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    flyingron replied to the thread Leaning during climb.
    Left over joke from the AOPA forums back when they were functional.
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    Indonesian plane and report. Someone miscoded it. "On October 19, 2012, Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182, a Boeing 737-4Q8, registration...
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    flyingron replied to the thread Leaning during climb.
    Always lean forward. On my injected Continental, I dial back the fuel flow once I set climb power. I don't bother finely leaning...
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    That's a Beech not an Electra.
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    flyingron replied to the thread UPS rant.
    You can go to either UPS or FedEx facilities to ship. I used to regularly run to the one at Dulles Airport as I could ship overnight...
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    flyingron replied to the thread Life Insurance.
    Back when I was in a situation that required life insurance, I got a term policy through PIC Life (which had Addison's local frequency...
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    flyingron replied to the thread Altitudes: GPS vs Pressure.
    Well, it depends on what you mean by accurate. If you mean with regard to absolute altitude, then it depends on the conditions. If you...
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    I used it exactly once. I left my wallet in the car at the grocery but I had my phone. Even with knowing nothing about it, I was...
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    That's why I like minor league better. The admission is next to nothing, the beer is cheap. You can talk to the players and scream at...
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    flyingron replied to the thread Liability waivers.
    Again, it might help in some ordinary negligence cases in most states, but its not foolproof. Virginia and Louisiana bar them outright...
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    It's amazing how little it takes to be messed up. There was a little three inch l-shaped piece broken from the baffling in front of my...
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    flyingron replied to the thread UPS rant.
    With the exception of two sliding doors, they're all electronic locks. They are at this point keyed differently. I've got a bunch of...
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    flyingron replied to the thread Pilot not qualified?.
    Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Is there anybody aboard who knows how to land a jet airliner?
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    flyingron replied to the thread Liability waivers.
    The waiver doesn't stop suits or even much defend on them if they say "I'm not going to sue." What they can show is that you were...
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    flyingron replied to the thread Howard Fried.
    Dang auto correct. I suspect I meant to see I found a reference to him saying something in 2019 unless the site I was reading...
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