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    Got a laugh in traffic this morning.

    Dropped my son at school this morning and was headed towards towards town on a fairly busy 2 lane road with a center turning lane. About a quarter mile from a major intersection, a maroon SUV chose to pass another car by using the middle (turn lane). The car being passed accelerated and the SUV...
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    I was Robbed, Robbed, I tell you...

    Made a 3 1/2 hour flight back to the Atlanta area from Eastern Dallas today. What did I do to anger the Gods? I had modest headwinds the entire way. How does that happen this time of year? And for the last 2.5 hours of the flight, I had to pee. Clearly, I'm doing something wrong.
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    Oxygen Concentrator Thread

    I'm tempted to get an oxygen concentrator for the RV's in my life. The question is how much of a boost would something like an Inogen G5 provide if split between 2 people? 4 people? Are we talking about adding a couple of thousand feet to my (our?) practical cross country altitudes for two...
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    Remedial Household Training

    Teach everyone in your household over the age of 5 how to stop an overflowing toilet. Hint, there are two ways - 1) the shutoff valve (recommended). 2) Lifting the arm or float (only works while you hold it). Sincerely, your local (brown) trout fisherman and future ceiling repairman.
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    B&C Starter Balking

    Riddle me this. I have a B&C starter on the RV-10's IO-540. It performed well for the first year the airplane has been flying. But... The last two times I landed for fuel (of course at somewhere other than the home field), it has refused to cooperate. Turn the key and I can hear the relay...
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    Med Express Sumbitches Timed Me Out

    I spent 30-40 minutes digging up and entering medical visits into MedExpress and the effer timed me out on the last entry with no warning. None of it saved. YGBSM
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    Rental EV's - (lesson learned)

    We were in South Florida the last couple of days and rented a car from Hertz. Turned out, they gave us a Polestar EV. When we left the rental center, they verified the charge level of the car and instructed us that the car should be returned with at least the same charge level as when we picked...
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    Sparkplug Socket

    I'm looking for a couple of 7/8" aviation plug sockets. Spruce, Sporty's, etc. have 'em for $25-$30. I think Chief's is at $37. Where can I find the inexpensive version to live in the flyaway kit? Ideally, I'd want something with a hex fitting for a wrench and a 3/8" drive opening.
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    Boca-ish Airport Recommendation

    In the not too distant future, I may head down to Boca Raton to visit a couple of buddies. Looking at AirNav, it appears one FBO at Boca is run by Signature, with corresponding FU fuel prices. Atlantic is the other FBO and appears similarly minded. Lauderdale Exec is same song, different...
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    Air Force Fleet Decisions

    What's the logic behind the USAF's airframe inventory plan? They are proposing retirement, actively retiring, or cutting purchases on the following airframes, with little or no replacement hardware coming on line: 1) The E-3 AWACS. Basically, they have proposed retiring half the fleet next year...
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    So there I was at the Lacrosse Game

    And as I looked up and down the field I said "Hmm, this looks like it could have been an airport." Level, smooth, straight 200' wide x thousands of feet long clearing. So I walked down to end of the complex and there was a parking lot. It looked a lot like the threshold of an abandoned runway...
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    Noonish at the Airport

    I was at the airport (VPC - Cartersville, GA) today at lunch, saw a big bird, then a flash of white. I couldn't exactly tell what kind of bird it was, but I remembered I had the DSLR with a decent lens in the car... He was up pretty high - maybe 500', so I had to crop the original, even...
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    Thinking about a Lightspeed Upgrade

    I'm debating an offer I recently got from Lightspeed: Trade in my Lightspeed Zulu's for a $300 credit on a pair of Zulu 3's. Their carrot is the 3's are an upgrade over the original Zulu's and this offer is $100 better than their standard trade in allowance. Beyond that, they won't be...
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    Odd ADSB Ping

    Went for a flight this morning. The ADSB log on flightaware looks normal except for one ping from a station that only pinged me once. It showed a momentary speed of 422 mph at about 3,000 AGL in the RV-6. Um, not with the wings attached... Anyone else see an odd blip or two in their ADSB data?
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    Starter Headset

    Are there any preferences at the bottom end of the headset marketplace? A good friend's son is taking flying lessons and I've loaned him an older set of DC knockoff's. He's welcome to use them for as long as he wants, but has decided he wants his own headsets. I don't think he is at the point...
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    Casual Sale of Airplane - Taxes

    I was talking with a friend this evening who recently sold his 182. He'd put some money into the panel, but probably doubled his money over the 5 or so years he owned the airplane. He was concerned about his tax liability on the sale and how much income tax he would have to pay on the...
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    PAPR Report

    Has anyone requested/received one of these lately? All the links I can find seem to lead to a dead/moved/deleted/no-longer-there web page. Oh, and is "PAPR report" redundant?
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    Dry Wash Cleaning Products

    What non-water/soap cleaning products do folks use on their airplanes? We're approaching the point in the year where it is a bit cool to spend an hour or two on the ramp with a hose and bucket of soapy water. So what dry-wash products are y'all happy with? And while we're at it, who's using...
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    A Cool Little Navy Film

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    Transponder/Airspace Question

    Remind me. Since I don't have ADS-B out installed, is there any reason *not* to just yank out the transponder? I can't think of what airspace benefits i get by only having the Txp.
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