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    thinking about a treadmill

    I never did buy the elliptical I was looking at, but am now pondering a treadmill instead. Which one should I get? Same rules as before, keep it under 1 AMU.
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    TSA mulls a plan to eliminate security checkpoints at 150 smaller airports

    "Schiavo said people would be afraid to fly if TSA ended screenings at their local airports." https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...de850c-95cc-11e8-810c-5fa705927d54_story.html
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    max demonstrated headwind?

    Saturday's supposed to be breezy. I was looking over the pipersport documentation and they list a max demonstrated headwind of 24 knots, distinct from the max demonstrated crosswind of 12 knots. Why would they bother including the headwind number?
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    follow roads vs. MLOD?

    tl;dr: Is it worth an extra 10% in distance to follow roads? One of my aviation goals for the new year is to plan and execute a long-to-me XC day trip, around 200nm each way. I've planned two routes, one that's more or less direct and has airports at most every 20 minutes or so, and another...
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    floaty landings

    I'm a pre-solo student pilot with a dozen hours or so in the 172. For the last little while, I've been practicing right-handed patterns on a runway with no VASI. To further complicate things, it's been breezy of late, up to 14 gusting 20. My C172 POH says that landings are okay with any flap...
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    do engineers make good pilots?

    For those among us with scientific/engineering tendencies, how do you balance the analytical vs. the intuitive aspects of flying?
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    auto-rudder?

    In the context of reducing spin accidents, has anyone made a feedback system that drives the rudder such that the ball is always centered?
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    180hp 4 place EAB?

    Aside from the Velocity, is there anything in the 4 seat, 180hp, fixed gear, fixed pitch design space in the EAB world? Zodiac?
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