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Another vote for in the shower, haven’t bought cream in years. I run my blade backwards down my forearm a few times seems to lengthen blade life as your skin acts Ike an old leather strap they sharpened straight razors with…

I beleive they were found on 1947 and on 140s, not for sure how long but they were not found in the 120. They are stunningly beautiful and can be polished, never got mine as polished as mine. I believe they are the prettiest interiors in that model. Mine made Flying Magazine a handful of...

I flew in there in my Mooney this spring to visit a friend on my way to get my fuel tanks resealed. I didn’t have any issues, even the transition from runway to taxiway and the Mooney isn’t know for its great clearance. I found it very nice, difficult to find till you’re right on top of it if...

There’s zero doubt a low power tail dragger with few distractions will make you a better pilot. I bought a Cessna 140 after being in a flying club w a 172 my first 10 years. That c140 taught me more in my few hundred hours in her than I learned my first 10 years. I moved up to a Mooney last...

I just want to commend you for the class act way of facing this you are sharing. I think it's great you are openly sharing your decision to take advantage of the "Dying with Dignity" laws of your state. Such a thing is a deep and personal decision, but sharing it without apology is a great...

My Mooney M20F POH says gear up w windmilling prop I have a 10:1 glide ratio. If prop is stopped I have a 12:1 glide ratio. They had to test that to put it in the poh. 10:1 ain’t too shabby, I think in a bird not know for benign stalls I’ll take my 10:1 before trying some maneuver to come...

So in the wide open throttle scenario… What say the brain trust here: cutting mags on the glide in, or mixture? Both could cut power, and potentially be undone n redone if the prop doesn’t stop which it shouldn’t on a glide down to runway. Many ww1 planes had no throttle but just a mag ground...

I have a cfi friend who’s that guy at the airport that’s flown it all, and could fly your kitchen table if you mounted a prop on it. He used to demonstrate how much extra glide stopping the prop could give you until the day the pull cable starter handle pulled all the way out in his hands, the...

It is, and thank you! I’m not a big FB fan as a whole anymore, but honestly their dating site was better I found than most of the others, even not taking into account I met my wife there but just in general. I gave up being active on Facebook anymore as I just don’t care what my brother’s...

I think just your ability to say “I’m lonely” and looking for actual advice, shows you’re doing well even if it doesn’t feel that way right now. Us guys aren’t always known to be that in touch with ourselves to recognize that let alone say it, especially to other guys. One doesn’t need...

Wow! What a story! That’s some real airmanship. Good reminder to do a post MX flight over the airport. It’s one of those things I know but have been guilty at times of not doing

I used a Testors airbrush kit, ya know from model cars n planes? Quick/simple setup compared to a compressor. Just an aerosol can of propellant. But was able to buy reg car paint, our local Napa was able to mix it. Then I had it and could mix when I needed and the airbrush did great. Once done...

Definitely lack of factory love. I had two Saabs in the past in Michigan, didn’t take care of them rust-wise at all. Both had two small spots of rust on a wheel well when I got rid of them at 275k and 210k. Working on em- they looked untouched underneath and not a single bolt head was badly...

Great insights! Definitely need to consider the negative sides or you’re not doing your due diligence…

Excellent insight on how to use the existing tools available right on the public facing side of their sight. Excellent thought- makes perfect sense. Thank you very much!

Northern Michigan- lots of recreation everywhere. So there’s summer and winter attractions. I would assume it would be mostly vacationers w the area. So besides a strip there would be snowmobiling, mushroom hunters in spring, summer in N Michigan in summer and beautiful n Michigan fall n deer...

Right, I was just thinking general area... As many of its bookings may not be to airplane folks, there's other recreation in the area... Estimating $150 a night or $300 a night is relatively easy... Its the how many nights out of the available ones would it be filled I'm trying to...

So we are considering building a cabin/hangar on some property on a very nice strip. I don't want to just fund the build straight out of pocket at the moment, but we thought if we could Airbnb/vrbo it, then it may make financial sense to pull the trigger sooner than later on building on the...

Yup, I see where my thinking was off now. I pretty much knew it was, but I got down a rabbit trail in my head on it and took the wrong path :)

I’m curious, not challenging: wouldn’t taller pistons actually lower overall displacement? As they still would be taller at bottom dead center, right? Or am I thinking wrong?