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I'd say it depends on which plane I'm flying, but all three club planes only have PTT on the yoke.

I've only had two interactions with CAP as a whole and one with some CAP cadets. The first was about 50 years ago at Ft. Lewis (yes, it was Ft. Lewis and NOT JBLM then). We had some CAP cadets with us when I was in Army ROTC. The only thing I remember about the cadets was one wetting his...

This is POA, and that is EdFred we're talking about/to.

If this is real, congratulations to you both. She must be very special.

I would have to look to see, but my bet would be that the upgrade had been done. In any case, none of the planes exhibited a problem during the flights. If they had, there would be a note in my log.

First, nice looking plane. Now, there's an embarrassment of riches in terms of places to go during that 40 hours. I'll second the recommendation that you make a run to McMinnville and go across the street to the museum there. We had an activity there when I was still working for Intel and I...

Slight change of subject, but where did you go to college? WSU for me.

The State of New Mexico Summary of Investigation is pretty damning. Rust is lucky that the fine is all they've received. But, then, I've been handling firearms for the past 60 years and have NO use for anyone who does not handle them in a safe and responsible manner. If they don't know any...

I agree, there isn't much in Shelby, MI. We were there a couple times in the mid-1960s. I doubt much has changed in the intervening decades.

Interesting. In all the 172s I've flown over the last 20+ years I've never seen this placard.

Better yet, fly out to Friday Harbor. We did a number of years ago and while sitting at an outdoor table enjoying lunch the ferry came in. We thought about how long those people had been traveling and how long it would take them to get back to the mainland. While all we had to do was walk...

"The 101"??? Did you live in the UK or southern California in a previous life? We certainly don't call it that in the Pacific Northwe(s)t. As a suggestion to the OP, bring something rain-proof with you. In the summer you may not need it, but it is better to be safe than wet. Rich makes...

Kids! I turned 70 a touch over a week ago. Nice going!

I recall in Army ROTC (a number of decades ago) being told in class that giving someone other than top marks straight across the board was the kiss of death to his career. Sounds like things have changed since the early 1970s.

As others have said, you did fine. You weren't comfortable with a high speed approach direct to the runway, followed by a chop and drop, so you told the tower that you were fine extending your downwind and following the other airplane. Good on you. The tower was probably trying to do you a...

Never. If there's a mechanical problem, I just call the maintenance officer in the club for that particular airplane.

"Windjammer Barefoot Cruises" is no more. Rats!!! The kids ran the cruise line into the ground. Our one cruise with them was back in 1998 for our 25th anniversary. Great time, we went on their largest ship, which held 120 passengers. About the 1st or second cruise with that ship. Their...

Lower case k for 1000. Upper case M for 1,000,000. kHz = kiloHertz. Why the capital H in Hertz? Because the unit is named after a person. Heinrich Hertz.

We got stuck in Cancun in 2020 due to a hurricane. Eye came ashore 40 miles south of Cancun. Not fun at all. A return flight from the Virgin Islands due to a hurricane in Florida sounds much nicer.

The only time I've been to S&F was in 2005. We were in the area on vacation and I drove down from Orlando for the day, It was great fun, but my wife was happy to stay at the hotel and enjoy the day there.