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  1. Sudburian

    How do you mitigate the risks of mechanic error?

    I am about to become an airplane owner. So to keep myself humble and at a healthy state of nervousness, I look up NTSB reports now and then on the plane type I am interested in, and found one in California where an A&P mechanic conducted an annual on a Cessna 182, didn't install the throttle...
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    A&P IA needed for a pre-buy in SoCal (near ONT)

    Hi all. I am buying a Cessna 182 located near Ontario, California. Every major outfit that I'm told has a good reputation is unable to schedule me for a pre-buy inspection for months out. They're all booked out. Therefore, my alternative seems to be to find any smaller outfit or even free-lance...
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    Cost questions for: ADSB-Out, autopilot, and interior upgrade?

    I'm looking at this 1968 Cardinal. Seller claims ADSB-Out will cost $2,500. Does that sound right? Also, that interior looks junked. How much to make it nicer for flying my wife and kid around? I'm guessing it has no autopilot. What does that cost? Anyone see anything else? I am a...
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    Should I buy, join a flying club, co-own, or keep waiting?

    I have been collecting opinions from pilot friends/colleagues on this for several months now, and everyone I talk to is all over the map. This thread probably will be the same but no harm in hearing even more unbiased perspectives as I figure out what I want to do. My life circumstances...
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    Microsoft Flight Simmer takes a real flight lesson

    Thanks to an incredibly gracious offer by a fellow POA user I had contacted through this very forum--we both live in Arizona and he is a CFI--I received my first 4.1 hours of logged flight instruction time today. I've been a moderately avid user of Microsoft Flight Simulator (and X-Plane) since...
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