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  1. Rene

    “That’s fake!” AI in aviation

    fake (Bell 59?)
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    It's International Talk Like a Pilot Day!

    puRRRRRRRR
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    It's International Talk Like a Pilot Day!

    The outfit gave you away.
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    It's International Talk Like a Pilot Day!

    Now, some have told me it's really Talk Like a Pyrite Day. But that's silly! Pyrite doesn't talk.
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    Plane crashes into hangar in Long Beach, Ca.

    Lucky. A few feet to the starboard on that final descent and I doubt it would have been survivable. Perhaps he can add to his good fortune by obtaining an STC for a "Clipped-Wing Sky Hawk" (4 POLM?).
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    Delta knocks tail off other plane on ground

    Maybe just move the hinges inboard?
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    Best plane for first time plane owner?

    AND practice formation flying!
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    Delta knocks tail off other plane on ground

    No! Not sarcasm! :D
  9. Rene

    Delta knocks tail off other plane on ground

    "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"
  10. Rene

    Opinions sought

    The Bellanca belongs to my employer, and I care for it, so I probably know more about it than any of the other airplanes on this field. I did mention "L-4", "A-691 IV", and being lent a copy of "140DA-1" by the owner of the airplane that I was offered stick time in. More than one respondent to...
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    Opinions sought

    I live on a street a block or so from the state road that runs along a section line. Nice and straight for several miles. Every day, when the weather is nice, a yellow and orange Champ flies back and forth over that road. And I would watch it come and go. I found out who it belonged to, and...
  12. Rene

    Opinions sought

    Thanks. We flew yesterday morning and this morning, mid 70s, light breezes, and no clouds to speak of. On each flight I enjoyed half an hour of straight-and-level flight, normal climbs and descents, leveling the aeroplane after each, and medium bank turns in both directions.
  13. Rene

    Opinions sought

    I am very curious. But I also like to double and triple check. Please tell me when I make an error.
  14. Rene

    So, student pilots.. Who are we and where do we stand?

    Early this morning it was in the mid 70's with 5-10 knots of wind and very few clouds. I spent half-an-hour discussing the pertinent parts of the 140DA-1 and A-691 . . . the weights and balance; engine and airplane limits: oil and fuel requirements: and observing a preflight inspection of the...
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    Opinions sought

    Or breaking away from.
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    Opinions sought

    I was lent a copy of 140DA-1 (L-4A, L-4B) so that I could read it and be more familiar with the aircraft systems. First off, pages 20 to 26 inclusive are hilarious (an American English to British English terminology translator). Second, I infer that a 72" wood prop with a 42" pitch is...
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    Low power is not the same as underpowered. It's very similar to the airplanes used as trainers here. 700-800 pounds of fabric covered steel tubes aluminum ribs and spruce spars with wheels, a dozen gallons of gas, and a 60 to 80 hp engine. I've been up a few times since I started this job. And...
  19. Rene

    “Insightful” tag

    Let me fix that . . . :cool:
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