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    Entering the pattern towered airport

    Is it possible that said pilot made a mistake when reporting initial position? "Cessna 12345 is one-zero miles south east..." when they were actually 10 miles south west?
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    NTSB Accident search

    ***UPDATE*** See Post #10 below for tips on using the new search function. It would appear the NTSB no longer cares about folks being able to learn the lessons of others' mistakes. The 'old' search tool will not result in anything newer than 2007 and the new seach tool sucks moist ass.
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    Led wingtip strobe lights

    You found LEDs that contribute to the power grid? Amazing! :p
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    Last Minute Hotels?

    Yes. We do single and multi day rallys and a certificate ride here and there. For me, over half a century of ~4 hours of sleep a day has finally found a practical purpose beyond winning "how long can you stay awake" contests with my brothers. :D
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    Last Minute Hotels?

    Hahaha.... Project much?
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    [NA]PDF to jpeg[NA]

    If I recall correctly, I have done this by converting to a multi-page TIF. From there, each page can be saved as an individual JPG or GIF.
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    Last Minute Hotels?

    It is good to know one's limitations.
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    Ring “security” Drone

    I have a cloud-based camera/security system with two interior cameras and 10 exterior cameras. The interior cameras are not even connected to power until we are on our way out the door. Really do not understand folks with indoor security cameras running 24/7. That is just creepy and a bit...
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    Useful Rules of Thumb

    ...or practically close enough anyway. :D Somehow I have made it this far without learning many RoT. Kind of a bummer, actually. They can be very handy, so to speak. Seems lately around here we have had two choices... 90° left or 90° right. Since they shut down the grass strip, we do not...
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    Last Minute Hotels?

    Watch out, your bias is showing.
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    Ring “security” Drone

    Was not that long ago it was pretty easy to find webcams open to the WWW. Last time I checked, everything from office cams to home security systems to private laptops were freely (and unknown to their owners) available for anyone with a reasonable amount of Google-Fu.
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    Useful Rules of Thumb

    Agreed. Found myself thinking "How long did this take?" o_O
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    Useful Rules of Thumb

    When learning new processes, I usually take them to the extremes to test their veracity. I did this with your cross-wind calculator. I was especially keen to learn a new ROT to teach folks how to easily calculate crosswind. Wind: 090 @ 20 kts RWY: 36 Diff: 90° 9/6 of 20 = 30 kts of...
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    How to find aircraft by model near me

    Which particular area are you searching? Also, are you looking for just any 33 or a sub-model specifically?
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    Sectional Chart Cycle **CHANGES**

    Does FltPlan Go (or any of the rest of the EFB data providers) apply the changes in the Chart Bulletins between cycles? I haven't seen ony of them doing that, nor have I found a reasonable way to make manual updates to the electronic charts. I know FF and GP allow you to "Annotate" IAPs and...
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    New Tech - Layover Lounge App

    Nope... Doing just fine over here. Quit projecting. ...or said another way: Always remember to never use absolutes.
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    How to find aircraft by model near me

    ....or go to "Make/Model" search and type "Beech" in the Make and "33" in the model. This results in 100s of reults from the plain Jane "33" to the "G33". Each line of results is hot-linked to a list of that model within that state/country.
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    How to find aircraft by model near me

    Simplify your seach terms... Here I ran two searches, both using "Beech" for Make and then one each with "A33" & "B33" in Model
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    Vor/gs antenna

    Not all are installed in that manner.
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    Last Minute Hotels?

    Similar to but not exactly the same is traveling on a motorcycle. With the kind of riding we do (often 20 hours a day for multiple days in a row) we never really know how far we will be able to get each day before we hit a wall, so to speak. For that I have the Priceline app installed. Keep...
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