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09-21-2023,
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Getting rid of tail beacon?
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IMHO the most effective place for a single anti-collision light is on top of the tail....but it is also the ugliest. Even the lowest profile lights...
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09-18-2023,
09:55 AM
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D.A.'s Tango Cub
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FWIW N311T & N323T are both owned by the same guy who hangars them at my airport. Both are pretty much stock, although 323 has (I think) been...
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09-15-2023,
10:00 AM
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Marion harrasses a beaver with a boat.
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My take on this is that the prosecutor avoids the cost of a trial, and gets to put a checkmark in the win box, although justice has not been...
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09-13-2023,
09:59 AM
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Landing before displaced thresholds?
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Seems like displaced threshholds are usually done to insure clearance above terrains, trees, roads etc. But I think the threshhold at Seiku WA 11S ...
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09-12-2023,
09:43 AM
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It’s 9/11…..where we’re you?
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I had the TV news on, getting ready to go to work, and that was my first thought also- that it was an accident. I was flabbergasted when the second...
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09-06-2023,
09:32 AM
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Prop strike inspection AD2004-10-14
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I'm curious who you worked with at the FSDO? In m y experience, our most recent PMI was not responsive or very helpful-- esp compared to the one...
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09-03-2023,
10:07 AM
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Batteries in my headset
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Off topic, but the other day I saw a guy on the ramp climbing in & around his old biplane. Turns out he was looking for a phone that his front seat...
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09-03-2023,
09:48 AM
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Flaps - No Flaps
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I agree. But you forgot the "dude".
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09-03-2023,
09:33 AM
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Prop strike inspection AD2004-10-14
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Super Cub Sick Bay
Good job Chris! I'm sure you breathed a big sigh of relief once the plane was back home. Good luck with the repairs.
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09-01-2023,
10:01 AM
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Another 320 lack of use case
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It's pretty common for GA airplrane engines to go 20 or 30 years between overhauls. I wonder how many are "corroded" inside without the owner...
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09-01-2023,
09:53 AM
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Batteries in my headset
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I have a set of DC's with a Headsets Inc ANR conversion, it runs on a 9V (aka "transistor radio") battery. I don't recall which brand / type they...
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08-31-2023,
10:56 AM
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Prop strike inspection AD2004-10-14
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This was re a helo recovery: IMHO that's great advice... if you're talking about hoisting an A/C unit, logs, or shake bolts. About...
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08-30-2023,
09:40 AM
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John Waltrowski - Cubs Unlimited
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Dave, look him up on the FAA airmen site. No phone number but they do have an address in PA. FAA Registry - Airmen - AirmenInquiry - Name Search
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08-30-2023,
09:37 AM
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Strobe P/N Lookup
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I believe Aeroflash is out of business, unfortunate because IMHO it was a reasonably priced alternative to Whelen. It might be that a Whelen "bulb"...
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08-28-2023,
09:35 AM
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16Sep2023 Cougar Mtn (49WA) Fly-In
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There's that 180 again!!
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08-28-2023,
09:33 AM
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Green arc- tachometer and manifold
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Mandatory Service Bulletin Released for Crankshaft Counterweights (continental.aero) turned into an AD: Federal Register :: Airworthiness...
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08-27-2023,
09:11 AM
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Green arc- tachometer and manifold
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The Art and Science of Flying
Kook, read this: Minimum Cruise RPM (tcmlink.com)
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08-25-2023,
09:37 AM
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My New Cub
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My thought too. I've seen projects like this drag on for years, and some never get done.... taking only a year & a half is pretty damn impressive.
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08-25-2023,
09:32 AM
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Question on Regulations
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I'd say the cowl louvers are a change to the engine cooling system.
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08-25-2023,
09:28 AM
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Tailspring bolt
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Interesting that bolt failed, because the tailwheel bolts through a single leaf on a 170. More common is the main leaf breaking right at the end of...
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08-25-2023,
09:20 AM
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Stall Warning Horns
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"Properly adjusted" are the key words here. He describes his stall horn going off at well above stall speed, imho that isn't much help & in fact is...
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08-24-2023,
09:40 AM
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Stall Warning Horns
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FWIW my old 1948 Cessna ragwing 170 was not certified with a stall warning system. But I'm pretty sure that it was required equipment for the 1949...
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