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    Using tablet to see the mountains?

    The tablet does not have to actually fail -- alll it has to do is lose GPS lock -- easy enough when the internal antenna lacks a good view of the sky. That's easy to do. A good way to use the SVT would have been to aid situational awareness while flying a 180 to exit the clouds.
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    What do you folks think about the Icon A5

    A Searey does everything it does and costs less.
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    Do you take better care of your airplane

    I would say yes. However, I've had the same car for thirty years, so I probably maintain it fairly well also.
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    *NA* Roadster recommendations

    I've often felt that the Manx dunebuggies were the last sports cars. Back in the 1960s, Corvair-powered Manxes dominated autocrosses on the West Coast, even beating factory Cobras on one occasion.I drove a similar vehicle, an Autokit Invader for ten years in A Modified, driving it to and from...
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    What Are You Reading?

    Oblivion (Short stories by David Foster Wallace)
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    Flying to Connecticut; which airport

    If not HPN, then BDR. Three Wing is pretty good.
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    Flying to Connecticut; which airport

    I'm from there. What town do you want to fly to?
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    Holy Schnikes! 9 Months to Obsolescence

    There's also the Cessna 206. It's an easy transition from the 182.
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    Is General Aviation Dying in the USA?

    I started reading aviation publications back in the 1950s as a child. I recall being amazed at all the pessimistic articles on the decline/demise of general aviation. Being our own worst enemies is one of the primary traditions of general aviation. Perhaps the cautious attitudes conducive to...
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    blood pressure meds correct procedure?

    According to my AME, Lisinopril is approved.
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    Garmin Pilot for Android -- Tech Support, Tips, Tricks

    Version 4.3.2 works fine for me in the air without uninstall/reinstall.
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    Garmin Pilot for Android -- Tech Support, Tips, Tricks

    I flew with 4.3.1 today, and it has no problems. It's a safe download.
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    35 hours in a Cessna, doing a discovery flight in an SR20 tomorrow. Any advice?

    Not harder to fly -- just different The approach speed is higher and the sight picture at touchdown is much flatter. Land with some power on. You will hate the side stick controller for about 30 seconds. After that, it will become perfectly comfortable, and you will wonder why all planes...
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    Tangier island and haze over the Chesapeake Bay

    Clear with three miles or less in haze is fairly normal Middle Atlantic summer weather. My Primary flight instructor likened the descent from 10,000 as "like stepping into a warm, dirty aquarium." Typically, 7-9 thousand puts you on top.
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    182 vs Dakota

    I've got a few hundred hours in both.The Dakota has better load hauling capability, but the 182 makes me smile.
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    Subarus To Oshkosh !! (KMCI)

    So may cool levels of ambiguity Subaru (car) Subaru (Fuji Aero Subaru (airplane) Subaru engine (experimental aircraft) Love it!
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    The frustration of using aviation lingo at work

    Aviation lingo is spreading in my company due to my influence. Juan yesterday, my non-pilot boss told me to "standby one."
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    To go glass or not..that is the question?

    $200K to upgrade to glass? Don't you mean $20K? I like glass, but no way I'd pay $20K to get it -- it won't make the airplane fly any better.
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    Quick question about the criminal charges that the Gyrocopter Pilot committed

    The gyrocopter in question violated both the weight and fuel capacity limits for a legal ultralight, Therefore, it was an unlicensed aircraft and the mailman would have required a pilot's certificate.
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    1800 RPM for 30 sec before shut down

    From Lycoming Service Letter L192B Prrior to Engine Shut Down (when on parking stand) the engine speed should be maintained between 1000 and 1200 RPM until the operating temperatures have stabilised. At this time the engine speed should be increased to approximately 1800 RPM for 15 to 20...
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