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You should have been over RIPON about 2 PM on Saturday! My wife was speechless from fear and The Battle of Britain sounds about right. After we parked, a 182 parked next to us and the lady in the right seat got out and had her head on her hand leaning against the strut. I asked if she was ok...

B-Cool system in my Bonanza works pretty well but only last about 2 hours. Add window tinting and you will be pretty good.

Several vendors sold out of their stock.

Just arrived home from OSH. We arrived on the first Saturday about 2 PM due to weather. Had the good luck to pass Rockford about the time the Bonanzas to Oshkosh were getting airborne. 140 Plus! Since I did not own my Bonanza in time to join the training, and since I didn't have their...

Cornfield aircraft was a Taylorcraft with reported engine failure. Occupants walked out.

A friend told me about companies that take top of the line gym equipment and refurbish it foe about half price. He bought a $7500 elliptical for approximately $3500. Google.

I have commuted for twenty years with no crash pad. I buy a hotel room less than ten nights a year and buy approximately five airline tickets to get to my home base per year (I rarely ever try to jump seat offline due to most flights are full and I carry a large bag). We have a large number of...

Vote is this week. Great article. https://www.yahoo.com/news/sully-sullenberger-wants-save-faa-123442350.html

Two flights today and the expected squawk was correct

To add on. Each company is different. When I flew passenger airlines I routinely flew 800 plus hard hours a year. Now flying small packages I very rarely do 300 hours hard time a year and make 300K base pay. Each person you talk to will not have a clue as to what the other airline makes...

I am debating upgrading to the Jepp charts. The cost is a little high but not that high. I have used Jepps for 39 years and, to me, they are much easier to glean the information. I think that is mainly due to familiarity of the format. In looking at the chart someone posted, it took me a...

There are so many factors to deal with. This is YOUR decision. I would tell you more but I am just a few days into a block of 33 days off and then go back and do an eleven day round the world and then off for 14. My company just announced continued hiring through 2018. Hiring is VERY...

As a kid, did you ever ring someones door bell and run off....UPS has a job for you.

Maybe you're correct. My way is the best in my opinion. The owner knows what is wrong. If it passes a pre-buy for him then all the best. My pre-buy was up to 10k in problems in about thirty minutes. Pretty paint, nice panel and great looking car carpet....corrosion in the elevators and more...

No access to proof now. Can't afford the lawsuit.

If your name is Mark C then yes. I have been a member for a few years, met John Frank at OSH and felt like punching him in the face when he insulted my maintenance background. I won't be renewing either. There are some extremely good people that try to help people but the leadership is very...

Since John Frank died, the computer side of the place has been non-existent. I have repeatedly called and emailed to ask when their forums would be back with no luck. They, as far as I can determine have put out one memo that they were working on it but no idea when it would be up. Evidently...

The last time I was there was in the late 80's or early 90's and I found Mr. Weisner on a ladder doing some finishing touches to the last Stearman the he and his brother bought at the end of WW11. There was a group of "kids" watching and helping him. We spoke for a few minutes and I said "Mr...

I learned to fly at Mineola and Mr. Weisner gave me my private check ride. Is that Stearman one of the ones the Weisners bought in WW2?

Had a student that I soloed on his sixteenth birthday in a 150,172 and a Cardinal RG and my boss soloed him in a Cessna 421 the same day. He did his PPL checride on his 17th Birthday. Daddy had money