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I find that if the runway doesn't stick out, look for hangars. Hangars are significantly different than industrial or retail buildings. Also, the airport (usually) has clear area around it. So look for hangar-type buildings in an island of open land. Also, runways can be hard to spot if...

Translation: Gear-up 10 hours ago.

If it's the typical "bleh" feeling, then I'll go. Flying frees the mind and spirit, relieves my of the tyranny of little things, and it goes away as soon as I start preflight. If it's one of the rare times it doesn't go away, then it's time to reconsider. OTOH, when things have been wild...

Yes, twas awesome! The whole game was a nailbiter. Romo and the Cowboys played great. I feel bad for the Dallas folks here. Against any other team, they would have won.

If that went on for like an hour, I would guess there was a hugely oversized load ahead, road striping, or some other type of operation ahead that couldn't allow traffic to pass. I had to do a few of those, and they sucked, big time. I hate driving along at 10mph as much as you do.

Passwords have become very vulnerable, to the point where the amount of characters and rule needed to achieve even moderate security are impossible to remember. Increasing password "security" rules essentially guarantee that passwords are written down, saved in phones, and other places where...

Of course it is. My bird's down for annual :(

The Surface Pro is a standard Windows PC in tablet format. It's a darn good PC, and an excellent tablet. You can save files to the RT, it has a regular file system, unlike an IPad where files cannot be saved to the device and opened from other apps (or easily attached to emails). It is...

Looks sorta like a Duke. Hopefully the tail doesn't fall off, though.

The Cherokee 6 is very sensitive to loading the cargo area. Objects must be loaded in such a fashion that the doors can be closed prior to taxi.

A Surface Pro is a full Windows PC (the new Surface Pro 2 has something like 7 hours battery life). As a PC, it is a VERY good and light computer, pull off the keyboard and it's also a very good tablet, and also has a very high quality digitizer pen. I am considering a Surface Pro for the...

It's a Cherokee, not a Jenny. Every A&P in the known universe knows how to wrench a Cherokee. Wayne, I understand where you are coming from, but 17 hours for an ALTERNATOR? Again, in less time my shop diagnosed and replaced the problem starter (including ordering time and the STC for a...

I'm a retired cop (line of duty injury) now consulting. My wife is a nurse.

I have to add: I pay for my aviation habit (with my 47 year old Cherokee) the same way my neighbor pays for his brand new lifted 4x4, custom Harley, two ATVs, gunsafe full of rifles and pistols, and a snowmobile.

THIS!! Cherokee speed pants are a major pain to air up. A few years ago I put in Desser Leak Guard tubes. Now I never have to add air outside of annual.

Yeah. Even with removal/reinstall of the prop, you should be under 4 hours. By way of comparison, my certified repair station flat does an ANNUAL in 15 hours. This year, on the number of hours your A&P wants for an alternator, my shop r/r'd the starter, replaced the entire exhaust (from...

My wife and I are at the peak of our earning potential. We also don't have any other expensive hobbies (no boats, jetskis, snowmobiles). And no kids.

Antennae

Using who? A cellular provider doesn't have the bandwidth or data caps to handle my home use. Blanche, that can be done, I have run that before. You can even separate the DSL from the phone line for the rest of the house. Right now, my DSL line is run to a line splitter (two jacks). The...

Amazing. Words fail. It is always a joy watching a master ply his craft. Whether painting a plane, making a horseshoe, or washing windows.