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    Air-to-Air Cessna 172

    Thanks for sharing your photos with us. They are always spot on in composition, lighting, and background.
    Post by: 3393RP, Jun 16, 2019 at 3:36 AM in forum: Flight Following
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    Can an electric hybrid jet become a reality??

    It looks like one one of those commenting on the article has outed the Big Oil Monopoly. He must be silenced! if there was no fossil fuels on...
    Post by: 3393RP, Jun 15, 2019 at 10:49 PM in forum: Hangar Talk
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    Single engine with landing gear alerts

    It expedites the process of turning an airplane into a source of cash.
    Post by: 3393RP, Jun 15, 2019 at 10:22 PM in forum: Maintenance Bay
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    2019 Mooney down - DVT

    I had no idea successfully crashing an aircraft required good sense and skill. Proving that your blanket statement about survivebility is...
    Post by: 3393RP, Jun 15, 2019 at 9:43 PM in forum: Flight Following
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    2019 Mooney down - DVT

    Years ago I was involved in a similar situation that did not end well. I witnessed a PA-28 lose the engine on takeoff from the now just a memory...
    Post by: 3393RP, Jun 15, 2019 at 3:41 AM in forum: Flight Following
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    Tesla Model 3 - Now I get the hype.

    As usual, the Tesla hype is shot down by facts. It becomes more obvious every day that Musk sold Tesla shareholders a tech version of the...
    Post by: 3393RP, Jun 15, 2019 at 2:57 AM in forum: Hangar Talk
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    Raptor Aircraft

    It's design by reaction. He tries something, it fails, so something else is tried. That's why it's taken four years to get to this point. The guy...
    Post by: 3393RP, Jun 13, 2019 at 11:07 PM in forum: Flight Following
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    Ugly aircraft

    Can you imagine seeing it fly? That had to be freekin' cool, six big 28,000 lb thrust turbojets shrieking as it rolled down the runway and lifted off.
    Post by: 3393RP, Jun 13, 2019 at 10:20 PM in forum: Flight Following
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    Raptor Aircraft

    I was surprised to see the Raptor's PSRU had shell type journal bearings, but after examination of the video that shows the disassembled unit,...
    Post by: 3393RP, Jun 13, 2019 at 10:12 PM in forum: Flight Following
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    Ugly aircraft

    Looking at the clamshell escape pod under the wing of the B-58 makes you realize the guys that flew it were committed, kinda like the joke about...
    Post by: 3393RP, Jun 13, 2019 at 10:05 PM in forum: Flight Following
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    Ugly aircraft

    This is what's known as a short coupled aircraft! I'm happy to have had the opportunity around 2003 to see the Goblin at the USAF museum in...
    Post by: 3393RP, Jun 13, 2019 at 2:04 PM in forum: Flight Following
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    2019 Mooney down - DVT

    I'm amazed he's alive. Didja see the photo of the concrete abutment wall the plane hit? It broke into pieces and flipped the plane.
    Post by: 3393RP, Jun 13, 2019 at 2:28 AM in forum: Flight Following
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    Heli crash NYC

    The internet (Wiki) says that as of October 2018, Zimmerman is enjoying retirement near Celle, and that the pilot in the referenced video was one...
    Post by: 3393RP, Jun 12, 2019 at 11:51 PM in forum: Flight Following
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    Raptor Aircraft

    I've never built an airplane, but I do have years of experience with carbon fiber race cars at the highest professional level. After watching the...
    Post by: 3393RP, Jun 12, 2019 at 11:21 PM in forum: Flight Following
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    Is there a easy way?

    Hire an A&P mechanic. I had to, Tom. The fruit was hanging too low. :D
    Post by: 3393RP, Jun 12, 2019 at 12:11 AM in forum: Maintenance Bay