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    DIY Electronic Nerd Project Ideas for Aviation

    More mechanical than electrical, but a little robot that crawls along the underside cleaning up oil streaks unattended while airplane sits in hangar. Like a roomba, except would have to have sucker feet or some way to hold on.
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    Apple blows chunks

    Well, I was being sarcastic, but of course you are correct. Then again (in my Matthew McConoughey voice), if the insider is kept out, is he still inside?
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    Apple blows chunks

    IT/Security's job is to keep the bad guy out. If no one can get in, they they have accomplished their mission.
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    Jeppesen Logbook Grrr!

    If that is .25" high, then it looks way longer than 1".
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    Total Solar Eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024

    The sun will burn it off.
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    Total Solar Eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024

    It still gets dark either way, doesn’t it?
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    runup area. WWYD?

    The snarky part of me wants to ask if it is a Cirrus flight school? Seriously, maybe a friendly visit to the flight school(s) to leverage the whole primacy of learning thing. Then when others see people taking advantage of the runup space they will have an ah-ha moment and follow suite.
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    Help a bro with a website check?

    looks ok on ipad mini Safari ios 17.1.2
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    good movies I might not have seen?

    The Spanish Prisoner.
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    For Sale: Aircraft For sale: 1976 Grumman Tiger (1/4 share near SAT)

    I'm going to try to go too. Much better than 10 years ago.
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    For Sale: Aircraft For sale: 1976 Grumman Tiger (1/4 share near SAT)

    Posting for a friend. Reply to him via the link in the CL ad. https://sanantonio.craigslist.org/avo/d/boerne-1976-grumman-tiger-4-share/7724660171.html
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    Students are "Learners" now...........

    Somebody could submit a FOIA request to ask for all documentation related to how the FAA decided to make that change. More broady speaking, it is consistent with a trend of turning nouns into verbs and verbs to nouns. Example: It's a big ask for us old-timers to adjust to calling people who...
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    Students are "Learners" now...........

    I am following the "what's flying in retirement like?" thread very closely ...
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    Students are "Learners" now...........

    My company recently re-branded me from a director to a people leader.
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    Total Solar Eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024

    No services, but Reál County, 49R, I think is close to the middle of the path.
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