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    GTN 750xi update broke wind data

    I have a 750xi, dual G5s, GAD13, and GTX330ES. A friend at the local Garmin dealer updated mine today to v20.41 with the data cards at my hangar. Now I no longer get wind in my configured map corner, though it still shows in my G5. Garmin support said the dealer needs to pull the unit out to...
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    Cfi initial training

    I teach part time out of NV Flight in Reno, and we could do it. www.nvflight.com We use Cherokee 180s.
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    TBM 900 down, 2 fatalities, Truckee, 3/30

    I fly the RNAV 20 frequently with IR students. The missed is a full 180 degree right turn with terrain all around. Sounds like a classic got-slow, stall-spin. Perhaps the airplane was never cleaned up, and had ice, but the visibility is almost certainly a factor. It was snowing last night with...
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    Your insurance will be directly related to hull value. A $600k plane will cost more than a $100k model. Liability is more related to number of seats.
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    Blue Skies “Chappy”

    Those guys in the Migs have countless hours of training, but what they didn't know, was that Doug Masters listens to rock music, despite Chappy's pleas. RIP Chappy.
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    April fools jokes to do on flight instructor

    I was sitting in the flight school office one day with the flight school manager, when another CFI and his student walked in from a flight. The student says to the CFI, “Are you going to call that number they gave us?”. Fortunately it was a joke.
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    VFR drills to help with IFR training?

    My instructor once told me, “if you can fly straight and level at 7540’, you can do it at 7500’ too.”.
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    What's the deal with CFII's that don't want to fly IMC?

    I am unlikely to sign you off for your checkride unless we have been in the clouds together. You need to find a CFII who will get you into IMC. I am in Nevada so we usually have to go to the Sacramento area to find it. I also do this late in training when the student is proficient enough to...
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    Single Engine down in Nashville - KJWN

    Possibly Piper PA32T C-FBWH as reported on another board. RIP to all onboard. :(
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    The end of Reno

    With Roswell, RARA could still be RARA. I learned to fly in Reno and will miss the races being here.
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    Customs trouble

    The whole “call ahead” needs to go away. We don’t have to do that to walk or drive across the border. I have written to my Congressmen, but nothing ever changes and the people I vote for never win. Sigh.
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    Converging from opposite sides

    I didn’t realize they were hiring people at 5 hours now.
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    Intersection Takeoff NOT Okay

    We have a word for that: "Unable".
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    Lucky escape - LSA reportedly caught in 757 wake turbulence

    It was a 757 in Reno as well. I had flown that airplane a few years before with the pilot who was killed in that accident.
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    Bad Comms Today with Center

    I probably would have questioned the guy giving me the outbound clearance when the frequency did not match the one that I was on inbound.
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    Commercial Long Cross-Country C150

    Yup, but in this case the applicant found out at the checkride so had to pay, postpone and go fly another long XC. Best to find out beforehand. I’d bring it up directly as I have heard of others running into this. We really need a letter of interpretation from the FAA to make it clear. Of...
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    Commercial Long Cross-Country C150

    Check with your DPE. A local DPE didn’t even start a checkride with a CPL candidate because his long XC did not include a 250nm nonstop leg. It seems some FSDOs are interpreting it like this.
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    Question on Needing Photo Identification

    I don’t need to show my ID to fly my plane. Since this is POA, why assume she is flying commercial?
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    Iowa Aircraft Registration Fee Increase Proposed

    I just paid $1100 county tax for one of my planes. They provide a list of where the money goes and none of it goes to the airport.
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    Revoked license.

    I understand that but if someone wanted to hide their past from their CFI, they could start a new logbook. Of course they would have to repeat the hours. As a CFI though, it it easy to tell if someone has 5 hours or 100.
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