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    Single-pilot airliners and AI (split from "Envoy captain stricken after takeoff and passes")

    So you'll be fine when AI goes and flies your plane strictly for fun because computers are better then people? Maybe it can just bring you back...
    Post by: aftCG, Nov 24, 2022 in forum: Flight Following
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    TBM 700 or 850 Pilot Position Open in Spear Fish, South Dakota

    Spearfish is awesome. Had a "follow me" golf cart the instant I pulled off the runway. Pointed me to a spot I could spin around into with no need...
    Post by: aftCG, Nov 22, 2022 in forum: The Classifieds
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    GoPro questions

    I've got a hero 9 and have been surprised that I can shoot through the prop and not need a filter (unlike my other older GoPros). I've also found...
    Post by: aftCG, Nov 19, 2022 in forum: Flight Following
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    Caravan down outside of Seattle

    2000 ft/min isn't that extreme
    Post by: aftCG, Nov 19, 2022 in forum: Aviation Mishaps
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    age at solo vs hours to solo

    No correlation. I was 38. Solo in 8.5 hours, check ride at 40.4. Had a fair number of students do the same. It's all about how bad you want it
    Post by: aftCG, Nov 15, 2022 in forum: Pilot Training
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    Update about AggieMike88

    [ATTACH] I can't find my picture of the bottom of the wing (I'll have a new one in the next day or so). Those devices do a great job of keeping...
    Post by: aftCG, Nov 15, 2022 in forum: Hangar Talk
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    Buy it. Buy it. Buy it. . .

    So why did you come here and ask? She said "buy the plane".
    Post by: aftCG, Nov 15, 2022 in forum: Flight Following
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    Update about AggieMike88

    Yep. Still has never seen the inside of a cloud. Or ice.
    Post by: aftCG, Nov 14, 2022 in forum: Hangar Talk
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    Update about AggieMike88

    YCS
    Post by: aftCG, Nov 14, 2022 in forum: Hangar Talk
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    Update about AggieMike88

    We call her Dirty Mike. Yes that was left base 04 PIlot Station. We were in the process of dropping 19k pounds of critical cargo (pizza rolls,...
    Post by: aftCG, Nov 14, 2022 in forum: Hangar Talk
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    Update about AggieMike88

    I'm doing 135 in Alaska right now. I started with enough hours to go 121 but I don't want to. I'm loving the challenging flying and direct contact...
    Post by: aftCG, Nov 13, 2022 in forum: Hangar Talk
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    The $20/hour Cessna 172 experiment—Update

    Seriously. Do they think they'll bet dealing with a different FAA for that?
    Post by: aftCG, Nov 12, 2022 in forum: Hangar Talk
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    What would you do? Part 61 or 141

    ^This. I got my instrument, commercial and initial CFI at a 61/141 school. The only difference was that with 61 you don't have to follow the...
    Post by: aftCG, Nov 11, 2022 in forum: Pilot Training
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    What was the first aviation related book that you read?

    "Flying Safely" by Richard Collins. A Christmas gift from my father who was never supportive of me flying. Hat tip to the old man, I fly for a living.
    Post by: aftCG, Nov 7, 2022 in forum: The Book Club
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    Sellers, why?

    It the opposite, what I call a reverse tire kicker: "just testing the waters". Recently a saw an ad posted by someone here on a different forum....
    Post by: aftCG, Nov 7, 2022 in forum: Flight Following