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  1. cowtowner

    Austin International Airport: near disaster

    https://twitter.com/winglets747/status/1622054756666540033?s=46&t=RSoGwyf-9FykkVvdl9o_Mg
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    Asked for tip on a commercial flight?

    I guess I should have tipped her. Instead she coughed on me and I got COVID for the first time after 3 years B%#^,
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    Asked for tip on a commercial flight?

    Flying back from Mexico yesterday (my plane is in the shop) on their low cost carrier Viva Aerobus. Bought a bottle of water (because you pay for everything) and the gal asked for a tip on the credit card. hey, it's 2023. But a first for me.
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    Sun N Fun Camping

    Pro tip. Put down fire ant granules under your tent. You'll thank me later.
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    Vacation (or other) Rental property out of state

    Covid money is drying up and hospitals are moving away from the traveling nurse concept as the cost is so high, and the fed government isn't reimbursing them for the extra. Be careful using this model as a long term business plan.
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    Vacation (or other) Rental property out of state

    My wife and I have spent 5 years remodeling our current house and plan to sell it this summer. It's a lake house and should still sell in this environment. We have spent the last year researching what to do next. We will have a bit of money that we will need to 1031 and have looked at...
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    Query: Remote Preheater on/off solutions

    I have a data card in my iPad I use for Foreflight. I leave it in the hangar most of the time where it creates a wifi network that I can both have a cheap motion sensing camera that notifies me if there is any movement, and a cheap amazon plug that I can control anywhere in the world that I use...
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    First Aid Kit recommendations

    I have a cheap first aid kit in the plane. You know...band aids, cheap gauze, etc. Been looking at upgrading it as I'm putting together gear in the new to me plane. Any already put together kits yall recommend?
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    Texas POA Roundup

    It's ig enough. The issue may be ramp parking
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    Texas POA Roundup

    Wing It Cafe (682) 224-6314 https://maps.app.goo.gl/Z1zSE4VeEv8NAHM39?g_st=ic
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    US Sectionals have lost foreign detail

    Mexico does not have standard VFR charts. I don't know what Garmin Pilot does have.
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    Exploring Texas with my boys! Looking for any recommendations.

    Fly into Meacham and go to the stock yards in Fort Worth
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    US Sectionals have lost foreign detail

    Border congress members need to be notified.
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    Texas POA Roundup

    They have a new restaurant1 with great food at T67 KMWL has 4 courtesy cars and two big runways and a bunch of places to eat in town including BBQ
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    Don't think I'll be going to Mazatlán anytime soon

    "Violence has spread to other airfields in Sinaloa, with passengers reporting being trapped underfire at Mazatlan Airport, some 130 miles southeast of Culiacan Airport." Culiacan wasn't on my list of places to fly, but Mazatlan was my next adventure......maybe go to Veracruz instead. Airport...
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    Texas POA Roundup

    I'm in
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    US Sectionals have lost foreign detail

    If you are looking for Mexico VFR charts, good luck. Doesn't exist on Foreflight you can find the old WAC charts you can download and import as files on the internet with the right Google search. But Mexico doesn't have standard VFR charts
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    Most Memorable Flight or Moment of 2022

    Sadly, sold the Cherokee 180 when I bought the Columbia in September. If I had the hangar space I would have kept it.
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    Most Memorable Flight or Moment of 2022

    My trip to Oshkosh in the little Cherokee that could. From Ft Worth to Indiana for my aunts funeral, then dodging storms from there (along with bouncing along the Lake Shore of Chicago) to arrive at OSH at about 6pm. I survived (my tent not so much) the Saturday thunderstorms. The other trip...
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    Pickup Truck Thoughts

    I own way too many trucks. 14 of them to be exact All Ford. From a 2022 Platinum F350 Diesel to a 2012 F250 6.7 gasser They all have issues. We threaten to change brands, only to hear about problems with other brands I parked the new dually (because of high diesel prices and the fact I'm not...
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