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    When in doubt, put the nose down

    I do wonder about that. Say you are stalling because you are at way too high an angle of attack and near the ground. Would pushing rather than simply releasing gain you some needed time? The flip side of course would be that you overdo it and force yourself into the ground.
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    When in doubt, put the nose down

    I am not quite sure I understand the point Jim. I don’t think I ever fly with full back trim. Are you saying that you usually have to be flying pulling back to get the plane to stall, so just releasing pressure should put the nose down?
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    When in doubt, put the nose down

    One of the things I always emphasize to students is that if you have a feeling that something is going wrong with the plane, put the nose down. It is almost always the right answer and should be essentially subconscious. One student would say this saved his life when the aircraft started...
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    Fun meeting at the airport

    Looks like I will be buying a Citabria 7GCBC to replace it.
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    Fun meeting at the airport

    Yes the winning buyer came by to pick it up just last week. It is going up to Washington state where he will be rebuilding it over some time.
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    Congrats to SpaceX for...

    We don't have the puzzled emoji...
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    Kenmore Air Crash

    Do they know what happened? It looks like maybe taking off and lost power?
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    100LL deadline slipping?

    So it looks like this deadline will move. I can’t say I am surprised as compatibility with the existing fleet is a tall order. To an extent this is due to regulations holding back engine development. How long has lead been gone in automobile fuel? I am also now wondering - how hard is it...
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    FAA Mobile Clearance: Digital clearances for rest of GA

    Gradually the use of voice over the radio is shrinking.
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    MH370

    Acoustic analysis suggesting they may have been looking in the wrong places. Seems like someone should search this other relatively small location. https://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/airlines/a71923663/mh370-missing-plane-search-new-clue/
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    DC-4 Pan Am Flight 526A - Puerto Rico - 11 April 1952

    They founds the wreck. There were 52 drowning deaths after impact. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-1950s-airplane-disaster-prompted-the-flight-safety-demonstrations-passengers-know-today-seachers-just-found-the-wreckage-in-the-atlantic-ocean-180989170/
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    Seizure over 6 pack - seems ridiculous

    https://apnews.com/article/alaska-bush-pilot-supreme-court-d468e25e545596f18fed8ca653b16205
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    2001: A Space Odyssey - the musical

    Kubrick was a genius certainly.
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    Strange instructor suicide during lesson

    Very likely treatable. I think you would need to be further along in your training to think of hard slipping toward that door to keep it closed. https://avbrief.com/instructor-jumps-from-150-student-lands-safely/
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