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    Wahoo! .9 PIC Today!

    :cheerswine: Way to go guys!
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    Wrong Iowa Airport

    Yep. We had DC-3's, C-402's and a couple of YS-11's. In the summer, we would park a DC-3 at the terminal and once it was full, it would go to either Martha's Vineyard or Boston. In the winter, about half the fleet would be repositioned to Florida and fly down there. This wiki post pretty...
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    Wrong Iowa Airport

    I used to turn wrenches for PBA at HYA back in the mid- late 80's. What a great gig. To bad about the airline going down the crapper.
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    Motivation to get an instrument rating.

    I spent a week flying a PA-28 from upstate New York to Dayton, Ohio in 1997. That was all the motivation I needed. As a side benefit, my overall flying skills were vastly improved. If I ever get my medical back, the first thing I'm going to work on, after knocking the cobwebs off, is my...
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    Inventory your tools...and everything else in the work area.

    We have a rag control program now. They are issued in bundles of 5 or 10 and controlled just like other tools. You sign out 5, you better bring back 5.
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    Medical Question

    My job requires confined space entry, specifically into military aircraft fuel tanks. The main contaminate is JP-8 jet fuel, and there is also some exposure to MEK and polysulfide sealants. I must say that I feel very well protected as I wear a full face air supplied respirator (3M7800) and a...
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    Medical Question

    Thanks for the replies! My personal physician stopped doing FAA exams a couple years back, so I'll have to start from scratch with this issue I guess. 1, I do have a couple of blebs on my left lung ( Per the CT scan I had while in the hospital for my SP 2, As far as an alpha 1 antitrypsin...
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    Medical Question

    About 2 1/2 years ago, I had a spontaneous pneumothorax. Just sitting around in my living room on a Saturday morning and BANG. I spent 4 days in the hospital with a chest tube during which time I had a CT scan that revealed it was resolved, but also that I had a couple of "blebs" on the...
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