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    Oil burn...What are your numbers?

    Each of my GO435 engines on my Twin Bonanza go through about .3 to .5 quarts per hour. That's well under the engine manual's max consumption, which is 1.4qts per hour (per engine) at normal cruise power and 1.2qts per hour at economy cruise. The ring wash is an interesting procedure. Might...
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    Airplane rental near Deadwood SD

    Deadwood is awesome, really cool old mining/cowboy. The two closest airports are Spearfish and Rapid City (neither are particularly close).
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    When to know when to quit...or at least take a long hiatus

    I basically quit flying for several years during law school. "Life got in the way" so to speak. I still considered myself a pilot, just an inactive one. But once those aspects of life eased up, I found my way back to flying. So, just to pile on, in other words, when life gets in the way...
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    Dumb Tire Change Questions

    Keep in mind that the beads can be a real pain to break depending on the size of the tire and how long it's been on there.
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    Student Loans are out of control

    To be clear, in general, both government and private student loans are exempt from discharge in a bankruptcy proceeding, unless the Court determines that repayment "would impose an undue hardship on the debtor and the debtor’s dependents." That's traditionally been a very, very high bar to...
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    Student Loans are out of control

    It's interesting to see how many people on here don't really understand that a very large portion of the population in the US is utterly financially incompetent. Frequently, it's a function of poor education (public schools do a terrible job of teaching any sort of financial literacy) and...
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    GTN 650 Installation

    I'd move heaven and earth to figure out how to come up with an extra $1k or so for a new audio panel. It will cost way more to go back and do that work later.
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    John Grisham and General Aviation

    Grisham is a pilot and Iives in or near Charlottesville, VA. He used to own and fly a Baron. He spoke at my law school back in like 2009 and I had a chance to briefly chat with him. Asked about the recurring aviation theme and he told me he had been flying for many years and used to own a Baron...
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    Maserati Granturismo (2014-2016) Thoughts

    Look awesome, don't want to own one. I've been casually looking for a Porsche Cayenne, and while at a dealer a few weeks ago I saw in one of the Maserati SUVs. Looks fantastic, but you can just feel the build quality isn't there. The interior looks nice, but feels super cheap and flimsy...
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    Garmin GTN625 Database Question

    I just renewed by Garmin Navigation Data subscription for my 625. $299+tax. Works great.
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    Track car daily driver recommendations

    I've got a 2014 CTS-V Wagon for sale...40k miles.
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    Track car daily driver recommendations

    B5 RS4 :)
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    Track car daily driver recommendations

    Not fastest car, just fastest EV. It's still about a minute per lap slower than the fastest "production" car (the AMG ONE).
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    Track car daily driver recommendations

    How many 20min sessions can you get out of a full charge (and have enough to get to a Supercharger)?
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    Track car daily driver recommendations

    I'm not a track pro by any stretch of the imagination, but I've tracked a Focus ST, a C7 Corvette I owned a few years ago, a CTS-V wagon, and my Dodge Viper ('08, 4th gen). The Focus ST was by far the most fun on the track. Very stable, corned nicely, decent acceleration. At that time, a...
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    Selling a Hangar Lease

    Sounds like the ship already sailed, but you can use a deed of trust for a leasehold and foreclose it the exact same way. So yes, you basically sell the leasehold interest on the courthouse steps just like you would the ownership/fee interest in any other property.
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    Selling a Hangar Lease

    So how are you securing the Promissory Note? Are you holding the ground lease assignment until the note is paid in full?
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    Selling a Hangar Lease

    You can take a leasehold mortgage/deed of trust, it's fairly common in commercial real estate. It's just an interest in the land, even if not the fee interest. Get a lawyer involved to draft, but shouldn't be a heavy lift. If you have to foreclose, you just foreclose on the leasehold vs. the...
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    Insurance in a rental aircraft when flying with a CFI

    The last Club policy I reviewed (negotiated, as a club board member really) did have a named insured clause that read "[The Club], its officers, directors and members" or something very similar to that.
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    Insurance in a rental aircraft when flying with a CFI

    Data point: my policy with Acceleration only extends "renter's insurance" if the insured is a single natural person or a single natural person and spouse. My airplane is owned by an LLC, so I don't get such coverage (nor would I if it was a partnership with multiple individual registered...
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