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Only the "straight" (no letter suffix) 1968 177 Cardinals -- about 35-40% of the fixed-gear Cardinals built -- had the 150 hp engine. The 1969 177A had the 180 hp O-360 and fixed-pitch prop, and the 1970-78 177B had constant-speed prop and modified wing leading edges

Last year The Hartford (AARP) raised our premiums by one-third on everything -- auto, home, umbrella -- despite no claims, no accidents, no tickets, no changes in vehicles or drivers, and not in a high-crime or natural-disaster-risk area. The company may be taking a bath in the stock market...

A number of years ago a Comanche made a forced landing on a Burbank street. There was no fire, and the occupants all walked away. A fireman, with TV microphone thrust in front of his face, said, “Those passengers were very lucky there was no fuel in the tanks …. “

I learned to fly at Fullerton in the mid 1960s. -X2-1/2HK was routine. Occasionally FUL tower would call three-mile visibility, but maybe it was a "wink-wink, nudge-nudge" kind of thing because they wanted some action too. In the hazy afternoons, back before the localizer, the final approach...

Shortly after I got my new Sport Cub in 2008 I noticed a TV news crew set up on the home drome ….

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Years since solo: 56 (47% of the history of flight since Kitty Hawk) Total Hours: 4,646.6 PIC: 4,415.1 X-C: 3,120.8 Complex PIC: 922.6 High Performance PIC: 850.4 Tailwheel PIC: 310.8 Instruction Given: 576.7 IMC: 113.7 Night: 278.5 Types Flown (by ICAO designator): 40 Aircraft Owned...

That's what they want you to think ...

What if my vehicle's extended warranty expires before this gets fixed??

"Interesting" persona online, very pleasant fellow in person. Had a beer with him in a little pub in Coronado CA in 2007.

This one hurts. Not only was Randy Sparks, who died Sunday at the age of 90, an innovative and creative genius in the music business, he was a close friend. Randy was a prolific songwriter and up-and-coming folksinger in the late 1950s and early 1960s, performing in clubs and venues up and...

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