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Ignore this post!!! It was obviously posted by an employee of the cable company. Really,.. shouldn't the spam filter catch this?? :D

Hey Joe,.. my rant wasn't directed at you at all.. but perhaps I just haven't read enough of your posts...! ha. I think it's interesting that I have complained about the know-it-alls and FAR thumpers,.. I have also posted anonymously to sections telling others that they should "chill out"...

Wow,.. amazing. You can sail on a swimming pool! Someone should land a plane for sure!

I'm on Seattle City light and lost my power for 5 days in our last big storm. This is within city limits of a very large city!! After several days what really sucked was the boredom... (what the heck do you do once the radio batteries are dead) and my fish tank. I tried to keep them alive by...

I think this is something that each person needs to decide for themselves. It's a personal decision, but I'll tell you how it applied to me.. I have almost never commuted for more than 10-15 minutes each way to work. There were some very brief periods with 30-60 minute commutes with traffic...

Wow, that's a pretty scary story, especially at your age. Please let us know how it turns out.

What... is Texas a big state or something??

Flying really does work that way.. it's amazing. Even better I have found is sailing, same sort of thing as you are at one with a machine and the weather, but even better because you generally aren't risking your life, and there is no hourly cost of operation. Really, if you can, you...

I agree, some people are like oil and water. And just like a relationship in RL, once you spend a LONG time with someone (maybe a spouse, or even a friend on a road trip) you can get on each others nerves. Once you get on each others nerves it's so easy on the internet to just let loose.

Lots of FAR thumpers, holier-than-thou and know-it-alls here for sure.. it does get a bit tiring. Granted, I have been doing this long enough to develop some pretty strong opinions,.. but still...

It sure turned out to be a great tool for me on a very challenging IFR flight. Challenging in a different way than usual. It wasn't really technically challenging, but there was constant evaluation of options and making decisions. I was trying to cross a mountain pass, at and angle. I...

Surprisingly, I was able to do this today! I was on an airway with a MEA of 10,000ft. I wanted off the airway for t-storms that I could see. Asked to deviate 20 degrees right, but was told no because that would put me too close to Mt Rainier and I would be well below the MVA (and I didn't...

Thanks for the tips.. I'll try it with on top. If it doesn't work I'll just cancel once I'm on top and air file for the second leg at the destination.

This has probably been answered, but this system will not let me search for it... I have never used VFR on top, but from what I understand I can request and be issued a clearance for it so long as I maintain VFR at VFR altitudes. My question is this... Over mountainous terrain, can I climb...

Great story, thanks for sharing!

I bought the $63 blue one with the red LED display. Works fine and matches the one at the doctors office.

Can anyone list a practical use for a E6B that couldn't be done easily with a basic (non e6b) calculator? Or even with a simple pencil & paper calc? For distance, add the numbers on the chart. For time, divide by cruise speed. For fuel, multiply that by GPH. What am I missing? I...

Every business I have worked at just uses it as another way to screen calls. Scenario 1: CEO, or very busy employee gets way to many calls each day and has to pick and choose who to take... avoiding sales calls! Scenario 2: "Jim Dunn is on line one for you".. who the heck is Jim Dunn...

Might be a good question for AOPA. A bigger medical issue could be what happens if you don't get the surgery?

nope, nothing at all! It sucked. But, like I said, I could have gone right out flying! I was young and I didn't even know what exactly I was going in for.. I know now!!