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  1. Domenick

    Honest reporting on electric airplanes

    Have another cup of Kool-Aid. If you believe CO2 is the great bugaboo, then I suggest you investigate the actual carbon footprint of corn liquor fuel--from planting to irrigation to fertilization to harvest to fermenting to distillation to finished product. In the end you're still burning an...
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    My 15 yr plan of owning a home in an airstrip community

    Do it sooner rather than later. Approaching 50, you never know when health issues will clip your wings.
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    Commercial Spaceflight and Aviation Trust Fund

    Apparently, you have not been paying attention. https://www.thefp.com/p/npr-editor-how-npr-lost-americas-trust
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    Looking for destination recommendations for mid-June

    Sedona, or Flagstaff, AZ Moab, UT Plenty of upscale accommodations in both areas and/or within 100 miles. Flagstaff may be the better choice as it's higher, hence cooler. 6 days including travel is too short.
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    Pocket knife: Weird or normal?

    I wore one to both of my parents' church funerals as well as a few friends'.
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    Pocket knife: Weird or normal?

    I carry a 3.5" clip-on pocket flip folder religiously. It's just part of my leaving the house gear like wallet and keys. A Kershaw for everyday and a Benchmade for more formal gatherings. Wore one at my wedding (now defunct). I prefer a combo blade with base half serrated and a tanto pointy end...
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    How big of a hit is my wallet about to take?

    I am not familiar with the Conti O-200, but I ask this: Is the "new" oil pressure relief valve set incorrectly or malfunctioning? Always suspect the last changes. These *may* help: https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/o-200-oil-pressure.135334/...
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    Commercial Spaceflight and Aviation Trust Fund

    I'd rather my tax dollars go to SpaceX than the billions already given to Tesla for EV subsidies. That said, I am personally against virtually all government subsidies.
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    Great article on how Boeing has failed

    Good catch. I didn't know. ULA's board of director consists of three from Boeing and three from Lockheed. Valve must have been sourced from Spirit.
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    Is Boeing flight test over.

    In all fairness, it was NOT Boeing's valve. It was an oxygen relief valve on the Centaur second stage booster, part of United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V launch system. Boeing has enough of their own problems without getting credit for others' issues.
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    Practicing short field landings in gusting winds

    If the OP's question is for real life rather than a test ... Fly the plane any way you want that gets you down safely. Even if that means going to a longer, wider runway and spending the night in the plane. Blind adherence to someone else's idea of what you should do in all conditions can get...
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    Great article on how Boeing has failed

    To be fair, the failed oxygen relief valve was not part of Boeing's Starliner. It was part of the upper stage of the Atlas V launch system by United Launch Alliance (ULA). I believe the "upper stage" refers to the Centaur booster.
  13. Domenick

    Great article on how Boeing has failed

    In 2010 Boeing began its CST-100 program, a commercial crewed capsule program financed mostly by Boeing. In 2014, NASA choose Boeing's the CST-100 (rebranded to Starliner) and SpaceX's Dragon as the USA's solution to crewed space access. At that time, I believe NASA wanted its eggs in more than...
  14. Domenick

    New Pilot Looking for a Headset

    I don't see their ANR specifications listed on their website. Is that information in the User's manual? I didn't find user manuals on their website and the one ANR module installation manual I downloaded didn't include the ANR specs. Seems a very important specification to ignore.
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    Great article on how Boeing has failed

    McDonnell <headshake>
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    To be or not to be ... commercial availability of G100UL

    Or a conflict of interest?
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    Land plat maps

    The "tax maps" previously mentioned are generally accessible through the county assessor's website.
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    Great article on how Boeing has failed

    I think I hit a nerve. Been to Chicago numerous times (in-laws), just never flown myself.
  19. Domenick

    Great article on how Boeing has failed

    McDonnell Douglas failed when it killed Boeing. Boeing moved its headquarters for two reasons. The McDonnell Douglas takeover and because Washington State treated Boeing like a cash cow and made promises it reneged on. Looking at the current state of Chicago and Illinois, I wonder if they are sorry.
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    Piper fuel selector upgrade

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/s80vs5iqf9dikfp/Piper.MSB.1309A.Fuel.Selector.Placards.pdf?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/cdhkgyxmz5wrps6p4pgzl/AD.2018-07-03.Fuel.Selector.Placards.pdf?rlkey=9jeygs03ezkv3tqpx46rsbzjv&dl=0
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