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  1. francisco collazos

    Fisker is toast.

    Looks like Fisker is heading for Bankruptcy and it's not good news for the people that purchased their half baked cars. Horrible to have a 80k car that has crappy software, a bad key fob and virtually no support. You would think there was a way out for the owners.
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    Florida North/south hemisphere altitude rules

    We had some weird altitude assignments heading into and out of Jacksonville (north/south). I've read somewhere that Florida has Odd-north and even- south due to our state being narrow and long. Does anyone know more about this?
  3. francisco collazos

    Florida North/south hemisphere altitude rules

    We had some weird altitude assignments heading into and out of Jacksonville (north/south). I've read somewhere that Florida has Odd-north and even- south due to our state being narrow and long. Does anyone know more about this?
  4. francisco collazos

    Direct Fly Alto 100

    I have a chance to be able to rent one of these near by. I fly mostly a piper 180 and c-152 and have about 300hrs between both. HAs anyone flown one of these and do they have any personal advice on flying these? I does have a dual dynon panel. thanks
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    Going from third class medical to BasicMed. any pitfalls I should be aware of?

    So i've had controlled hypertension for about 20+years and early this year after my visit with the AME, my BP went up. So over the last couple of weeks we have been working on the right medication combination and it's now controlled. My Dr. recommended a cardiologist visit due to my age and I...
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    Cessna 172 crash at zephyrhills 12/07/23

    https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/348689 flightaware tracking https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N906KS The plane is registered to a flight school located at Lakeland and crashed around 2p est. The front is pretty crumpled and pushed into the pilot compartment. Hard to tell based off...
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    Tampa Transition

    Thought it would be neat to share, I decided to get some practice flying into a Class Charlie airport (Sarasota) and on the way back did the Tampa bridge transition. Nothing better than overflying TIA at 2500ft
  8. francisco collazos

    Savannah

    I'm thinking of taking my wife to Savannah next January for our wedding anniversary. Any airport recommendations and places to eat there?
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    Spirit Airlines in trouble

    What do you guys think of the merger of Spirit with Jet Blue? Spirit is in trouble and this guy thinks its combination of poor economy and increases in pilot salaries.
  10. francisco collazos

    Poker run LAL Oct 7th

    For any Florida locals, there's a poker run that still has 95 spots left if someone is interested. My friend and I are doing it and this will be my first one. Should be a lot of fun if anyone is interested...
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    Airplane rental near Deadwood SD

    Hey guys, So we are taking a family trip next week to South Dakota and we will be staying near Deadwood. I was wondering if anyone knows any airports near by where I could potentially rent an airplane with a CFI for a tour of the area. I imagine its really beautiful and I'd like to see it from...
  12. francisco collazos

    Stall base to final.. question on the pattern

    So I have been wondering if stalls from base to final are more likely if the downwind lag is closer to the airport? The pilot makes the turn to base and then has to turn final when closer to the approach end therefore over/undershooting the approach. So my question is based on this assumption,if...
  13. francisco collazos

    Student Loans are out of control

    So twice over the last two weeks someone has posted loan terms for going to flight academy. The one last week had a variable interest rate of 17% and the one last night was a 100k loan at 20%. The posts on the one last night were shut down after most people tried to explain to the poster that...
  14. francisco collazos

    Is it possible....

    Is it possible to build a certified plane (cessna or piper) for under 100k in todays environment? Does anyone think this will ever happen or are those days behind us?
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    Favorite Recipe (For the cooks)

    This should be fun!! For all those cooks out there, is there one recipe that you enjoy making that you would like to share please share it below.. Chicken w/ Mushroom sauce I start with a couple of chicken breasts cut in even pieces. Salt and add a liberal amount of cracked pepper. Sautee the...
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    Cool places to visit in Southern Georgia

    Hey guys, I'm based out of West Central Florida and do some trips to Gainesville, Fl once in a while. I'd like to branch out a little more and fly into Georgia. Are there any places to see or eat that you would recommend in southern Georgia? Thx
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    Tower conversation..did I mess up?

    So yesterday my friend an I flew to La Belle and on the way back to BKV I had an interesting conversation with the tower. Let me know what you think. Brooksville has two runways (3-21 and 9-27) I radio 10 miles out that we were south east of the field. OK he gave us a right midfield entry for...
  18. francisco collazos

    Need help for DIY Metar picture frame

    So I'd figure I would post here about this problem. I bought a DIY metar kit from DIYMETAR dot com that has the 50 airports. The 50 sized kit is for a picture frame of 24inx24in in size. I would like to get a map of the southern states or possibly just Florida that is this size. I am having...
  19. francisco collazos

    For Sale Jeppesen Instrument/commercial book

    Hello, I have a brand new Jeppesen instrument/commercial book for sale. I didn't care for it so i purchased Rod Machado's instrument book. If someone would like to make me an offer send me a PM. This is the book...
  20. francisco collazos

    Fist time taking my son up...interesting experience

    Well as some of you know if am a fairly new pilot with about 180 hr and currently working on my IFR. Well I decided that I would take my 10 yr old to breakfast at X60 (williston, FL) for the first time this past saturday. They have a small little mon and pop restaurant there that I have been...
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