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    New video series Flying Through the Gyroplane Flying Handbook

    Interesting thing to me is that the gyroplane that appears on the left-hand side of Figure 15-1 in the FAA handbook is the same make and model that is shown flying and landing in the 1934 movie "It Happened One Night" starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. I recently watched that film only...
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    Entire Luscombe 8A Aircraft Factory Being Sold

    Get your bids in! http://www.starmanauctions.com/index.php/component/jevents/icalrepeat.detail/2024/12/19/234/-/online-auction-entire-luscombe-aircraft-factory-bidding-now-open-bids-close-dec-19th-at-1-00-p-m-e-s-t-includes-all-shop-equip-tools-aircraft-jigs-fix?Itemid=1&filter_reset=1 Looks...
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    Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy protection

    Bankruptcy was expected to happen by many should the Justice Department block Spirit's merger with JetBlue. Justice claimed the merger would reduce competition. After Justice succeeded in blocking the merger they claimed it was “a victory for U.S. travelers who deserve lower prices and better...
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    Interesting Stats on Youtube

    Interesting paper on the size and scope of Youtube videos: Dialing for Videos: A Random Sample of YouTube And a site with tools and summary data on youtube: https://tubestats.org/ Got the above links from this video:
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    Moss Interpretation

    After I parse out the attacks on the personal character of the "complainers" I'm uncertain what you are saying about the Moss interpretation. It doesn't affect supervised owner assisted annuals or it does? The complaint seems to be that the interpretation removes the discretion the supervisor...
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    Regrets on not buying or building an experimental airplane

    There is a uAvionix AV-30 in the 1956 C-172 I bought in February which I lease to a flying club I started. The AV-30 can be switched between AI or DG modes. The DG mode really needs an external magnetometer to be useful since the drift is quite high. The software needs updating, too. So I...
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    My flight lessons

    Congratulations!
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    VFR Flight Plan benefits

    Thanks to ADS-B there is no privacy (for most aircraft) on where you are at any moment, so you can now ask just about anyone to monitor your flight. In the past if you filed a flight plan for a three hour flight and then crashed right after takeoff it would be several hours before a search would...
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    Afton Wyoming Fly in 9/14/24

    Just a tad too far for me even if I didn't have to route around some tall rocks.
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    Oil screen on O-300 vs oil filter adapter

    Seven month followup: Since buying the plane in February it is now due for its second 25 hour oil change. For various reasons the plane wasn't flown much till about June. First oil change was July 10. The rate up to the first change was averaging ~60 hr/year. It took just two months to fly...
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    O tempora, o mores

    Such powers are written into the U.S. constitution: "To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;" From time to time they get exercised.
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    Learning the G1000 in the SR20

    Not sure what you already have for "learning by using" but G1000 simulators of unknown fidelity for existing PC flight simulators can be found online. A few of first hits using 'g1000 simulator fsx sr20' search terms: https://simgeneering.com/downloads/...
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    Can I remove the beacon atop my rudder?

    Further research lead me to the attached document from Whelen Aerospace which does a good job answering the question. It indicates something like a Whelen Orion 650 combo position/anti-collision light could be installed on the left wing, which would allow the rudder light to be removed. I have...
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    Can I remove the beacon atop my rudder?

    I'll be replacing the right (green) position light on my plane with a uAvionix skySensor, which acts as a green position light and optionally be wired in as a strobe light (in addition to acting as an ADS-B In receiver.) The tail already has a uAvionix tailBeaconX installed (see photo.) It acts...
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    VoePass Flight 2283 - Sao Paolo Brazil - 9 Aug 2024

    I don't think experience with recovering from a conventional spin will provide any insight into recovery from a flat spin. All the aerodynamic controls become useless because there is little to no air flow over them. I recall reading of a flat spin recovery where a couple of pilots in a light...
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    Price discrepancy in generator to alternator conversions.

    Thanks for that background info - very helpful in explaining the price changes. In my case an alternator would be nice to have, not an essential purchase (such a replacing a dead alternator.)
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    Price discrepancy in generator to alternator conversions.

    Belated note: Aircraft Supply now shows double the price, making it comparable to other suppliers. But I got the print copy of Aircraft Spruce's catalog (printed sometime last year) and it shows the price for that alternator conversion at half the amount it is now. That is one hell of an...
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    Painting a yoke?

    Finished wrapping the control wheels a couple weeks ago. This is what the final result looks like.
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    SWA 737 - Tampa FL - 14 July 2024

    Sight seeing?
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