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    instrument student (mag dip errors)?

    i have just started my instrument training, and really could use some help with the mag dip errors....i understand the ANDS accelerate north deccelerate south and OSUN overshoot south undershoot north...its just the northerly and southly turning errors, that i could use some help on....rt turn...
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    172 g1000 (AHRS) (comm) problem

    i have been newly checked out in a 172 sp g1000, i love the airplane....having learned in a low wing aircraft....the 172sp made it alot of fun....with the new caricteristics.... but the one thing is after just a few flights the attitude (ahrs)on the PFD, goes out on me...during the climb...
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    another great flight (carolina pics)

    this me and my good friend on another great flight....seems like every time we get to fly its always one heck of a crosswind, tho...see if any of you carolina boys or girls can tell where we are? till next time....e
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    Helicopter Drops Ammunition

    this might be better for the spin zone....but i just couldnt believe this one....and had to share it with you... i got a call at the office to warn employees from the emergency service ....20 feet of 50 cal. rounds..... Helicopter Drops Ammunition Onslow - 2/28/2007 At...
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    Good Time at the Grand Strand (kcre)

    what a great time down at the Grand Strand, .....north myrtle beach sure is growing...if you ever get time stop by CRE the folks there at ramp 66 are great people...caution on ole' Grumpy the controller, there is really no making him happy....just be ready...lol....anyhoo....fine place and near...
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    Great Learning Nav. Sim. (HSI, DUAL VRO, holding paterns etc)

    heres a great site that i found that has a simm....that sure has helped me...see if might help you too. http://www.russellaviation.com/sims/DualVOR.htm
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    Cool Harley Davidson!

    check the tins out!, my father and just finished this bike! 2003 fatboy....someone really messed this bike up....took alot of work ....but it was well worth it....the emblem is 24 kt gold leaf, airbrushed true flames paint from House of Colors, and a nice gold flake clear coat!....man she...
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    is avgas a thing of the past?

    i was reading the other day...." no avgas in 10 or 15 years"? due to the problems with making it (cost, clean up , chemicals...etc) ......AGE85....DIESEL skyhawks and pipers?....is this true?
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    Checkride Success!!!!!

    well all....yesterday was the big day!....finally my PPL checkride....man was i nervous.....all went very very well.... i got to to the school and it was overcast 400' ceiling i thought that i wasnt going to be able to take the test , seeing how id have to fly to the DPE's home base, but after...
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    cross country success!

    Well the x-c went great!!!! ....I really had a blast...my instructor had me move the first leg farther south down to ...>>D...FLO florence sc, then up to BUY in burlington then back to OAJ the longest solo flight thus far 4 hrs total...and the most enjoyable!!!! I owe alot to you guys...
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    first solo x_country nerves

    im a pp-asel student pilot, toward the end of my training....last sunday i did my first solo x-country ..all went fine, but things moved along fast....marking my times with check points became tuff and then i hit a cloud formation and had to lower, fortunatly i was near the destination airport...
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    i need some help on GPS purchase

    i'm looking into getting a handheld GPS...i fly different planes so i figured a smaller handheld would be best....i was looking into the lowrance 600c...any help on options and price would be appreciated.... thanks very much...
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    incredible story indeed (ww II B-17)

    Incredible WW-II Story - by Whiskers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >B-17's - Like Mated Dragonflies >Tomorrow morning they'll lay the remains of Glenn Rojohn to rest in the >Peace Lutheran Cemetery in the little town of Greenock, Pa., just southeast >of Pittsburgh. He was 81, and had been in the air...
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    input on handheld comm gear

    i was wondering if , anyone could help...id like to purchase a handheld comm....any help on quality and price , would be apreciated....thanks ....eric
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    First Solo! What A Great Feeling

    i've done alot of things in my life , but i must say soloing for the first time in the pattern, was one of the best things in my life....the hardest thing about it was bring it back on the third t/o and landing, per my instructors instruction....lol....i've never felt so free!!! what an awesome...
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    dont ya just hate weather delays?

    im a pre solo private pilot student, from east coast North Carolina....for the past three scheadules its been blowing over my allowed limit, or theres the maintenance issues.....i know i know , be patiecent but its tuff...guess the excitement of finally being able to fly my bird for the first...
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    thumb a ride to oshkosh

    id love to go to oshkosh this year, im a student pilot and would love the experience....any thougts? or where i can share the ride? east coast north carolina...thanks osprey1:fcross:
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