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  1. Skip Miller

    The "Back in my day" Thread

    Fidonet! A true blast from the past! https://images.app.goo.gl/7hNLXC6BHpoddnRM7
  2. Skip Miller

    Long Cross country 51.8nm straight line without landing at airport?

    BDR to BDL is exactly 50.1 nm. Just sayin’. -Skip
  3. Skip Miller

    The "Back in my day" Thread

    Long distance telephone rates that were generally high during the day but cheaper at night.
  4. Skip Miller

    The "Back in my day" Thread

    $ 0.179 for regular gas. West Hartford, CT, about 1963 during a “gas war.” Imagine filling up for 2 bucks or less! -Skip
  5. Skip Miller

    Update on Catalina Baron crash

    Ah! The famous "Magic Fingers".
  6. Skip Miller

    Best grandfather/grandpa

    In my family, it is exactly and emphatically the opposite. And I am proud to be named after him. Everett B. Miller, III Aka Skip
  7. Skip Miller

    Closed the Deal - Piper Lance

    Did a former owner use it to smuggle fish? -Skip
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    The self-flagellation of the frugal and mechanically minded(a rant)

    Game changer question: Are you retired with buckets of extra low-cost time? If yes, keep cleaning the gunk. Are you working full time? Simplify your life by using $$$ to eliminate the time-wasting gunk removal. -Skip
  9. Skip Miller

    TR182 vs Turbo Normalized 177R

    On the 177, the wing spar carry through must be rigorously inspected. It is made from Unobtanium. Seriously. I looked into buying a 177B about 10 years ago, and I just couldn’t get comfortable with that risk. But, as usual, YMMV. -Skip
  10. Skip Miller

    Continental GO-300 Engine Cylinder #2 not starting

    Compression, too. -Skip
  11. Skip Miller

    no jokes, just punch lines.

    No my friend. Not the peach…
  12. Skip Miller

    Totally random trivia…

    But it has to be true! We both read it on the internet! -Skip
  13. Skip Miller

    Engineer Ted's Hot Start Procedures for Injected Lycomings and Continentals

  14. Skip Miller

    Florida in Crosshairs Again…. Milton

    Good plan! My brother used to live in Fort Myers Beach, FL. His home was flooded by 4 feet of salt water during Hurricane Ian. Complete loss! Also a 10 year old car. Also his boat. He made it out with his RV trailer and his Ford 350 pickup to tow it with. Long story he now lives in...
  15. Skip Miller

    A brand new plane still not better than a 50+ year old Cessna 182

    I don't know about aviation diesels, but I have experience with GM (Detroit Diesel) marine engines. We ran a pair of 6V53's wide open for a cumulative 2000 hours. They were not new when we bought that boat, and when we sold it the total hours was near 7000. No major repairs. Hella stout...
  16. Skip Miller

    Have you ever spent six hours with your underwear on backwards?

    Will we ever know during what activity this was discovered? Or is that behind the Gaston’s Secrecy Veil, too? -Skip
  17. Skip Miller

    What cataract eye lens type does FAA dissaprove of?

    About 1638 eastern daylight time, on October 19, 1996, a McDonnell Douglas MD-88, N914DL, operated by Delta Air Lines, Inc., as flight 554, struck the approach light structure and the end of the runway deck during the approach to land on runway 13 at the LaGuardia Airport, in Flushing, New York...
  18. Skip Miller

    Preventive Maintenance Training

    I’ve met hundreds of people who don’t know what they don’t know…. -Skip
  19. Skip Miller

    Preventive Maintenance Training

    Fixed that for you.
  20. Skip Miller

    Lets make Friday 'Joke Day'!

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