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    Fly-in vacation destinations in southeast/ NC area

    All those places are even more fun if you have fold up bikes that will fit in your plane. Ron
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    Repaint the Yellowbird?

    The original Yellowbird paint scheme. http://www.flickr.com/photos/40168621@N07/4110664858/ Ron
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    Birthday gift for Valentines Day

    If he's in the military something for both you and his wife. http://www.serviceflags.com/flags.htm Ron
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    Airlines that scare the tar out of you

    Alitalia, 1970, DC9-10 Venice to Rome. Heavy fog took the runway stopped parked the brakes then brought both engines up to takeoff power before brake release. Rotated just before the red lights, with nothing but really polluted water on the other side. Ron
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    Proposed Piper AD

    Just checked a friends 1966 PA32-260. By the looks of it both U-joints are original and both sprocket shafts are flush with the sprocket. Unless the shafts were incorrectly manufactured kind of hard to see how the sprocket shaft is not fully engaged in the U-joint. Will call Piper monday. Ron
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    Proposed Piper AD

    No Dr. Bruce, I'm just an A&P, never got my IA. But I will talk to Piper, see what they have to say. Ron
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    Proposed Piper AD

    I have one with the witness hole and one without. Like you Dr. Bruce I tried to remove the tapered pin. I tried tapping and I tried a C clamp, after 37 years it wasn't budging. What I did notice was the sprocket shaft on the non witness hole U-joint was flush with the sprocket. The sprocket...
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    Mama Bird's 100th Birthday

    If you live anywhere near Morristown Tn. KMOR, they are having a little celebration for her on Saturday Nov.7th from 2pm till 4:30pm. Cards only, no gifts. She is a special lady. Most of the pilots around her have her signature in their log books. So if you're able, stop on by and meet a...
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    Headed to OKC...

    You might check out Sundance Airpark (HSD) it's just north of Wiley Post. Flew in there last year, nice folks. Their web site says they have rental aircraft but don't know for sure. http://www.sundanceairpark.com/fuel-sales.html Ron
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    Deer - Deer > Damn! Damn! N/A

    This little guy was in our back yard last week. Ron
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    Alternatives to Gaston's

    Can't speak to the accommodations at Rough River as we have never spent the night. But we have flown over for Sunday brunch on several occasions. We have never been disappointed nor gone away hungry. The staff is attentive and the restaurant clean. Ron
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    PIREP on Honduras?

    Flew into Soto Cano Air Base several times but they wouldn't let us off the base. The interior of the country is stark in comparison with the coast. My ex-son-in-law went sucba diving there, had a good time. Ron
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    Winter Storm 2009

    Kevin, you just be keeping that stuff in middle Tennessee. We don't need any of that here in eastern Tennessee.:nono: Ron
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    How many landings in past 90 days?

    23. Would have more but it's to darned cold to fly. Ron
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    Do you own your own airplane? Wacha got?

    Nothing fancy, just a little 72 Arrow. Could use an interior up grade but what the heck gets us from here to there. Ron
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    Tijuana question

    The last time I bought bulk material from Airtex I did not get a burn cert with it. They do give you one if you buy a carpet kit or what have you. Just don't with bulk. YMMV Ron
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    Winter is here...

    Several years ago took a military 747 charter into Anchorage than on to Fairbanks for the RON. It was December 21 light snow temp in Fairbanks was only 5 to 10 below. Had an Alaskan Airlines heater plugged into the 747 but there was no way it was going to keep that hog from freezing. Had to...
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    Happy Wright Bros. Day!

    Another angle of the first runway. Ron
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    Fall Colors / Corn Maze - Post your Pics

    Trip last Sunday to Carroll County Ohio. Ron
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    Three unique things...

    1. Meet and shook hands with Walt Disney at the press preview day for Disneyland July 17, 1955. 2. Flew right seat on a 747 for 5 minutes at 41k feet with the auto pilot off. 3. Was paid as a ride along tech rep on an month long around the world charter that cost the passengers $49500 per seat...
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