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Does anyone here work in patent law? I’m interested in learning a bit more about the field. I’m an engineer working at a large corporation in the aerospace industry. A former coworker mentioned the patent bar to me a few years back and I haven’t been able to get the idea of taking it out of my...

I know we have a number of musicians on this form. I think I've seen a number of guitar posts. Maybe some piano. Maybe some discussion of other instruments. Does anyone play any unusual or historic instruments? Zither, Lute, Clavichord, Hurdy-Gurdy, Didgeridoo, Theramin, Musical Saw...

This may be a long shot, but does anyone have tips for helping packages get through customs? I’ve ordered small things like books internationally but nothing too expensive so I’ve always just waited the 1-3 weeks for it to clear without much thought. I’ve heard for big items a customs broker can...

If someone got their 3rd class medical and then stopped flying for a while (assume medical expires), could they solo, complete their training, and take their check ride under BasicMed?

Has to be airworthy. minimax? Flybaby? Hummel? Fischer Flying Products? I’m also selfish and have no friends so single seat is fine. No mission other than to get in the air. what say POA

Working from home for the past few weeks has highlighted some interesting differences between my wife’s company and mine. The biggest one is lunchtime. All the engineering/manufacturing places I’ve worked have lunch for 30 minutes between starting after 11:15am and ending before 1pm. My wife’s...

Has anyone seen any good Coronavirus memes? Post your favorites.

TV typically depicts the characters eating their Chinese food out of the containers. We’ve never done that. We typically make separate plates and pile them high with an assortment of different items. So is TV wrong or are we doing it wrong? :dunno: If you do eat it out of the containers how do...

The title is pretty self-explanatory, but who here plays some sort of musical instrument? My wife recently decided to learn piano and we just had our first piano delivered today. Before this we were just playing with a cheap 61 key keyboard. What a difference the a real piano makes...

There was a recent thread that got me thinking. So, is anyone here brave enough to admit to having trolled the board? @SixPapaCharlie @TooHonest @Ted DuPuis @timwinters @Tom-D @denverpilot @bbchien Since I'm inviting bbchien to this discussion, can my friend be denied a medical for being a...

I was recently looking for a new job and blown away by how many different things there are for engineers to work on. Everyone knows about cars, bridges, airplanes, buildings, etc. But there are so many industries/products out there that I never would have thought of. Here are some of the more...

I've liked the looks of the Lake Amphibian for a while now and have been dying to get my hands on the controls of one ever since I got my seaplane rating (in a Citabria on straight floats). Unfortunately, the Lakes don't pop up for rent many places. Luckily, there's a local flight school that...

Here is a recent air to air photo shoot with a Mooney. I'm always looking for more subjects. If you're in NY, NJ, CT, MA, RI, or VT and interested in an air to air photoshoot, let me know.

I'm looking for some people/planes to do air to air shoots with. If you're based in Connecticut or willing to meet somewhere in the general vicinity let me know.

One of the difficult things about flying is that it tends to be a relatively expensive hobby. Would you be and/or do you think there would be interest in a low cost flying club based around something like a MiniMax, Fisher FPXXX, Flybaby, etc. Many planes like this can be purchased for <$10,000...

So I just booked a flight for a vacation later this year and got really excited that one way is scheduled to be in a 747-400. I've never been on a 747 before, but have always loved seeing them at the terminal. I saw a thread on here earlier this year about asking to see the cockpit. Does...

I recently flew commercially (Southwest on a 737) and there was freezing rain predicted from 11pm to 9am. My flight was at 5:30am. As a result I didn't think we would end up taking off, but we did make it out with "only" a 60 minute delay. I started doing some research which quickly led me to...

Monday night I had the opportunity to go for a night flight down the Hudson River Corridor. We took the Mooney I took air to air photos of earlier this year: https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/air-to-air-mooney-m20j.105188/ We had clear skies and no clouds for the entire trip...

This past Saturday the stars finally aligned after about a month of cancellations. The weather looked good and our schedules all lined up. As we approached the departure time, high-level clouds started rolling in from the west and by the time we were airborne we were completely in shadow. We...

I recently found a Subsonex flying in Connecticut. With a little work I tracked down the owner and we setup an air-to-air photo shoot. Unfortunately this little jet was too slippery for the pilot to comfortably slow down for the Bearhawk I did the Mooney M20J photos out of (...