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  1. Van Johnston

    So What Are Your Holiday Plans?

    Sounds like your engineers learned to not do PPT.
  2. Van Johnston

    President’s Day airport scavenger hunt

    Nope. See original post.
  3. Van Johnston

    President’s Day airport scavenger hunt

    My mistake. Somewhere along the way the identifier changed. Still worth 5 points tho. PPR. https://www.airnav.com/airport/0TE7
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    President’s Day airport scavenger hunt

    How many airports named after a president can you log on Presidents Day, Monday, February 20? Give yourself 5 points for landing or taking off from an airport named for a president. JFK, DCA, IAH, and LIT immediately come to mind, but there are more. Add 2 bonus points if the FAA identifier...
  5. Van Johnston

    Where to get True Heading

    If you must use an app, Garmin Pilot will give you true heading.
  6. Van Johnston

    FAA and lasers

    Yes. Reading this with two retinas stapled to the back of my eyeballs with a laser. In an OR with a competent surgeon. Context matters.
  7. Van Johnston

    NOTAMs are ridiculous...

    Great video! Saw it when it first hit YouTube.
  8. Van Johnston

    Do Garmin OnePaks include Garmin Pilot?

    Go to SNF or Oshkosh and visit the Garmin tent and they have show specials that save you more. And they give you credit for what you have already paid for so you don't lose out on anything if it is the middle of your current subscription. You'll just have to crunch the numbers for yourself...
  9. Van Johnston

    Austin International Airport: near disaster

    Roger; see post #35.
  10. Van Johnston

    There’s the eternal students.. but this….

    Skip ahead to 2:30
  11. Van Johnston

    Austin International Airport: near disaster

    yeah, I messed up. I was looking at this morning’s flight on FlightAware. It left about 25 minutes later.
  12. Van Johnston

    Austin International Airport: near disaster

    The SW aborted. That’s their track when they took off some minutes later.
  13. Van Johnston

    Austin International Airport: near disaster

    https://archive.liveatc.net/kaus/KAUS3-Twr-Feb-04-2023-1230Z.mp3 Wow. Start about 8 min in. KAUS 041218Z 00000KT 1/4SM R36R/1800V2400FT FZFG VV002 M01/M01 A3043 RMK AO2 T10061006
  14. Van Johnston

    Very small engines - a practical thread

    Just take 30 lbs of AA batteries?
  15. Van Johnston

    Very small engines - a practical thread

    Coconut shells, salt water, and pennies. skip ahead to about 2:00. BTW, Mary Ann.
  16. Van Johnston

    Any Legal Issue with this scenario?

    If I was a taxpayer I might get my nose out of joint if I thought the LEO was on gov't time, or using gov't property for personal use/gain. But that would an issue with the LEO, not a pilot not named whoever.
  17. Van Johnston

    Rattlesnake roundup?

    Sweetwater TX http://www.rattlesnakeroundup.net/
  18. Van Johnston

    Texas POA Roundup

    Not recommending it for this meetup because it is not centrally located, but someone else is giving it another shot in the Stinson terminal. The Trailblazer Cafe. https://sites.google.com/ssfservices.biz/trailblazercafe/home...
  19. Van Johnston

    Malibu down - Yoakum TX (T85) - 1-17-23 - 4 fatal

    From Memphis. https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-lavaca-county-plane-crash-yoakum-piper-dps/273-6ca042b1-8160-49a4-9eb5-933c88cea78f https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N963MA/history/20230117/1330Z/KMEM/T85
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