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As they teach in law school, the purpose of any specification is to simplify commercial transactions... if buyer and seller can reference a specification, it greatly simplifies the commercial transaction. As allowed by Federal law, GAMI chose to use a proprietary specification for their fuel...

In Tuesday's EAGLE working group call, Vitol announced that they have begun their initial large-batch blend of G100UL... 1 million gallons... at their facility in Baton Rouge. They didn't share distribution details, but I expect we'll see some of that here in California fairly soon... In a...

You can troubleshoot this on the ground, though that's not always the most convenient way. It's likely the left regulator is the trouble... but it *could* be a wiring issue. It's pretty rare for an alternator to go rogue high-voltage all on its own. But, do you have, or can you borrow, a...

What Dave said. The two processes are answering *different* questions. The annual answers, "Is is airworthy now?" The prebuy answers, "How expensive is it likely to be to own this airplane for the next five years or so?" You can be airworthy now, but heading for a cliff... Paul

I've had ATC try to kill me at least four times in my 6,000 hours by vectoring me into terrain or towers... I don't like that! Paul

Given that battery manufacturing capacity is likely a constraint for the next decade, and that 90% of daily use is within PHEV charge range, using those scarce batteries for PHEV instead of Teslas will reduce CO2 emissions 9x as much, compelling…

I thought there was at least one repair station with an approved chrome process… not that every chromed spinner followed that route. Paul

Dunno if Toyota is right until we see the economics of their preferred hydrogen solutions… Paul

Henning Ludwig Heinemann, born August 1965 So only 58 years old. Paul

Maybe not. If it draws a circle around the aircraft in your field of view, it should expedite actual visual contact. Paul

There's 1031 Starker exchanges, but if you've already incurred the loss, it's probably too late, and though "like kind" property isn't as limiting as normal English would have you believe, getting most gains into airplanes would be unlikely. But talk to a tax guy about your specifics, which you...

Useful to recognize that the reporter seldom writes the headline, and for wire service stories like these, the reporter never writes or even usually gets to see the headline. Headline writers do these things on purpose, too, to amuse themselves. I've written some great technical articles only...

6PC, Can you tell us what kind of airplane, which engine, and what brand starter you have? The answer varies based on those details. Assuming (!) you have a Lycoming, then you either have a Prestolite starter with an inertial Bendix, or you have a lightweight starter, most of which have a...

The good senator from Nebraska (?) watered it down to nothingness. He wants, instead, that it be studied... the kick the can down the road response. Paul

ForeFlight it talking about adding functionality so that you can wear the goggles while flying, and it will show you the ADS-B traffic... no longer 'Traffic not in sight' when it's clearly displayed. There was a Google Glass implementation of same at Oshkosh a decade ago... never made it to...

That "easily looked up" depends on the state. And that address need not be your home address... Paul

Those of us fortunate enough to be able to use BasicMed for our flying, and thereby avoid the expense and delay of CAMI intervention, have to take the Basic Med online medical education course (OMEC) every two years. This seemed to work well, both with the AOPA course and the Mayo Clinic...

He fought quite the battle. Was in the ICU so long he had to relearn how to walk. Now making great progress on strength and stamina. Can't say yet whether he'll make the air show circuit this year. But he's on the path back to 100%. Paul

It seems you have lost touch! Next one is next week: https://aopa.org/community/buckeye-air-fair Paul

I've recently communicated with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) about this. It's a twisty tale. CARB's opinion is that the federal government has pre-empted ether, including ETBE, legality, so that CARB is not concerned. California law is twisty. 1) California law defines aircraft as...