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  1. Mister Mystery Man

    Red Cross Assists Hangar Strike / Tornado

    Ever ask why you should do ANYTHING to assist the Red Cross? Here's another story... I've heard hundreds of them and have several personal ones myself. Men in Korea being SOLD coffee on the front lines.... People in disaster areas being SOLD ice water..... A guy in my unit that...
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    What's the SHELF LIFE of Avgas?

    I just got back from buying 100 LL at Crossville Memorial airport. Price? $5.25 per gallon. Looking at some net information, seems like a good price, comparatively speaking. http://www.100ll.com/ I also got some to put into a glass jug just to see what will happen and how long it might...
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    What's the SHELF LIFE of Avgas?

    I'd think that Avgas would also have hydrocarbons too, so it ought to 'go bad' as quickly as MoGas unless there's less "stuff" in it to oxidize. There wasn't any absence of lead in the Super Shell that I pumped into my '59 Ford. And when I spilled some of it on my shoes, I had to leave them...
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    What's the SHELF LIFE of Avgas?

    Yeah I know the experts say one year... http://www.eaa.org/autofuel/autogas/articles/1What%20is%20the%20shelf%20life%20of%20avgas_.pdf That's the official report. But I've seen aircraft that had set in their hangars for more than five years and they started up and ran fine when taken out of...
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    I know its a dumb question but

    Hardly any rule that doesn't have exceptions is there? Kinda like " I before E except afer C ... and sometimes Y. (and maybe a few others) :wink2:
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    Cincinnati, OH

    Yes, if you like BBQ... I agree the Boathouse is the place.
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    I know its a dumb question but

    Answering the question, "What's the purpose of the rudder?" is kind of like asking the 3 blind men to feel an elephant and explain what the elephant is like. You'll get different answers and a lot of arguments concerning each person's impression and opinion. Here's a good explanation of the...
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    Stinson 108 opinions

    I liked it too in the summertime. But about the end of October you'd better zip up your insulated flight suit and light up a couple of Jon-E-Warmers to put in your pockets. I had a VW beetle with an exhaust muff heater that was a bad joke in winter. At least the VW didn't go 105 MPH with a...
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    Stinson 108 opinions

    Brian knows what he's talking about. True. All true. True on the 11 GPH also. I've owned two of them. The Franklin engine can be a PITA. Mine always leaked oil from half the gaskets... mostly push-rod tubes. No matter how many times you have them fixed they always leaked a lot of oil. I got...
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    Cessna 162 ?

    I was just wondering what the consensus is on the Chinese Cessna? How’s it fly? From what I can see the 152 was a lot more airplane with more horsepower, more load and you even got a two-handed yoke. And all for considerably less that $150,000.
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    Stupid Military Traffic!

    Speaking of flying low... yeah... I used to live near Grissom AFB (formerly Bunker Hill) and while out on a leisurely flight in my Stinson a group of A-10s would come zipping by... at my altitude! By the time I saw them there wasn't any way for me to maneuver in time to avoid them. (Made me...
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    Bird on a Wire

    I've often said that aircraft technology lacks the ability of landing on a wire ?
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    The State of New Mexico - a bunch of crooks

    I never file... there isn't any state income tax in Tennessee.
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    Pilot Murdered in Indiana

    He's claiming that he's not guilty... PERU — Lawyers for Shane Golitko, the Bunker Hill man accused in the stabbing death of Kokomo Scout leader Art Anderson, have received a delay in Golitko’s trial. Miami Circuit Court Judge Robert Spahr moved Golitko’s pretrial hearing date to Dec. 1, per...
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    310 Cal to Hawaii - *Almost* - Then Ditches

    I do recall one instance of a plane running out of fuel because the line attendant put the caps back on with the vents facing rearward and some of the fuel was siphoned overboard. Of course the NTSB said that wasn't the reason he ran out of gas. It was because he didn't do a proper pre-flight...
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    Question regarding wiring and panel work

    Free Panel Design CAD Software This is a free layout and design program that you can download. If you want, the company that provides it can make the panel and silkscreen the markings on it for you... or you can do the whole thing yourself. I've used this for fabricating panels for ham radio...
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    Cigarette Smoke vs Avionics & Gyros

    I've often wanted to ask some avionics techs if they had found cigarette tar to be a factor in failed gyros and other vacuum operated instruments. It's always bothered me somewhat to see a blue cloud waft out of some guys aircraft when they opened the door. Does smoke adversely affect the...
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    Oh this should be good...

    Dating an airline pilot.... http://www.offthemarkcartoons.com/cartoons/1999-02-12.gif MMM
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    How I Learned to Fly (by Orville Wright)

    Here's Orville's story in his own words about how he learned to fly. (He didn't know any CFI at the time) There's some other stuff on the site so you need to scroll down about halfway to get to the article...
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    Pilot Murdered in Indiana

    One of our old gang died recently as a result of homicide in Bunker Hill, Indiana. Arthur “Art” Anderson was one of the pilots at “Windfall International Airport” as we liked to call it mockingly after Indianapolis changed their name from “Weir Cook” to Indianapolis International (although there...
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