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  1. Swampfox201

    Any idea what this gadget is “Flite Path Computer”

    A friend of mine gave me this. It belonged to her dad who passed way years ago and was a pilot. Has anyone see anything like this? Someone said it may have been placed next to the flight engineers attitude indicator to show the correct flight pitch attitude. Anyone have any idea how it’s...
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    Newly installed GDL-82 not seeing traffic

    The airplane I rent has a GTX 327 transponder. The owner just installed a GDL-82 for ADS-B. I’m not seeing any traffic using ForeFlight and a Stratux receiver. Here is a screenshot from ForeFlight. Shouldn’t the ownship line have my tail number listed? Not sure what’s up. Sent from my...
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    Higher than normal EGT

    For a couple months every year I fly survey flights for a company. The 172 they use had a new motor installed last year as the old one was at TBO. The new motor has been running fine until last week when the EGT gauge showed higher than normal. It used to run at the 11 o’clock position. Now...
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    Dog flight

    My sister in law is wanting to move some rescue dogs from Houston to Nebraska and was wondering about transport. Ive read on here several times about pilots donating flight miles for this purpose. Who would she contact to find information? Thanks! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    "Living in the age of airplanes" movie question

    On the Blueray In the additional footage:Plane Spotting section there is an airplane that appears to have 3 sets of rear landing gear. Anyone know what kind of plane it is? I took a screenshot of it. Also where can one purchase the soundtrack from the additional footage section? I love the...
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    SR22 crash in Ohio 11-6-2014

    The final report came out this last week. The cause of the accident was never really in doubt. Having lost a friend the question in my mind is did they pull the chute or not? The report is inconclusive and evidence points both ways. Fly safe everyone and don't let yourself get in a situation...
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    Turkey + Peacock?

    Is it possible for a turkey and a peacock to breed? Local hunter bagged this bird yesterday. He said it was standing with a bunch of turkeys. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Legal flight?

    For hire survey flight under part 91. Flight is scheduled to depart 1/2 hour before sunrise VFR. On taxi pilot notices the vacuum pump has failed. Is the flight legal to depart? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    My gyroscope says the world is Flat

    Today a friend of mine sent me an observation from a conspiracy website. The attitude indicator is a gyroscope. The gyroscope gives the pilot pitch and bank information by having the airplane move around the stationary gyroscope. If we depart the north pole and head south as we follow the...
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    Hitting something at FL350

    How often does this happen? What is there to hit this high? http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=183791 LAN Airlines flight LA3509 sustained damage following an impact with an unknown object at FL350 in the Bogotá FIR. The aircraft, an Airbus A320, departed Cancún Airport, Mexico...
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    Whoops! -NASA ASRS report

    For you student pilots out there who had a bad flight just know everyone makes mistakes. ■ On the takeoff roll, after calling out, “Thrust set,” I scanned the EICAS engine indications, and then I fixated on the altimeter, confusing it with the airspeed indicator. When the numbers on the...
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    Test drove a Tesla today....

    The salesman said next month they will release a software upgrade that will allow the car to drive itself. All you do is enter the destination and the car will take you there. In our sue happy culture and seeing how GA has suffered in the face of lawsuits how will this company survive when...
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    My wife called and nagged me because...

    I returned her car with only 5 gallons of gas left in the tank. She called and yelled at me saying "you know how close I came to running out of fuel!!" How should I take this? Should I take it as constructive criticism or should I tell her to F off?
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    Chinese Air Force shoots down drone

    This may be old news as it happened last year but its the first time I've heard of it. It appears China takes drones more seriously than we do in the states. http://dronerisknews.com/2014/12/15/chinese-air-force-shoots-civilian-drone-near-beijing-airport/
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    Another creepy animal sound.

    Recorded this the other night when I came home. Any ideas what this is? http://youtu.be/x-GsXNtBRNw
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    Insurance question N/A

    We live out in the country but along a state highway. A couple weeks ago our dog (a blue heeler) was hit and killed by motorcycle by our house on the highway. We were very lucky in that the motorcycle driver kept it upright and was not injured. Today we get a letter from his insurance...
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    Era crash

    Not good day for Hagland Aviation :( http://www.theindependent.com/news/national/mother-on-crashed-plane-led-searchers-to-wreckage/article_112eda90-4468-5093-a8bd-12c03848ff8d.html
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    Bigfoot Caught on Tape!

    http://imgur.com/PPF73Za
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    Over the top for left downwind

    This question deals with the thread titled "Call the tower". http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?t=63350 I agree with 99% of the topics discussed here but in the thread above I found myself scratching my head. Lets say I am landing at an uncontrolled airport and am flying east...
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    F35B carrier ops video

    Cool video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K50UVd-cdo&sns=em
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