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  1. Cap'n Jack

    ForeFlight Now Requiring IOS 16 or Higher

    For a VFR only pilot flying nothing more complex than a C-172, I don't recall recent updates that would apply to me. As long as I can get updated charts and databases, I should be fine.
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    Chinese Food

    That's what I see too when I'm in Asia.
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    Chinese Food

    And that's why I mentioned on-line reviews as a confirming dataset. People just don't read anymore.
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    Chinese passenger seat display showing knots and feet

    My images suggest otherwise, at least for China. I doubt they changed the display for a single 外国人.
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    Chinese Food

    I'm allowed to drift the thread. Any of us are. And I find few Chinese (or otherwise) restaurants have bad sanitation or prep practices. Look up the inspection report for the restaurant. They are often posted in the window, or on the municipal web site. Walk away from those with a bad inspection...
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    Chinese passenger seat display showing knots and feet

    I expected that there is a setting to change the units. But I didn't know places outside of the USA tend to also use knots and feet. Thanks for the information!
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    Chinese Food

    FTFY. I've seen good and bad in many eating establishments in this country no matter which ethnicity was running it.
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    Chinese passenger seat display showing knots and feet

    I was on a flight from Shenzhen to Shanghai a couple of weeks ago on a Chinese airline. I had a choice of some movies that had some kung-fu fighting, or a display that showed me location, views out the window and a heads-up display. It took me a while to notice the HUD was displaying airspeed in...
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    Chinese Food

    The Chinese do good things with bacon Bacon flambe anyone?
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    Tips for flying through the Annular Eclipse

    It won't last long. If the weather is clear, see it from the ground. Also, pin-hole camera type viewers are cheap, easily made, and their design means you don't look at the sun. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/how-to-make-a-pinhole-camera/...
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    Major Traffic Violation

    The ones that feel the need to post on all subjects are not experts in anything. ;)
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    [NA]Irritating Fee #903

    Better food- breakfast= yes; dinner was generally no (Spain, UK, India, Singapore, China this year, IHG group). I could usually find a place for dinner with the same local cuisine but a bit better. Service seemed the same- I haven't had issues anywhere in the world (South San Francisco, San...
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    [NA]Irritating Fee #903

    Yes- amazing in many places in the world! I just got back from China and I was amazed at the simplicity of their hotel bills. Just the rate for each night- no taxes (probably buried in the rate), no resort fees, no registration fees, no internet fees, no cleaning or registration fees- just a...
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    Juxtaposed Threads Thread

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    Jump Pilot Blames Skydiver For Fatal Midair Collision

    Initially, the same speed as the plane. I don't know the jumper's change in speed due to drag or other factors.
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    Deferred applications and government shutdown..

    Not really. Just the usual BS.
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    Solution: More cameras

    Please read my post again. For your convenience, it is below. I acknowledge that cameras help to solve some crimes. You should also note the fact that many people are simply not prosecuted for many crimes despite being photographed and identified. Cameras are helpful, but are potentially only...
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    Solution: More cameras

    Why do you think criminals will be locked up right away? Or at all? People are commonly captured on video shoplifting. Society has to want to prosecute these crimes for the camera thing to work.
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    Get the Lead out -- time to stop dragging our feet

    You'll get most of the ethanol out, along with a significant amount of toluene and xylenes also used to increase the octane. Water alone can hold about half a gram of toluene at room temperature, but the ethanol that goes into the water will also carry a significant amount of those aromatic...
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