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    Do Pilots Understand How An Airfoil Generates LIft? (Survey Says...)

    I the past, I have made the assertion that most pilots don't understand how a wing generates lift. And that the common "explanations" have evolved like a bad game of telephone... But, I really don't know how many is "most" - if you could be so kind as to answer above... And, if none of the...
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    Would you squawk 7500?

    Ok, sometimes odd things pop into my head when I am lying awake at night. Last night, I was thinking about what to do in the event that some wack job showed up at the hangar with a gun. (Answer - throw the keys at him/her/it and run to minimize the risk to me and to others). But if we did end...
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    When did the FAA stop issuing pilots licenses?

    The Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge documents when the first license was issued: But, as we all know (having heard it on the internet), we don't get pilots licenses anymore - they are certificates. When did it change?
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    E-6B: Good enough for Mr. Spock, good enough for me.

    The things you run into when wandering around wikipedia... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E6B I guess they will be around for a while, eh? (FWIW, the author(s) suggest that the cardboard version may outlast the metal version)
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    Anti-collision lights during daytime.

    OK, I will say up front, Master on, Strobe on, Fuel on, Mags on, throttle closed, choke on... I dutifully flip the switch on every time I start the engine and assume that something good will come of it. But, I don't recall EVER actually seeing a strobe / beacon lit up on some other airplane...
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