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  1. bflynn

    Lets make Friday 'Joke Day'!

    …and you want to fly.
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    Lets make Friday 'Joke Day'!

    Too soon?
  3. bflynn

    Home electrics - dangerous or just shoddy?

    It’s not heavy, it’s a low profile led light. If it weighs a pound total I’d be surprised. https://www.lowes.com/pd/Project-Source-1-Light-Matte-White-LED-Flush-Mount-Light/5013974127
  4. bflynn

    Home electrics - dangerous or just shoddy?

    Since they were just screwed into drywall, unlikely. Most of the fixtures I've seen recently have been plastic boxes, so they're not grounded either.
  5. bflynn

    Home electrics - dangerous or just shoddy?

    Most of the lights in our house don't match - the previous owners just put up whatever they felt like at the time, so I'm replacing them. I pulled down the light in our closet yesterday and found this. The previous light was a fluorescent which they just pulled down and reused the wiring. Is...
  6. bflynn

    Dan Gryder banned from Airventure

    “Gryder has been a regular attendee at the event until his run-in with organizers in 2021, when he filmed an EAA crew drinking beer as they towed his plane from the runway where staff had misdirected him, and he subsequently got stuck.” I’m sure there was more to it than that. But the number of...
  7. bflynn

    Abort - was lunch at KGMU 7/28.

    I’m being slow here. The party was small but at least 50% of us enjoyed the company. One of these days I’ll figure out how to explain good agile development correctly.
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    Nice pictures. Some interesting aircraft there.
  9. bflynn

    Which Government Agencies hire pilots?

    For pilot jobs, be aware that if the agency is related to law enforcement, pilots are required to qualify as LEOs as well. With the FBI that’s somewhat obvious, but not so much with CBP, DEA, ATF, etc.
  10. bflynn

    Tips, ideas for judging off-field landing distances?

    If you're in an emergency, pick the biggest field and plant it as close to the threshold as you can. Ground loop it at the end if you have to. If you want to get fancy, precompute a distance/time rule for your airplane and use "fingers" to make a ruler for distance. Making the example math...
  11. bflynn

    Abort - was lunch at KGMU 7/28.

    The weather is beautiful and so calm out. Normal turbulence coming into the beach, but great flight.
  12. bflynn

    Abort - was lunch at KGMU 7/28.

    no responses except e-man. Calling an audible for myself, going to CRE for seafood.
  13. bflynn

    Abort - was lunch at KGMU 7/28.

    The weather tomorrow looks great - if you're not busy, come out to KGMU in Greenville SC for lunch at 12. I'll be there, please let me know here if you're coming so I can know whether or not to wait.
  14. bflynn

    How to pronounce a ATC fix waypoints intersections

    My favorite is still the piglt one arrival to MCO. Coming from OTK, you pass HKUNA MTATA JAZMN JAFAR PIGLT RFIKI TTIGR (Which should be TIGGR the way Tigger says to "T - I double G R) https://www.fly.faa.gov/Information/east/zjx/mco/atcCharts/MCO_STAR_00571PIGLT.pdf
  15. bflynn

    Oshkosh 2024 - Who's going?

    Do better camping. A good air mattress is a minimum, but a cot with a mattress is almost required for a week. I usually bring sheets, a pillow, and a blanket too, it makes a difference. Chairs AND a table. Plan good meals, some cooking if you can manage a burner, and eat out occasionally...
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    Abort - was lunch at KGMU 7/28.

    Split the difference - 12 for breakfast or lunch, which ever someone wants to eat.
  17. bflynn

    Abort - was lunch at KGMU 7/28.

    This coming sunday works well as a rain date. I had cigs less than 1000 until after 11am last sunday. Nobody else confirmed, so I figured everyone was in Wisconsin. Weather permitting, I'll be there at 11 on Sunday when they open.
  18. bflynn

    Diversion Scenario:

    When you declare, the traffic worries go away. ATC will move everyone out of the way. From there, I would choose Daytona, because I'm already talking to them, they will have medical personnel to meet us, and my radios are probably still set up for tower and ground. Runway and taxiway will...
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