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    Plane Missing Over Lake Erie

    CNN reports that a CJ 2 or 3 was missing after departing Burke late last night. The reporting, so far, says that the plane disappeared from radar 2 miles from the airport. Given the obvious flat topography of the lake, how low is "below" radar? Or is that the wrong technical question...
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    Where to ski near Denver?

    I make the trip to Denver yearly to snowboard. Lots of good advice above, though for the people who say that Summit Co (breck, copper) is 'only 1.5 hours' from Denver, keep in mind that this is the westerly leg, off-peak. On sunday afternoon/evening it can be twice that or more to get back...
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    Passed the Checkride!

    congrats!
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    Unsure of path to take.

    I really hate to be cynic #2, but I'm doubting this story, mostly due to this: "Over the next couple months we would go out and practice with various BAC levels, and we determined that if I was I in the 0.06-0.18 range I was in my sweet spot. Above 0.18 and I started showing impairment. Below...
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    Oshkosh is full!

    Well, it (GAP) was still full by the time I got there today at 10 am.
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    Ready to give up

    Congratulations !
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    Landing techniques!

    If you're not happy with the way the CFI is teaching you to land, maybe discuss it with him/her? There might be a reason you're being taught that way. If there's no reason, then just ask him/her to work with you on short field landing techniques that will undoubtedly move you down to where you...
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    Looking for free legal advice on a non-aviation matter.

    Tim is right. In fact, by virtue of your question( *I* don't want to be sued" ) my recommendation is that you talk to a Michigan attorney about a more global asset protection scheme for everything you're doing there. Short term rentals can breed all sorts of disputes....
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    Brad's unsolicited advise, just one point.

    I've only flown in three times and every time I heard the controllers turning back someone on the radio who clearly was not aware of the NOTAM or the procedures. This can't be a coincidence, so I assume they deal with those pilots all day. Sadly, as much as I'd like to scream "read the...
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    OSH 2014 -- Who's In?

    If 3 days was all you could swing, and two being weekend days, would the camping veterans here recommend sat-sun-mon (knowing that camping is all i could do that first day) or fr-sat-sun at the end of the week?
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    Need help with SigWX symbol

    OK, does the solid round dot then mean the same thing as the solid square? I can't believe that these guys would naturally use two symbols for the same thing.....
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    Need help with SigWX symbol

    I probably should know this, but then the symbol probably should also be on the table of chart symbols... What does the square box over the TS symbol mean? I feel silly even asking.....
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    If you won the lottery, what airplane would you buy?

    Actually, operational costs seem much lower... And it's single pilot I believe...
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    If you won the lottery, what airplane would you buy?

    Piaggio Avanti II? I guess I like the compromise of speed and lower operating costs compared to jets. No matter what I bought I'd want to fly it myself, so anything requiring a type rating might prove not worthwhile. Plus, really, all the flying I'd do is domestic; anything over an ocean would...
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    Pet Peeves

    When ordering at a restaurant and the waiter or waitress says, when you've completed your order " I'll put this order right in for you". As if it was an option for them to wait half an hour to put the order in, but they'll do you this favor of taking care of this right now. This happens...
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