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    Anyone that has an interest in Sensenich wood...

    Anyone that has an interest in Sensenich wood props contact Jim Drommeter 952-873-6659.

    Four or five years ago I put an 80-44 on my 12 O-320 with 8.5 X 6 wheels---plenty of clearance---I now...
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    Pretty plane!

    Pretty plane!
  3. Is it normall that wet?

    Is it normall that wet?
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    Just questions I have always been curious about....

    Just questions I have always been curious about. Just how far can you push it before a major structural failure? Of course this is all predicated on the fact that there is absent a cracked wing spar...
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    Pete Just out of curiosity---how did you...

    Pete

    Just out of curiosity---how did you determine what with way aft CG that the aircraft would be recoverable? What determines when the wings depart the fuselage?
    Of course your A/C is brand...
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    I was at NAS So Weymouth from 1971 to 1994. You...

    I was at NAS So Weymouth from 1971 to 1994. You can't even imagine the hazmat in the ground surrounding those condos and they are just the tip of the iceberg. That place is going to be another Love...
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    How many former military air bases/air stations...

    How many former military air bases/air stations are now housing developments?
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    Just another reason for more grass strips

    http://www.ainonline.com/comment/3796

    Not only is this hard to believe but disheartening.
  9. I think that "The bog" is actually a saw mill....

    I think that "The bog" is actually a saw mill. One of many grass strops down there. Have to get a half dozen planes together for a trip down to Marthas Vineyard.
  10. Those pictures were taken at Sherman Field,...

    Those pictures were taken at Sherman Field, Pembroke, MA. While doing a few landings at KPYM at noon I was greeted by the above aircraft landing for gas.
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    From my experience I think the 8.5's will last...

    From my experience I think the 8.5's will last longer---but I don't really land in bizarre places. I land mostly in grass. I've had the 26 Goodyears on now a year and I do a lot of landings---they do...
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    You will need a STC for either the 8.50 X 6 or 26...

    You will need a STC for either the 8.50 X 6 or 26 wheels. I had 8.5's--- they are great and the 26 Goodyear are better for various reasons---depending on what you want to do. I find they give you...
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wHikocU8vY ...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wHikocU8vY

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en3JTYVoMQ8 Katama 1B2 ---Marthas Vineyard---5000 ft grass runway---five grass runways
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    Granddaughters soccer game at 10:00 AM. Granddad...

    Granddaughters soccer game at 10:00 AM. Granddad duty is #1. Ground is saturated. When is everyone coming to KPYM for breakfast great restaurant on the field and across the street? Wait till mid May...
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    Helicopter rescue

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5ElGt6iAYw&feature=youtu.be
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    The fraud, waste, and, abuse in government is...

    The fraud, waste, and, abuse in government is unimaginable. Won't hijack the thread---as Steve Pierce opined, this is a payback to make the public suffer. The federal government could cut 15% of the...
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    The older I get---the more the Law of Unintended...

    The older I get---the more the Law of Unintended Consequence bothers me. Seems to have plagued the Russians more than us ie Chenobyl, anthrax,thalidomide, asbestos, square windows in aircraft,...
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    I've never really understood energy and wave...

    I've never really understood energy and wave propagation, but some of it is quite amazing. I know for a fact that DoD uses planet earth as an antenna( LF) to communicate with nuclear subs. DoD about...
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    Here ya go Cliff: Cajun Jo's suggestion rang...

    Here ya go Cliff:

    Cajun Jo's suggestion rang a bell re Nikola Tesla

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYDEN0MjSaM
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    http://www.wpaflys.org/why_join.html

    Newsletter: http://www.wpaflys.org/PDF_Files/WPA_Wings_Dec2012_Jan2013.pdf

    I became aware of this organization when I bought my plane in Washington...
  21. Thread: P-12 VG's

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    In a phrase---get em---they may save your life....

    In a phrase---get em---they may save your life. Stall becomes nonexistent, control at slow speed increases significantly. Several threads in the archives on this.
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    I tried to find it on channel 839 on my TV---no...

    I tried to find it on channel 839 on my TV---no dice. The TV I watch is not high def. The TV my wife watches is hi def and it dawned on me that 839 is a high def channel. So I tuned it in on Sat...
  23. Steve What Laura didn't tell you is that the new...

    Steve What Laura didn't tell you is that the new curtains and color coordinated pillows are on back order.
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    You're cleared to land--wherever

    One of the few airports where you have to consult tide tables


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzatxVUTTLs&NR=1&feature=endscreen

    Gives a new meaning to "going missed"

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    Cleared for T/O
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    Just out of curiosity---do you have a windshield...

    Just out of curiosity---do you have a windshield de froster? When I was crossing the Cascades in mid may at 12, 500 in my PA-12 the windshield began to ice over on the inside---I was scraping frost...
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