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  1. KRyan

    where to get a non aviation physical

    Don't know if this will still work with all the medical care changes, but you might give it a try. Had a co-worker who did not have a doctor. The company started requiring us to have an annual physical for insurance purposes. He called a local "urgent care," place, which is kind of an "emergency...
  2. KRyan

    What causes the sparkles when flying toward the sun?

    I had a friend of mine that said they used jeweler's rouge on scratches & pits in plexiglass helicopter canopies. That might help, but I'd try it in an inconspicuous location first.
  3. KRyan

    Anybody seen these guys recently?

    Wow, it's only flown less than 6K miles, and it's got an automatic transmission!
  4. KRyan

    Airline passenger fined after keeping free airline apple

    I saw something like this happen in front of me one time, but I don't know what the outcome was. We were waiting in line to go thru Customs (or maybe it was passport control, can't remember) and the Customs people had dogs. The dog (it was a little beagle) alerted to the backpack owned by the...
  5. KRyan

    Midwest (ish) paint shop with fabric experience?

    There is Air Mod in Batavia, Ohio. It's right by Sportys.
  6. KRyan

    Lets make Friday 'Joke Day'!

    A guy goes to the zoo. Walking around, he finds that the zoo only has one animal, a dog. It was a Shih Tzu
  7. KRyan

    Starter just goes "kachunk"

    If you need a split cowl, pick up a sabre saw at HF when you buy the battery charger. Simple
  8. KRyan

    My engine fell out

    Is that prop new, or "new to you?" Only asking because it has the "old" logo stickers on them that haven't been used for about 8-10 years now.
  9. KRyan

    Why stuff breaks.

    This struck me as particularly funny. I've been fighting an ongoing problem with my dishwasher, where the drain solenoid keeps burning out. I just replaced it again the night before the original post, and it worked for a while and then quit again. Seeing your timely post, I cut and pasted it...
  10. KRyan

    still chasing oil leak near prop. opinions appreciated.

    +1 on the prop o-ring. Another thing that happens sometimes is a bit of "crud" gets between the hub and the o-ring (rather than between the hub & the shaft), so if you end up taking the prop off the troubleshoot, take the o-ring out and clean the groove in the hub. Also, on Continental...
  11. KRyan

    Thinking about fish for my pond...

    My daughter has three X sex chromosomes. Good to know they are not fatal! Seriously, we were pretty concerned when we found out, but all the info I was able to find shows that it's pretty benign, other than they tend to grow tall (she's tall!) and tend to have a bit lower IQ than average. The...
  12. KRyan

    Thinking about fish for my pond...

    I would guess we have about 20 of the triploid grass carp in our pond, which is about 280 ft. long and about 80 ft. wide. They school together in the summer right near the top of the water. Some of them (I'm guessing the oldest) are as big as my leg!
  13. KRyan

    Thinking about fish for my pond...

    We had a big vegetation/algae problem in our pond at work. We bought triploid grass carp. They are similar to the carp you see in some of the YouTube videos that jump out of the water. The ones in the river I believe are White Amur, which is an invasive species. The triploid grass carp, on the...
  14. KRyan

    Jeopardy!

    Apparently, there was a pretty funny moment during the show: http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/video-jeopardy-contestant-straight-embarrasses-himself-on-spring-training-question/ar-BBK0c3N?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=iehp
  15. KRyan

    turbo v clamp

    You might try Voss Mfg. They are based in Cleveland, Ohio, but have a distribution network. You could go to their site at http://www.vossind.com/
  16. KRyan

    Stupid stuff Mechanics find.

    It's a constant speed prop.
  17. KRyan

    Stupid stuff Mechanics find.

    Inside of a propeller, 150 hrs TSO. Prop wouldn't cycle on the ground. Wonder why?
  18. KRyan

    An entire country's Avgas supply killed

    There was an episode or two of Ice Pilots where there was some sort of problem getting Avgas. I can't remember what the problem was - but almost their entire operation was shut down because of it. They couldn't get gas to fly their old piston radial powered aircraft.
  19. KRyan

    A question about a prop

    I'm guessing that this is a composite blade with a damaged lead edge. The "filler" is the underlying composite material.
  20. KRyan

    Pirep: McDonald's Filet o Fish Sandwich (or, salad, rather)

    Burger Chef had a Burger Bar, similar to a salad bar. You could go in and get a plain hamburger for pretty cheap (like 35 cents), and then load it up with half a ton of "fixins." Ate a few of them when I was low on cash.
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