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    Chuck Coleman Crash - Las Cruces

    https://www.lascrucesbulletin.com/stories/fatal-crash-at-las-cruces-air-and-space-expo,97100
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    Forgetting to switch tanks

    Here's a fatal one (pilot's wife): Flying from Townsend, MT to Spearfish, SD without switching tanks on a warrior. NTSB Report "The pilot reported that there was no mechanical malfunction or failure of the airplane and that he did not switch the fuel tanks prior to landing, causing the engine...
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    Prolonged Shut Down

    With those symptoms on mine it was the primer.
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    Custer State Park Airport, Custer SD Decommissioning

    S. Dak. resident... My wife and I have done a lot of camping at airports. We have flown over the Custer State Airport several times but never landed there. We have stayed at the Custer airport at least a couple of times. At that time (3 years ago) they had a nice camping area by the FBO with 24...
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    Custer State Park Airport may be closed.

    The South Dakota Game Fish and Parks is considering closing the Custer State Park Airport. There is not much there for facilities but you can camp overnight there. Public comment is being received... News report here...
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    Monkey will be heading south again: KRAP or bust

    6V4 (Wall SD) is within walking distance of Wall Drug. Short flight from KRAP.
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    FAA MedXPress Approval Delay

    My last medical renewal exam (3rd class) was in October and was deferred for a glitch. FAA requested some documents which I collected and finally mailed in at the end of the year. Wait... wait... wait... Just today I noticed on the med-express site that it has been approved and the medical will...
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    Virginia Sherriff charges pilot with reckless flying for low pass over lake

    The title of the article linked "Pilot charged after allegedly flying less than 100 feet over Orange County neighborhood" and the quote taken from the article indicate that he flew over the community named "Lake of the Woods" and not a lake of the same name.
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    Carb Ice in a Cherokee/Archer?

    I've got over 1k hours in a Warrior and never an ice issue. In training I asked my CFI about it, since he said not to use it, and his reply was that he had thousands of hours Warriors and never experienced carb ice.
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    Low battery, is only a year old

    Had a problem like this in my Warrior. Turned out to be a bad ground connection to the voltage regulator.
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    Fooling hobbs, logging full time

    I thought ALL Hobbs ran off the oil pressure switch. Maybe that's not true but because of that perception I suspected a troll at post #1. Are there some that use the master for power?
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    Medical Deferred Due To Abortion

    Maybe the details of the "alcohol involved" is what triggered it? Probably more to the story.
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    Real ID vs Enhanced

    All So. Dak. DLs have been Real ID for several years now. I also had the 'veteran' option put on it. Didn't know why at the time, but flying Allegiant Air you get free luggage. Don't purchase the luggage with your on-line ticket but when you get to the airport check your baggage at the counter...
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    Gone West: bobmrg

    I appreciated him very much. Will miss him.
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    Things That Bug me in TV Shows and Movies

    When there is an explosion in space and it generates a cumulus-like fireball. That would require an atmosphere. Everything should depart in a straight line from the center.
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    My wife talks to birds

    I caught my wife talking to the chickens, thinking they could actually understand her. When I went back to the house and told the cats we had a good laugh.
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    Got COVID?

    I'm curious how people who are not vaxed but have had covid are doing. I don't hear about that anywhere. Most people in my community have had it (covid) and I have not heard of any reinfections around here. And no one wears masks. Well, there was one visitor in church a couple weeks ago that...
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    Tablet/phone based charts

    Avare. Your android device just needs to have gps built in. I've used it since 2013 and it has much more than I need (I'm also vfr only).
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    Should I get a sectional subscription?

    I've used Avare on a tablet, and also have it on a phone for backup for 8 years now. I'm VFR only and do mainly long xc's. From So. Dak. to Fairbanks, Phoenix, Prince Edward Island, Northern MN, South Padre Island, etc. (Long xc's). It has served me well. I flight plan and file VFR plans with...
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