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What! I go away for a few years and my files get deleted. Shoot. I guess I'll have to find what old computer they are stored on an reload them. Len

I didn't know she had children!

You know what Neil Armstrong used to say...you only have so many heartbeats so why waste them on exercise. BTW...if you want to talk to girls why wouldn't you go to a flower show, an art exhibit or one of those exercise classes where you lay down on a mat. You know what is really funny about...

Trixie...Speed Racer's girlfriend flew a helicopter. Hayata from the Space Patrol in Ultra Man...which is based on a Japanese comic which is close to a carton. Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon Sulu...Star Trek TOS was made into a carton.

Attorney Generals...when, of course, we all know it should be Attorneys General. Len

Pet peeve; flammable is not a word. Inflammable is the correct word. Source Strunk and White's "Elements of Style".

Sorry...maybe I had my J names mixed up maybe I meant Jason. Len

Anthony, I'm good. Family is good. I've been busy. I see Jesse is still alive. That's a surprise. :<) Len

Ken, Ruger SR9 is nice, feeds anything, inexpensive, more accurate than I am and the trigger on the newest ones is better than the ones from a few years ago. Len

Harley, Yep. At the time I bought the FM (late '79 or early '80) money was tight. I didn't have a great job (actually two not so well paying jobs) and was learning to fly at the same time. I purposly bought the Nikon lenses to go with the FM. The camera was worth more than the car I was...

We have a nice, though now a few years old and certainly behind the times, Sony pocket size digital camera. It takes fair snapshots. For vacation this year I realized at the last minute I left the battery charger and the cable that connects the camera to my laptop at the office. As we...

Take the 172...fly to other airports in the area...look at posted ads of airplanes for sale or the actual airplanes with for sale signs on them at each airport...take a good instrument rated safty pilot and fly using a view limiting device...at each airport shoot a practice approach. Len

To be fair...Mooney stated that the M20 airframe would have required serious and expensive re tooling to accomodate the negative g requirements. That said, it was a very cool looking airplane. I never understood why they couldn't identify the problem and just fix it. Len

I've not done a lot of research on this but from what I've read and heard...the division of Sony that makes those batteries is very profitable. They make the batteries for lots of varied devices including many brands of laptop computers, hand held electronic devices, cameras, etc. The part I'm...

For PA28s, the Cherokee Six, Lance, Saratoga and Seneca it is a lever, often called a Johnson bar, about two feet long on the floor between the front seats...you pull the lever up to make the flaps go down...unless, of course, you are inverted...in which case you probably don't have to worry...

Personally, I don't like that one at all! My reason would be...say that, due to bad mic, intercom connection or other reason, the instruction is somewhat garbled..."full" and "pull" sound too similar and could be easily confused. If that particular confusion occurs at the wrong moment it could...

I hate to disagree but I do. Personally, I think clear and concise instructions are better than wordy instructions that might be misunderstood due to cockpit noise or distraction. For me, Extend Flaps - Retract Flaps, Lower Gear - Raise Gear would seam to be more easily understood. IIRC...

Hang in there Nick. This too will pass. Len

In the mid 80's I lived in Bolingbrook for about a year and flew out of Clow. It was a nice airport with a good FBO. I remember it as a great airport community. I didn't know anyone in the area except for a few folks at work. The airport community certainly made it easier to find a few new...

Hmmm, yep I can hear it now. ATC "Brasila 123 maintain 300 knots or better to the outer there's a SR71 behind you". :<) Len