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    Equifax Breach

    The "breach" affected 1/2 of the US population. Considering 1/2 the population are minors, pre-credit, guess who got "hacked"
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    TracFone cell phone outage

    I do And have never had any problems. BTW, I am beneath John by about 200 miles Dunno if it might be equipment centric --- I use a Samsung Galaxy --- no problems
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    BasicMed Departure Procedure

    Now that it is in, AOPA is pulling another GOTCHA ---- telling you to be wary if you log time as a Safety. Supposedly illegal to as as SIC with BasicMed ---- they nicely avoided that while pushing for BasicMed
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    Enterprise Rent-A-Car Rant/Good Review

    I had similar situations to this going into Tucson. The city has (maybe) a dozen different Enterprise offices. Called a few. Some would drop a car at the FBO, others would not {some have FBO agreements?} The cruise ruse didn't come from Enterprise, but from Hilton when reserving a hotel room...
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    Those who rent, how often do you fly?

    Availability is scarce, so rare opportunity to be allowed use for more than a couple hours at a time. Typically get in 6-10 hours per month, although did double that this past year. Last minute / impulse rentals not possible -- plan scheduling 1-2 weeks in advance
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    Albuquerque to Mesa

    Rumor from locals has it that FFZ is also considering imposing the fee
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    Vyse vs. Vg

    ??? Where in the world does That Ever happen???? ((Capt Murphy would have been drummed out of the Air Force if he ever proposed such an anomaly))
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    android flight tracker?

    Yeah, just remember not to turn the app off before transferring the crumbs. Avare forgets tracks when it is turned off ...
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    Vista Print

    Add me as another concurrence. Would recommend them without hesitation
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    Checking alternator by turning it off?

    turning the alternator on and off is exactly what the voltage regulator is doing to it to regulate the output voltage, so ....
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    Do I log this?

    I logged mine while I was a PPL student. DPE for IRA just shrugged her shoulders. It's an experience thing, irrelevant to the 40+ hr experience requirement for the IRA
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    When Minimum altitude on SID/STAR is too high for your cruise ALT

    You should first take into account what clearance you received. If you filed for 5, they aren't going to send you to 12 unless they pre-warned you of that. Just follow AVEC --- Assigned Vectored expected Cleared
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    Pilots, air traffic controllers shifting to text messaging

    That's good to hear. I thought I was the one having problems and was about to trash my phone because of it
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    Rainbows

    KAEG south ramp looking NE at 1600 MDT on 22SE16 following CB passage
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