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  1. Rene

    Opinions sought

    But it's not an O-47 (For Whom The Bell Toils [sic]). :cool:
  2. Rene

    “Insightful” tag

    Or a "convoluted" tag for posts that quote regulations. :rolleyes:
  3. Rene

    Opinions sought

    What are the thoughts of those who've "been there and done that". I have an opportunity to "tag along" and "manipulate the controls" from the backseat of a low-powered, small, hand-propped, two-seat tandem taildragger. I have 0 logged hours and this won't count toward any certification (which I...
  4. Rene

    Thoughts on Bellanca's 7 ACA

    Thanks. I have heard of going this route but she really spells it out step by step.
  5. Rene

    Thoughts on Bellanca's 7 ACA

    Is there a place (maybe here?) where I could post screenshots of a 17 page 1971 Operators Handbook for a Franklin 2A-120? The Franklin Engine Company doesn't exist anymore, and while the O-120 shares many parts with the O-235 and O-350 (it is basically half of the first and a-third of the...
  6. Rene

    Do's and don'ts

    Identification Chart Rene / Fiona I thought that the two questions that I asked here were relevant to the topic of the website.
  7. Rene

    Do's and don'ts

    As I said before, I think that -- like so many -- they perceive things they have done or things that they know other people have done and survived as safe . . .. So, not wearing seat belts, driving a pickup onto a frozen lake, and climbing onto a roof to nail down shingles after three beers is...
  8. Rene

    Do's and don'ts

    I think that's the only way to exceede 87 kn in a 7 ACA. :rolleyes:
  9. Rene

    Do's and don'ts

    I don't think that my parents are all that different from most of the adults that I know. They lack the ability to make rational risk to reward assessments and have a false binary "safe" - "dangerous" model in which the familiar is safe if it hasn't bitten them (so high school football, ice...
  10. Rene

    Do's and don'ts

    I'm so sad . . .. I even missed out on lawn darts! Although Martha Lunken's version with sacks of flour sounds like more fun. :rolleyes: (Don't worry, I'll stay away from bridges.)
  11. Rene

    Do's and don'ts

    I'm smart enough to stay away from speed. But, I certainly know other "smart kids" who happily accept scripts for things they really don't "need", because it's offered. I have plenty of classmates who drink alcohol and ingest THC (be it obtained by older siblings, friends, parents, or "grown out...
  12. Rene

    Do's and don'ts

    As stated the school employs a Nurse Practitioner. NPs can write scripts. I never said the school janitor was handing out speed, or that anyone was handing it without a script. But, you know, back in the 70s USAF and USA officers were handing out speed in SEA. Ritalin is "Meth-lite", and no...
  13. Rene

    Do's and don'ts

    Right now no official hours. I don't think that I can get a medical for about a year, because the folks I know about say I'd need a parent to sign. But that doesn't matter right now. When one of "our" planes returns I type the condition and time on a tablet, make sure nobody barfed (oh . . ...
  14. Rene

    Do's and don'ts

    Well . . . how dare you read books in school of all places! I hear you, one of our coaches, who I doubt can count to 26 . . . let alone 27 or 28 :rolleyes: was my study hall teacher this year. But I got all of my work for all of my other classes done in there and still got a math credit...
  15. Rene

    Thoughts on Bellanca's 7 ACA

    They are easy to distinguish, 18R / 36L is 4000 feet of nice well drained grass with yellow cones marking the sides . . . 18L / 36R is much longer, paved, and has lots of cars, SUVs, and semis on it much of the time. :cool: (CFI jokes are much like dad jokes.)
  16. Rene

    Do's and don'ts

    That's fine. If my CFI doesn't think I'm ready it's based on his assessment of my skills and what I need to work on. As opposed to my parent's refusal to sign a form allowing me to rent an airplane.
  17. Rene

    Thoughts on Bellanca's 7 ACA

    Horizontally or in a 90* dive? :cool: A-759 XXII. "Airspeed Limits Level flight or climb 95 m.p.h. (83 knots) True Ind. Glide or dive 129 m.p.h. (112 knots) True Ind."
  18. Rene

    Thoughts on Bellanca's 7 ACA

    I might have considered that if I could have started this summer. But I cannot "rent" the aircraft without parental permission and that is not happening. So, I have a year to save up and enjoy those free rides -- and free stick time -- that I am occasionally gifted. I know of people who have...
  19. Rene

    Do's and don'ts

    Seriously, if I walk to my high school I pass three dispensaries and four liquor stores. If I drive to the airport where I work I pass two different dispensaries and four different liquor stores. (Good thing that the economy has never been better, and we are all enjoying those 4 million new jobs.)
  20. Rene

    Do's and don'ts

    The district employs a nurse practitioner. Now, I'm just 17 . . . I'll be a senior in the fall . . . but dispensing free speed to adolescents you saw for 15-seconds -- if at all -- just doesn't sound like a very prudent policy to me. Meanwhile, a nearby state charged an insurance company...
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