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Oh, gotcha. Makes sense. I was thinking of a purposeful go-around in violation of the clearance. I hadn’t considered that he could go around under the guise of safety/aborted landing.

Couldn’t the controller just issue a full-stop as opposed to T&G or the option? He tried and the CFI argued. Seems like he could deny the option and issue full stop, and if the CFI disregarded he’d have another issue. While the controller should’ve cut this off much earlier, this idi…I mean CFI...

WSU as well-Go Cougs!

This. Born and raised in the San Juans, moved away for college and life since. Dad still lives there. Ferries are a train wreck right now. The reservation system has been hit and miss due to missing (broken) ferries and crew shortages. The islands are worth visiting, but I’d do it by plane. If...

I never thought about it in those terms, but that’s very valid.

Cold engine: Mr Clean or Simple Green sprayed on, let sit briefly, pressure wash off while making sure to keep away from directly spraying connections with high pressure. Blow off excess water with an air nozzle. Use spray dressing (Meguiars #40, etc) to shine/hide discolored black stuff like...

reminds me of a guy who used to fly RC at a field I frequented. He never cleaned his models, or took the wings off. As a result the rubber bands (good old #64’s) would start randomly breaking and flying off. He’d be taxiing out and there’d be rubber bands randomly shooting off his planes, lol...

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I thought this was going to fall under the realm of the Stanley board stretcher…

sorry, should’ve turned the sarcasm notice on. And I am humbled…I’m done after about 1-2 hours, tops…much like the 69 Camaro I had with minimal creature comforts and 3” exhaust, it’s fun for about the first half hour, tolerable for the second, and after that, I’m looking up the fastest route...

how about an RC51?:D

my apologies, my question was rhetorical for you to pose to yourself in your scenario. Wasn’t looking to pry.

Bell 206 has far more experience than I do, so heed his input and others that will likely chime in…but here’s my .02. Key questions: -what’s the price? Does it reflect the cost to repair all those sheet metal issues? The one that would give me pause is the one on the wing itself…why is cracked...

I’ve noticed similar with cars. My local chain stores normally have shelves packed with every oil filter imaginable, and are now barren. My truck (Silverado) has a very common filter, as it shares a filter with several sizes of GM’s V8 used in numerous GM trucks/SUVs, and they were completely...

True! mine already has the “remove before flight” streamer, too…:D

And the requisite face-palm calling the pilot a hero for avoiding the houses in the crash…if one is that ignorant of aviation, perhaps one should remain silent…

Thats going to get some polarizing answers. You may want to conduct yourself differently in the future to insulate yourself… …sorry, low on caffeine…best I’ve got

Agree 100%. In reading through their website, it appears to throw out a bunch of engine performance-related terms with minimal proof or substance behind the claims. It reminded me of a recent bid review at work in which some of the largest bid packets actually had the least total responsive...

Single data point, but my one and only experience with carb ice was over a matter of seconds. Merrily flying along, MP dropped suddenly, accompanied by significant roughness. Given that I was flying over the cascades, I briefly sucked in my shorts before going over things my CFI had taught me...

Sadly small newspapers are some of the last remaining journalists…sure not going to find them at the bought and paid for major outlets.