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    For Sale FS: Home & Hangar on private airstrip near San Antonio Tx

    My sister and her husband are selling their 3Br 3Ba 2800 ft^2 home on the Texas Heritage Airport (TE86) on a 2 acre lot with a 50x50ft hangar that has a 40x11 ft Electric Schweiss Bifold door plus a 12x14 vehicle door. This is in a nice gated airport community about 16 nm south of New Braunfels...
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    For Sale Garmin GPS496 w/accessories $550 OBO

    I'm selling my GPS496 with all the original accessories and more: (Now $450). First Row below box: 496/396 Zippered Bag (like new) Protective cover (made for a different model but fits fine and protects the display) 128MB Data Card and mount baseplate. MapSource CD. 2nd Row: GPS496...
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    Need help with cloning a drive on a Leveno laptop.

    Caution: Geeky technical stuff follows: I recently bought an Ideapad Flex 4-1570 running Win 10 which came with a 256GB SSD and I happened to have a 1TB SSD that could replace the original one in the laptop. The new SSD came with some software ("data migration") to clone the contents of the...
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    Hangar available for the week of the Ryder Cup Golf tournament.

    My airplane is going into the paint shop next weekend and my hangar at KFCM is going to be empty for several weeks so if anyone's coming to Minneapolis for the golf tournament my hangar is available. Flying Cloud airport (KFCM) is about 10 nm east of the Hazeltine tournament site.
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    Need help with new iPhone (backup, sync, and restore)

    Sunday I broke the screen on my iPhone 5 so today I went to a "non corporate" ATT store and got a iPhone 6 to replace it. At the store the tech tried to backup my old iPhone to the cloud but quit when the display said it would take multiple hours. He disabled some of the backups and tried...
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    FS: 28V KX-155 w/GS

    For sale, KX-155. 28Volt with Glideslope. Asking $1000 + actual shipping cost. Other offers considered. Works well, was removed from my Baron for an upgrade. Cosmetics are pretty good. Includes tray and connectors.
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    Looking for ways to fill a unique technical sales job

    My company is looking for what appears to be a rather unique person to take over our sales operation now that the previous employee has retired and I'm having a hard time finding anyone with a good combination of experience, knowledge, and abilities. The job consists of recruiting and...
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    Big crane, arrives on 70 semi-trailers.

    http://www.kfan.com/onair/vikings-blog-38526/3rd-largest-crawler-crane-in-the-12515181?cmp=oboffsite
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    Looking for free legal advice on a non-aviation matter.

    I'm preparing to offer my parent's lake home in Michgan for weekly rentals this summer. I've installed a mooring for the renters to use if they bring a boat and want to require they sign a waiver indicating that said use is at their own risk. Can anyone suggest the appropriate language for...
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    Recovery timeline for brain trauma question

    The 20 year old daughter of a good friend was in a serious accident 13 days ago while attending school in Spain and has been in a medically induced coma until recently. The doctors have backed off on the sedation and she's slowly coming around but the operative word is "slowly". Over the last...
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    Why did iPad GPS quit working with IOS update?

    Last night I finally got around to updating my iPad 2 to the latest IOS and then installed the new FF update as well. I also downloaded the latest DB updates for FF. All this was done via WiFi as I have no data subscription for the iPad. Today during a long flight I found that the internal...
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    Bad day at the office (in the sky)...

    I just hate when this happens...
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    Need some help with Windows security

    I'm trying to set up a laptop for someone else to use in the field and I need to secure some of the files to be used so that the person I give the laptop to can't easily copy or alter some of the files. I realize that they could take the drive out and access things at will on a different...
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    Reporting flight time on MedXpress 8500-8

    Am I required to report my total and recent (past 6 months) flight time? I didn't think there was any requirement to keep such a record except as needed to qualify for an additional rating. I log all my time so I have a record for currency but haven't actually totaled the numbers for a few...
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    Dr Bruce has a new fan

    A friend was complaining about the difficulties he was having getting his medical back and I recommended he involve Dr Chien. After a phone consult he drove to Peoria to have Bruce perform a physical and came home with a valid medical certificate. He said he was quite impressed with Bruce and...
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    FS: iPad2 3G 32 GB

    FS: iPad2 3G 32 GB AT&T network I'm upgrading to 64GB and am selling my 32GB iPad2. Asking $300 including ground shipping to the US. Original packaging, charger, cable, and simcard included. The display is perfect and has been under a screen protector since new (the protector itself is a...
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    Headed to SE Michigan, which airport?

    Weather permitting I'm headed to the Pontiac area tomorrow afternoon to visit my BIL who lives in Rochester. Airnav says Romeo's (D98) fuel price is nearly $7/gallon which is a bit outrageous IMO. 57D (Macomb?) is a bit better at $6.06 and PTK has fuel for $5.77. Romeo is slightly more...
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    Can cities legally charge sales tax?

    When I park an airplane at KVNC the city of Venice FL charges for tiedowns and they collect sales tax on top of their fees. I don't recall ever paying sales tax on services provided by a government entity and wonder if they are legally entitled to collect it. OTOH, $58.85 for a month's tiedown...
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    Aviation is dangerous...

    ...even when you're not on board an airplane yet: Very sad ending to a fun vacation.:(
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    New anti-TFR petition needs signatures.

    Every pilot plus their friends and family needs to sign this one. https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/reduce-size-business-impact-both-sporting-event-temporary-flight-restrictions-tfrs-and-presidential/j8Pl4fNY
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