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    Recommendations for travel/medevac insurance

    Global Rescue has a variety of memberships & is well respected. Thankfully, my family has had no experience testing their support, but there are many positive assistance examples.
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    Interesting and unusual airport/runway/taxiway designs

    Yes to the new building & no to any change in FBO management goals at KMDD. Future challenges at Airpark will be when they soon begin oil & gas drilling operations on the airfield.
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    Should I NOT buy a Cessna 162 Skycatcher?

    I passed on an opportunity some 35 yrs ago; an active local & low time Piper Tomahawk for $5k. A certified airplane that no one seemed to love. Regret to this day because I soon got out of aviation for a significant period of time. That might have kept me in the air & given me the flying...
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    Fuel Calculation

    I got 13.485
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    Ramp agent reprimanded for reporting MX issue

    As a registered engineer who designs rotating machinery, pilot in command, and occasionally self loading cargo for this airline & others, I find this story interesting. Your mechanic prob gave legit advice.
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    Rope Chocks - What say PoA?

    Design is ordinarily lightweight & cheap to make yourself
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    HUGE INCREASE IN MOAs PLANNED...Please Help!!!

    My ranchland is prob 30 nm SW of Dyess AFB. Bone traffic is most always high where I am, but the low level airspace above my land commonly has their C-130 and whatever Laughlin AFB is teaching their students in, T-1, T-6, T-38 flying in random directions and there are no marked MTRs or MOA here...
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    the Turbo 182 is back in production

    It is also a great thing as an owner to have your aircraft variant still in production. I have a 78 Decathlon. The new ones coming out of the ACA factory today are identical in many ways. I love being able to call the factory and get advice and parts from the TC holder. It is beneficial to...
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    the Turbo 182 is back in production

    I use my T182T typically for single day roundtrips from Midland to Houston & similar E Texas. It has better endurance than I do; flightplan for 12 gph. Others are certainly faster, but depending on the winds, I prefer traveling in the high teens where it never seems crowded. Thankful for the...
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    Water in my Tank after flight

    My problem was found to be that I was pumping water into my wet wing tanks. Sump quite a bit, rock the wings & tail, sump some more.
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    Garmin problems today?

    Maksim & Alyona are living large on their enterprise model. Will Garmin pay $10m ransom to end ransomware attack with 3 day outage https://mol.im/a/8562805
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    Question on Cessna 182T fuel flow on starting

    My son’s technique on our 2004 T182T is to run the boost pump for several seconds beyond the stabilized fuel flow & he always seems to get a start on his first cranking attempt. But, we have an aftermarket starter, which is placarded to avoid much cranking. So, for a cold engine I usually run...
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    And that why we preflight, folks

    I once pulled a pint of water out of one of my 182’s wet wing tanks at the third flight since the last fill. There are enough places for a gob of water to hide in those kind of tanks to turn you into a happy sumper.
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    Girdwood crash, August 4 2019, stupid pilot tricks

    (Pilot + Alcohol) & Passengers = Murder in the First Degree
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    What was your favorite part of you flight training for your Private Pilots License?

    It was the early 1970s. Being taught how to accurately short field land my Cherokee 140 by a guy who had not long before, been landing hellcats on carrier decks.
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    Runs out of gas, family sues ATC

    ATC cannot be assigned even 1% of the blame of this tragedy. Its all on the PIC.
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    Icon A5.. another crash Jul 27

    Water looks to have some chop to it from the wind, so near the treeline some random swirling could be expected. Also, glad they hit in the water because it appears they went down hard enough for worse injuries if it had been on pavement or rocks.
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    FAAST Meetings, do you recommend?

    I like these faasafety seminars/meetings. These gatherings are not large so they’re easy to speak up in & frequently involve BBQ. What’s not to like? The attendees out here are diverse; students, part 91 pilots, pipeline patrolers, homebuilters. I can easily walk away with something new or...
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    "ADS-B in" For Ships/Boats That Pilots Can Use Over Water?

    Watch the cruise ships from home http://www.thecruisevillage.com/live-cruise-ship-tracker.phtml
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    Air-to-Air Cessna 337 Skymaster

    I remember watching the USAF version around Bergstrom AFB in the late 70s. They all would fly single file in their traffic pattern in amongst the RF-4Cs.
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