west to a mountain-y or scenic place.

Spot on. And this is true beyond engineering. The number of people who expect to be able to skate through their career while taking zero risk (but also expecting growing paychecks) is astounding. You get enough of those people in a company and it becomes the culture. Lots of big, "mature"...

My airport just sent a letter to tenants advising of a training session we should all plan to attend regarding "storm water pollution protection procedures". After the session we can sign up for slots to demonstrate our compliance with the audit team. I was totally excited to attend until I...

I split escrow closing costs with the seller. They were minimal relative to transaction size. Aerospace reports was totally worth it since they lined up all the paperwork. Super easy. An attorney would have been overkill for my deal. The form contract for AOPA works great. Just make sure you...

Got an update... They checked out the valves and said no issue there, so that's good. They're doing a solvent flush now with a concoction of Xylene, mineral spirits and Aeroshell W100 then they'll test it again.

There is nothing appealing about the ATP value proposition. That's a huge dollar amount to get to the minimum qualified commercial credentials. I think you're far, far better off buying a 152 (with a prebuy inspection) - flying the hell out of it - and selling it when you're done. It's true...

There was a similar funny one in the joke thread I believe... This one..

AI is excellent at replication but AI is not good at originality. It imitates originality in a predictable way, which is almost a contradiction. Work on enough AI prompts and watch, listen or interpret the results and you start to see this. Consider the fact that a useful case of AI is creating...

Danke. Currently no recommendation from the A&P. He just texted me to let me know about it and said he'll be in touch with suggested solutions soon.

Thanks. Oil consumption is pretty constant. About 1 - 1.25qts per 10 hours if I keep it at 6qts. How much oil it burns seems more correlated to how long since the last oil change. I usually go 50h between changes (~every 6-9 wks). And no, no metal observed when I cut open the filter and inspect.