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    I thought I wanted a Mooney...

    My only experience is in a buddies 67 M20F (which has been in his family since new). The plane flew great, loved the roll feel and the shoulder...
    Post by: Pugs, Jun 24, 2021 at 7:37 AM in forum: Flight Following
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    More on noise at GAI

    It was an interesting Zoom call with about 200 attendees including Montgomery County Revenue Authority , Maryland Aviation Administration, FAA,...
    Post by: Pugs, Jun 24, 2021 at 7:29 AM in forum: Flight Following
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    Anyone ever use a Ground-controlled Approach?

    Welcome - Flew the GCA in the EA-6B at Willow Grove several times when I was flying from NAF Andrews (callsigns were Cobra or Alpha Foxtrot...
    Post by: Pugs, Jun 23, 2021 at 6:18 PM in forum: Flight Following
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    Night vs IFR

    I'm not a fan of night SE either. I'll go get current before a long trip in the winter knowing it may require breaching the threshold of sunset to...
    Post by: Pugs, Jun 23, 2021 at 8:04 AM in forum: Flight Following
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    Another new guy on the site....from Carlisle, PA (N94)

    Thinking of heading up for the 3 July event assuming it's still happening. Anyone have an idea if it is?
    Post by: Pugs, Jun 23, 2021 at 6:48 AM in forum: Hangar Talk
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    More on noise at GAI

    Correct and the numbers bear that out. Even with WIFI (and others at the field encouraged to) not doing T&G's at night the complaints grow....
    Post by: Pugs, Jun 22, 2021 at 2:30 PM in forum: Flight Following
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    More on noise at GAI

    Always entertaining it is. :D There's a zoom call tomorrow with all the parties involved (FAA, Pilots, Airport and Karens) and it should be...
    Post by: Pugs, Jun 22, 2021 at 5:53 AM in forum: Flight Following
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    It Was A Long Day

    Congrats! It's a very freeing rating. I went out with another club pilot today for a fogglized approach and did that then we decided to head over...
    Post by: Pugs, Jun 20, 2021 at 5:39 PM in forum: Pilot Training
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    Ford Maverick

    You throw a dead dear in the back I think that makes you a serial killer. If you throw a dead deer in the back it makes you a cervid killer. :D
    Post by: Pugs, Jun 14, 2021 in forum: Hangar Talk
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    drone refeuling

    My office at that point was just south of BWI and I'd see the BAC-111 taking off occasionally. Distinct from all the standard traffic for all its...
    Post by: Pugs, Jun 13, 2021 in forum: Flight Following
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    drone refeuling

    Yep. I was commissioned in 87 and thought he was the best one I had in my career.
    Post by: Pugs, Jun 11, 2021 in forum: Flight Following
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    drone refeuling

    Lehman was Sec Nav until 87 and the A-12 program lasted until 91. Dick Cheney as SecDef killed it. Likely a good thing. It had just way too many...
    Post by: Pugs, Jun 11, 2021 in forum: Flight Following
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    What emergency supplies do you carry in your flight bag?

    Get hungry enough you'll learn :D. One of the things that was taught to us in the USN survival schools was to always stay busy. Building...
    Post by: Pugs, Jun 10, 2021 in forum: Flight Following
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    What emergency supplies do you carry in your flight bag?

    Maybe. Several instances of people getting the plane down broken but safe and being in good comms but with weather keeping help from getting too...
    Post by: Pugs, Jun 10, 2021 in forum: Flight Following
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    What emergency supplies do you carry in your flight bag?

    Thankfully I didn't have to pull the trigger but having my Colt 1911 kept me from being robbed and maybe killed at midnight at the Elk Heights hwy...
    Post by: Pugs, Jun 9, 2021 in forum: Flight Following