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    Who here lives in Eastern Pennsylvania?

    Can anyone give some good recommendations on places to live in Eastern PA? I'm thinking Lehigh Valley and points north. Looking to stay within 1.5 hours of driving distance to EWR. Neither my wife nor I want to live in a downtown, but we'd also like to be close to the creature comforts of...
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    Pilot Career Question

    If you get into flying for any other reason besides wanting to fly, you're going to be very disappointed. Right now things are going awesome, but that could change in a heartbeat. I was stuck in the right seat of a PC-12 for almost 4 years barely breaking $30k a year. Some sort of worldwide...
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    New to Site - Aviation Author

    It never made sense to me that I could fly a 1965 HS125-1A in the morning, and a 2009 900XP in the afternoon with the same type rating, but the 1000 was a different type. Not that the situation ever presented itself, due to the rarity of the 1000....
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    New to Site - Aviation Author

    Welcome! I have about 1000 hours in the Hawker 700/800. Punka Louvers and Maxaret for life! Do you happen to know the real story why the 1000 ended up being a different type rating than the rest of the 125 family? I've heard multiple stories.
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    Weird Walk-Arounds !

    A pigeon in the cabin of an airbus Went to connect the batteries after a few days on the ramp at a Southern FL airport on the Challenger 605 I was flying at the time, and saw a screwdriver on top of the battery box. There is only one mechanic that worked on our airplane, and it wasn't one of...
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    Travolta the Pilot

    From what I heard, the emergency was pretty much entirely Travolta induced. They got super lucky.
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    gfc500 won't stay in heading mode

    When I was having magnetometer issues, I was getting HDG MISCOMP messages
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    gfc500 won't stay in heading mode

    Did you have any fault messages?
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    Crazy headset idea (ProFlight Series 2 in GA aircraft)

    Maybe if they complain that much, GA flying isn't for them?
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    Garmin G5 Calibration Pitch Shows Nose High Level Flight

    This thread should go into the POA hall of fame
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    Spirit Airlines in trouble

    Pilot salaries are an easy cost to pass on to the customer. Spirit's issues are the grounding of 20 airplanes, and a drop in customers due to people getting tired of their poor product.
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    Leaving Database Update Screen on G3X Touch

    They don't seem to take quite that long, but I've never timed it before. I have all the same charts as you. Be sure you have some way to charge the battery back up just in case my idea is a really bad one!
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    Leaving Database Update Screen on G3X Touch

    I have a 24v system, and I routinely do my database update on battery power alone. I would try it on your airplane once, and see what the voltage is like once you are done. Be sure to turn everything else off. You may be surprised how little power it takes.
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    Leaving Database Update Screen on G3X Touch

    I have a G3X in my airplane as well, and I don't think that is possible to do. Is your airplane 12 or 24 volts?
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    Educate me on the aviation medical debate

    I saw this posted on Reddit. I assume the white new balance wearers in this thread will vehemently disagree, but it makes a lot of sense. If you have ADHD and you're on meds for it, you cannot fly.
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    Educate me on the aviation medical debate

    Right now the line is drawn at zero. The line needs to move a little further out.
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    Educate me on the aviation medical debate

    And that is the kind of thinking, and stigma that exists that keeps pilots from getting the help they need. "I'm sad that my dog died, but I need to suck it up and be a man!". Well, it might not be that you're feeling that way cause your dog died. Its cause your dog died, and you have bad...
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    Front Range flying

    Anyone here familiar with Loveland? Seems like a cool community, and finding a lot of houses on Zillow that fit what we're looking for.
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    Front Range flying

    It was a little murky in DEN this morning, and bumpy as heck in the low 20's over the mountains.
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