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The City of Boulder (Colorado) has opened a public poll concerning potential futures for Boulder Municipal Airport: It asks if people think the airport should be developed for residential property. The airport, KBDU, is an untowered airport and active gliderport within city limits. Airnav...

Lots of smart, technical, and engineering people on this site and wondering if someone can please help. My company is looking to finish our DD2345, an approval process used for Department of Defense contracts involving access to export-controlled technical data and materials, and, in our case...

I've had a Fitbit Charge4 for 2-3 years and it seems to have stopped syncing. If I have to replace it, what's better? Looking for info and suggestions, please. Mostly used for: Sleep tracking (Charge4 seemed consistent) Steps (Charge4 was awful - it counted hand waves, not steps) Recording...

Not General Aviation-related, but lots of folks here fly airlines a lot and generally know stuff, so... My girlfriend and I are doing a trip using my Delta SkyMiles frequent flyer points. We booked it months ago so got a good deal and used very few miles. I have no status. Now, she wants to...

I've moved and I'm trying to update my address online with the FAA Airmen Services, but I don't know my password. When I click on the "Forgotten Password" section, it requires me to enter a password (which I don't know). This is the link...

I live in Colorado, about 5,500' MSL. Today was hot and dry, about 95F. Density Altitude was above 9,000', maybe 9,200 or so. We watched a Piper Cherokee PA-28-140 takeoff with a mighty shallow climb angle, two on board. This led to me trying to explain Density Altitude to a non-pilot friend...

Like many, I am shocked and deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Mike Collins, Technical Editor at AOPA, photojournalist, craft beer cognoscenti, and much more. Mike died of Covid-19 yesterday, after fewer than two weeks in intensive care. He was 59. POA members may know Mike from AOPA...

Saw this on General Aviation News and it seems worth reposting: https://generalaviationnews.com/2020/10/01/dont-put-your-private-airport-in-jeopardy/

Like many of us, my job normally involves a lot of travel. We're discussing resuming work travel - Continental USA, two people, and mostly suburban and rural areas (except major airports). In-person visits are technically and 'politically' critical for our business success. The risks are not...

I have two personal website domains and GoDaddy is telling me it's time to renew. Would gurus here recommend using Go Daddy? Are there better registrars? I'm pretty ignorant on this stuff. Thanks for the help.

It appears Sun N Fun is now postponed: "Sun n Fun Fly-in is delaying until May 5-10 because of coronavirus concerns. The organization’s executive director sought city commissioners’ support for that decision and received it. Final decision on whether to proceed is targeted at April 17. "...

One of the recurring interesting discussion topics on this forum is what to do after retirement, and what can be done to accelerate retirement, etc., etc. I'd like to stir the pot! What are people doing to accelerate retirement? Let's assume you're already living reasonably frugally, or as much...

I have no connection with this, just stumbled across it and thought it was pretty cool and worth sharing: https://www.theislanderonline.com.au/story/5977262/duffy-the-pilot-to-ki-celebrates-his-90th-birthday-photos/?cs=1525#slide=15

A friend has an experimental motorglider and solid skills flying it. He's working on his PPL, and his remaining tasks include ~2.5 hours of solo cross-country time. Can he fly the solo time in the experimental motorglider and log that time for his PPL? Main motivation to do this is the...

Anyone know anything about this? https://domesticairclass.com/Home/portalid/0 Quoting from the website: "A class action lawsuit has been filed against the four largest commercial air passenger carriers in the United States—American Airlines, Inc., Delta Air Lines, Inc., Southwest Airlines Co...

For ten years, I've happily run Mozilla's Thunderbird email client on Windows machines. In the past six months, it's become unworkably slow - often freezing for up to 15. You start typing and nothing happens, then after what seems like forever, the letters appear. It's also 5-10 seconds delayed...

Hi All, My friend thinks this might be his grandfather piloting this airplane. Anyone know what kind of plane it is? (Anyone else expect Pilawt has the factory brochure for it?) Thank you!

Asking for a friend of Anymouse... Alvin has a PPL, no Commercial or CFI. Theodore has a glider certificate with motor glider add on, but is a preSolo PPL student. And has a motor glider. No Commercial or CFI for gliders. Can Alvin fly the motor glider if Theodore is aboard? Can Theodore fly...

I'm considering a VFR Commercial. Good or bad idea? A friend commented: "If PPL is Flying 101, then Commercial is Flying 201. The way I looked at it was rather than making me a "commercial pilot," it made me a better private pilot." I like this, since as a renter/hobby pilot it's difficult to...

Boulder, CO hosts the "Bolder Boulder" 10K race every Memorial Day with ~50K entrants. It goes through the city and finishes at the CU-Boulder stadium with all kinds of events, usually including parachutists and local tv coverage with at least one helicopter. Massive event. This year, there is...