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    Youth Flight Scholarships - Oregon/SW Washington

    http://eaa105.org/content/youth-aviation-scholarship-program For youth who will be ages 16-21 this year, EAA Chapter 105 is going to awarding five youth flight training scholarships in the amount of $1500 each. Deadline for applications is April 26, 2014 and applicants selected for an...
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    What would you do?

    Here's a scenario for you for ADM Monday-morning quarterbacking purposes. You're flying at dusk, in the area around your home airport, in an established practice area - a busy one with a charted recommended frequency. The sun is down. Essentially cold, clear skies. You observe two small...
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    Declared my first emergency the other day

    On start of descent from 3500 AGL into Creswell, Oregon on Saturday morning for a fly-in, my Warrior's engine cowling/cover door suddenly popped up and bent itself in place. At first I wondered if the door had just departed the airplane completely, but then I looked over the dash and I could see...
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    Feds: "Pilots have no rights" - Really?

    http://www.flyingmag.com/news/feds-say-pilots-have-no-rights Not exactly surprising, but that doesn't make it any less aggravating or wrong if this article is accurate. Aircraft are not protected from search and seizure laws? Yeah, I don't think you're right, officer... I'd like to know...
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    JPI EDM 450 Fuel Flow - Tune or Leave Alone?

    I recently purchased and had installed a JPI EDM 450 fuel flow computer. I flew with it running the past few days and then topped off the tanks to see how it performs. This thing's pretty cool. Here's the verdict on fuel measurement for the first tank: Computer says fuel used since tanks...
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    Pacific Northwest youth flight scholarships - $1000 each - Portland area

    Youth ages 16-21 from the greater Portland/Pacific Northwest area who are motivated and interested in learning to fly - or who are already actively involved in learning - are encouraged to apply for the 2013 EAA Chapter 105 (Hillsboro, OR) Bogardus Trust Youth Flight Scholarship program. We will...
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    Piper Autocontrol III (Century II) autopilot+GPSS questions

    I have a 75 Piper Warrior with a Autocontrol III autopilot (roll axis) that works quite well. I recently installed an Icarus SAM GPS roll-steering computer (along with a bunch of other cool stuff). But the autopilot and all related systems are the same as camer with the plane. The Icarus SAM is...
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