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By lightening his workload. ;)

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Yes, what Magman sed. Get copies of Service manual, and Parts catalog for your airplane. Money well spent. Also need an up to date copy of the AC43.13.1&.2. Study them. Keep them handy. And learn from your A&P/IA. You will eventually get to a point in your aircraft ownership where you will...

But, in A Gift of Wings he does. And in Nothing by Chance

Free GPS app for Android, coupled with free planning app. Also free up to date aeronautical charts, and AFD. It works very well, and no clunkiness, no subscription, no need for data plan. Fun stuff. :D

My plan was to go to Arkansas. Forcasted to be mostly sunny in the path of totality. But as of today, the trip has been canceled due to the Ol' Lady having a bad flare up of RA. She told me that I could go alone. But I told her "That's not how it works" (this marriage thing)

They have 40 tiedowns, with no plans for more. Actually they removed about 40 tiedowns (occupied) to make room to park all the transient jets. :rolleyes: All hangars are full with waiting list. I spent 6 years on the ramp at JZP, and finally found a port a port hangar on the east side that I...

grease on drill bit will help keep cuttings at bay. And compressed air is your friend.

I don't think the requirement for tailwheel endorsement came about due to safety issues. But rather at the insistence of insurance companies due to the cost of repairs after groundloop. A 170 flies just exactly the same as a 172, but it requires one to pay closer attention on landing.

Year before last, went in for annual. Compression revealed 76, 78, 76, 74. SMOH ~500, pulled two jugs and sent them out for overhaul. One because exhaust flange was eaten away due to exhaust leak, and beyond our ability to repair in situ. The other, I don't remember the reason, mabe it was the...

Fix static leak, check rigging on all control surfaces after checking wash-out, and make sure the castering nose wheel isn't turning sideways in flight. Just a starting point. any of these will cause excess drag, and slower flight.

On PAPI.

BTDT with N733

Been in the situation where Nxx733, and N733 were being worked by the same controller. Both aircraft were Cessna. Made for some interesting conversation for a minute or two.

Mine had steel pins, so that's what I replaced them with. Also had to replace two of the hinges due to wear.

It was Harl. He was my Grand Dad. That's him in my avatar.

After college nephew joined AF in hopes of getting a flying gig, preferably fighter pilot. They put him in communications, and sent him to Iraq. He kept applying for flight school every time the opportunity arose. I'm not sure how many tours he served in the middle east, but after about 10 years...

Well, I know a guy who was giving flight instruction, and hopping passengers for a penny a pound, with a whole 10 hours in his logbook. Also flying the mail, and charging to carry guys to their hunting camps.

I don't understand the thought process behind ins companies decisions. Dad with some odd thousands of hours, PPSEL, MELTW. had no trouble with insurance at 83. Sold his 182, and cancelled his policy. Then at 85 couldn't get added to my policy as named pilot for the Cherokee. But, he was still...

Do the college thing, sign up, when the opportunity presents it's self, sign up for flight training. Do the job that you are assigned, when sign up comes back around, do it. Do the job you are assigned. Sign up again, get notification to report to flight school, pass physical. Go through flight...