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@DJTorrente NASA?

A+ here, too. As a child and young man, I was eaten alive. Gradually, between ages 40 - 50, they lost their taste for me. Not completely, but I was no longer their preferred meal. -Skip

@RonP, flaps is a good guess. Try climbing again with the same load and fuel. If you get satisfactory performance with no flaps, descend to 1000 sf, add flaps, and then climb out at WOT. -Skip

How did you find this out? What is the frequency of problems versus patients w/o problems? Is this a listed side effect? Risk/ benefit analysis? Your credentials (are you a MD or researcher)? -Skip

Proving a case of defamation would require Gryder to stand up in a Court and prove the defamations are in fact wrong. I don’t think that is likely. -Skip

Ditto, Doc. -Skip

Instead of using 1.3 times Vso on short final, use 1.2 times Vso. Do this first with your CFI to get familiar with slow flight at minimum altitude. -Skip

I’ll offer a one word solution: Omega. I used it while in the Navy. But it has its quirks, too. -Skip

He saw it! Thanks, eman! -Skip

How do I unignore someone? -Skip

With the FSDO watching us carefully, I wouldn’t admit to being so poorly prepared to handle an emergency. Every hour I have logged has been with a manual winding watch at less than an arm’s length.

First, wind your watch….

Done, for one year’s worth.

Paging the two AMEs on this board: @bbchien and @lbfjrmd

No, I was too young to remember them!

@DanThomas I’m looking to confirm (or deny) a tale told me by an old A&P IA many years ago. According to him, one certification requirement for the engines we fly behind is that the engine must run at full power for “X” minutes after a leak of “y” ounces per hour occurs. The easy way to...

Edge Gel with Aloe, and BIC 3-blade system. The Edge gel is the magic ingredient! -Skip

How about the Meteor Crater? In Arizona, google images will show a photo. -Skip

Wait for a response from one of the Senior AMEs who frequent this forum, but there is encouraging news here. Colorblindness is static: either you have it or you don’t. The only issue I see (see what I did there?) is if the FAA folk accept your test result as official? If they do, you are good...

If you have ocular shingles, aka shingles of the optic nerve, the last thing in your mind will be flying. It is terrible, the pain. My aunt had that. -Skip