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  1. kgruber

    For Sale DO you still have a Garmin 496, 396, 296?

    Thanks, John H............your charger is in the mail today!
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    N/A calling Calculator Nerds - what's the best graphing calculator these days?

    I got two engineering degrees with a slide rule!
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    Taking a deeper dive into maneuvering speed

    A slight puff of wind will deflect a piece of paper MUCH more than a rock. That's why Va is lower for the paper.
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    New Pilot Looking for a Headset

    https://www.beechtalk.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=229111&view=unread#unread
  5. kgruber

    Great article on how Boeing has failed

    Thank you.....Sir!
  6. kgruber

    Great article on how Boeing has failed

    The reason they failed is because they moved to Chicago and let accountants design the airplanes. They should move back to Seattle and let engineers design the airplanes.
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    High Altitude Flight test

    Mount Everest has been climbed without oxygen, but it's rare. As of January 2024, only 221 people have summited Everest without supplemental oxygen. Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler were the first to do so on May 8, 1978, by speeding up their climb and spending as little time as possible at...
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    Best aviation organizations

    I dumped AOPA when they dumped the "red" board.
  9. kgruber

    For Sale DO you still have a Garmin 496, 396, 296?

    Hey, Fab! Yes, the 296, 396, and 496 are powered by a special battery.
  10. kgruber

    For Sale DO you still have a Garmin 496, 396, 296?

    Some of you have bought my charger. I made 1000 of them and sold about 800 @ $39.95 plus $5.95 for shipping. They are getting a little long in tooth, but STLL a wonderful GPS. If you would like one CHEAP..........Send me $30 and I'll ship it out. Cash, check, gold, silver, bitcoin......etc...
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    Sea plane landings - who governs the water ?

    In 1967, I landed my Super-Cub on "Spirit Lake," next to Mt St Helens. A USFS guy there gave me a "ticket!" On the way home I tossed it out the window, and to this day I am waiting for the cuffs.
  12. kgruber

    Why has Vashon sold so few Rangers, and will MOSAIC turn that around?

    Great airplanes have two things in common.....Performance and Looks. The Vashon has the performance...........but lacks any good looks. Here is what is I mean..
  13. kgruber

    Flying car

    I knew Molt Taylor......at the Longview Airport. As a young student pilot, I used to stop there. I flew Wally's T-Craft out of the now-long-gone Evergreen Airport in Vancouver. Molt was always a pleasure to talk with.
  14. kgruber

    T-Hangar neighbor. WWYD?

    I might be tempted to just close their doors and install my own padlock.
  15. kgruber

    Zinc additive by rislone ZDDP

    "Don't be a crankcase chemist!"
  16. kgruber

    How to complete Bill of Sale when seller is LLC

    Your name, title(Governor,) nameofllcLLC
  17. kgruber

    FIKI cert Mooney adequate for regular winter trips to Newfoundland and Labrador from New England?

    The Mooney will be fine........but only on severe VFR days.
  18. kgruber

    Misfueling

    ONE thing I learned from flying 60 years, never bending any metal or drawing any blood!!................ALWAYS....ALWAYS.....ALWAYS...be there when being fueled.
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    Students are "Learners" now...........

    I cringe every time I hear......."frankly".........there is NEVER anything "frank" about the next words.
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