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  1. rk911

    Killing engine in flight

    IMO it's never a good idea to intentionally kill the engine when in flight. even practicing power-off stalls or 180s downwind-to-final the engine is running.
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    Plane Down Shy of KDKB

    https://abc7chicago.com/dekalb-county-plane-crash-cortland-lincoln-highway-news/13558421/ Injuries, type and severity unknown.
  3. rk911

    Downwind turn

    Pineappleon pizza....ok as a once-in-a-while thing Ketchup on a hit dog...plain hot dogs for me but my wife is mustard and relish Anchovies? YUCK Now, what was the original topic?
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    Commercial multi-engine instrument land

    congatulations!
  5. rk911

    Who's Gonna Pay For That?

    So was I!
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    Who's Gonna Pay For That?

    I never knew the 52 had rotatable landing gear. Something new? This one takes out a bunch of runway lights.
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    United Airlines emergency evacuation slide falls from plane into Chicago neighborhood

    How does this happen?? https://www.foxnews.com/us/united-airlines-emergency-evacuation-slide-falls-from-plane-chicago-neighborhood
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    Picture uploads too big?

    posted that with http://photoposting.is-great.net/?i=1
  9. rk911

    deep dish pizza, chicago area

    No St. Charles location...West Chicago or Batavia. They moved back to the riverfront in Batavia a year or two ago. PJ in West Chgo is 10-min from DPA, 12-min from the Batavia location. The Batavia restauant is a much nicer environment...overlooking the Fox River. The West Chgo location has a...
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    deep dish pizza, chicago area

    KDPA and then Uber/Lyft/cab to Pal Joey's in West Chicago. GREAT pizza!
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    Close Call

    Anyone know when/where this was? The video just popped up on Twitter.
  12. rk911

    Suburban man aimed laser pointer at state police plane

    https://cwbchicago.com/2023/06/suburban-man-charged-aiming-laser-pointer-police-plane-chicago.html only one word comes to mind..putz.
  13. rk911

    Davenport, Iowa (KDVN) Airshow

    Set for this weekend (June 24-25) at Davenport Muni Airport (KDVN). Apologies for the late notice. https://www.quadcityairshow.com/
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    Overtly lying on medical for class 3

    Lying to the govt, an insurance company, your mama or your wife (not necessarily in that order) is never a good idea.
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    Equipment for private pilot

    Better to have it and never need it then the other way around. Murphy's Law. My $.02
  16. rk911

    Recommendations for Nashville

    the country music hall of fame and museum in nashville https://www.countrymusichalloffame.org/ ryman auditorium tour. the mother church of country music...
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    Something going on around DC

    the SB was an F-16 respomding to an airspace violation. the target crashed in northern VA. https://www.foxnews.com/us/washington-dc-area-explosion-sound-caused-military-jet-department-defense
  18. rk911

    Advice for flying to Los Angeles

    'tis a cool idea, but... We were last in LA many years ago. We had free tix to a taping of a new TV show. That ended right around 6, not yet dark but the tourists had mostly vanished to be replaced by rough looking residents. Yes, that WAS many years ago but I suspect Hollywood hasn't gotten...
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    Pilot Tasks - What do you focus on too much, or find yourself forgetting to do?

    Agree. I stopped flying with my iPad for just that reason.
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    Which Logbook

    Agree totally about focusing on flying. But a word of advice… I was doing the same as what you are planning…traditional paper log with Excel backup. After my CFI lost his logbook (with no backup) I started making photocopies of completed pages and kept them in our safety deposit box. Good...
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