Recent content by bigring

How do you know if the stage is level?

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Fantastic!! Congratulations! Great job and kudos for taking the initiative to make a lifestyle change. I've always advised against this. I'll be interested to see what Dr. Bruce has to say about whether or not this is a good idea.

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I do everything I can to avoid XC at night in piston single airplanes. I do fly XC at night in a piston twin, but only on an IFR flight plan. It's not just engine failure that I worry about. I've unexpectedly flown into clouds at night when it was supposed to be clear, picked up ice at...

"As for the water, police say there was no contamination." Bull****.

Ridiculously good. Very interesting to watch. Thanks.

It's amazing. A friend of mine with 4,000 hours in type was just saying, "I've gone 12 month landing this baby like a March snowflake, and now I can't put the ***** on the deck without breaking the squat switches. Did I land or were we shot down?" Comes and goes. It comes and goes.

I'd suggest this to allow you to judge for yourself how you perform at altitude: http://www.faa.gov/pilots/training/airman_education/aerospace_physiology/ It may be an eye opener. But there's little doubt that you'll perform better than most of us who live and train below 5,000'. As a side...

Could not possibly care less.

I've built several hangars, all on city owned land with a sq. ft. land lease. Questions I would want answered: * Is an engineering report required? * Is the dirt good or will dirt need to be replaced? * Are there escalation clauses in the lease language for rent? * Who pays the property...

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Signed.

To get on the ground as quickly as possible. Aluminum doesn't tolerate heat very well. Get down. Get out.

Exactly.