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  1. labbadabba

    CFII before you CFI

    Has anyone done their CFII prior to doing their CFI? This essentially makes the initial CFI an Add-on. I guess a lot of the big 141s do this but I was kinda shocked that it was a thing but I guess it makes sense. I can get my Commercial Multi with a single add-on if I really wanted...
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    Best Aviation museum

    Really?? The one at Eglin AFB?
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    """"""""""""Great Shape""""""""""

    Get a thorough pre-buy
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    Flying issues with the other half..

    Sounds like my sex life
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    Twin down, Gainesville TX, Student and CFI both passed

    Motion Simulator training? There are enough of them out there...
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    [N/A] HE Washer Rant

    We bought an inexpensive Home Depot brand (Admiral) tub washer with central agitator (old school). Has 3 temps and 3 load sizes and that's it. Works great. Best part, I think the thing was under $200 brand new.
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    Length of time for initial CFI

    I've been in discussions with a highly regarded CFII here in KC to complete my own CFI training. I work full time but I've proposed that the month of July that I would take time off work and do sessions with him 3 days a week for 2 hours per. I feel that over the course of a month I should be...
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    C182 or C206

    @mulligan I believe is who you're referring to...
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    8's on Pylons - Power Adjustment

    Glad I'm not dead.
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    Missed me again

    Got a little windy in my part of Larryville but otherwise fine.
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    Civil Air Patrol

    You leave Porkins out of this!
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    8's on Pylons - Power Adjustment

    Right, I think my issue was, there was a 60kt difference in groundspeed between the upwind and downwind legs. To account for this, I really had to dive the nose down but this in turn also increased my IAS and my RPMs. I think the lesson here really is, don't do 8's on Pylons in 30kt winds...
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    Civil Air Patrol

    Flying a mission later this afternoon to survey tornado damage here in Kansas. Flying a mission later this week to simulate A-10 strike profiles for Air Force JTAC forward air controllers over a military live fire range. I don't get to fly a ton, but the missions I do get to fly are pretty...
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    8's on Pylons - Power Adjustment

    The overspeed is what I was encountering for sure. We've had nothing but brutal winds since January here on the few flyable days we've had. It's been an absolutely awful stretch of weather. Even if surface winds are relatively calm we always seem to have a LLJet in the area.
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    Grounding yourself vs. Sucking it up

    Lol, yep, it was the same day. Just checked my work calendar and I had that day off. I went to Smileys and hit some balls instead. Had a nice tailwind at the driving range.
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    Grounding yourself vs. Sucking it up

    I wonder if we were there on the same day...
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    Grounding yourself vs. Sucking it up

    Yep, I had 16 gusting 27 the other day. About 10-15 degrees of centerline but the way it was gusting I scrubbed the flight. I pinged one of my buddies who went up that day for a PIREP and he said he got the crap knocked out of him. I was sad I didn't fly but I think I made the right call.
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    8's on Pylons - Power Adjustment

    Practiced some 8's on Pylons in rather windy conditions (220 at 30kts) this weekend and had a terrible time. One thing that I noticed, as I turned to the upwind side, I really had to drop my altitude to keep the pylon. However, this big push on the nose really increased the RPM on the motor (I...
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    Great instructional video on how to let airline pilots know you too are a pilot

    I can get you a members only jacket if it'll make you feel better.
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    Severe weather today in OK/TX

    What does bother me about tornado sirens is they've switched from the old mechanical air sirens to digital ones, at least in Kansas they have. They say they're just as loud but the sound doesn't seem to carry. I can hear them outdoors but not always while indoors, they say it's they're...
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