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Cuervo

I guess then the question is, "Have you ever parked at an airport that had unreasonable fees posted and visible before you parked?"

Converting a SLSA to ELSA is a simple paperwork exercise. The only drawback is that as an ELSA, it can no longer be used for commercial purposes like rental, flight instruction, etc. Might not matter to you but could affect resale value.

punch

Declaring an emergency gets you first priority access the things ATC can do for you: They can clear traffic, give you vectors to the nearest airport, roll the rescue trucks if you're going to make it to an airport, or initiate search and rescue proceedings if you're going down somewhere. If...

The pilot ran away because he was yellow.

Rubbing alcohol is isopropanol (propyl alcohol), not ethanol. And there are many different rubber formulations, even for the same item different vendors may use a different formulation. One may be OK while another supposedly identical one may not.

There are just under 20,000 airports in the US. Of these, about 4,000 are publicly owned, so hardly "most". Well, yes, 15,000 of those airports are private use. Of the remaining 5,000 airports that are open for public use, about 4,000 are publicly owned, the remaining 1,000 are privately...

I found this rolling box at a flea market for $50, filled with tools and bicycle parts. It was rough but I cleaned it up and painted it and found the NOS STP sticker on fleabay that was an exact fit in the embossed oval on the front, the box was obviously a gas station STP promo from back in...

Avemco uses no broker, has great service, will insure people other underwriters won't and costs significantly more. I had my Hatz insured through Falcon, but they were unable to get me coverage for my (admittedly obscure) new plane, but Teri at Northwest came through and got me coverage. Flying...

Some of the jumpstarter packs have electronics that shut them down if power is drawn abruptly; they have to be connected to a battery (weak or dead) first. Mine works like that. I started my Hatz by clipping the jumpstarter to the battery side of the master relay (which was in the cockpit so...

beacon

Is that because of the war? Was there much GA activity before?

Lady

Bacon

There is no "new medical rule" in MOSAIC. What MOSAIC does (among other things) is to expand the size of aircraft a Sport Pilot can fly without a medical. My guess is that the final MOSAIC rule will be announced at Oshkosh '25.

Book

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Ethanol in the fuel or in the pilot?

Yes, but do they all make back home again? :stirpot: