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  1. R

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    Also Brad, you're right about the new technology. When I left, RNAV and HMI was becoming "the thing". Now you can use GPS for approaches and navigation. So I've got some catchin' up to do. Are you into Amateur Radio?
  2. R

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    THANKS Again Brad for your reply and info. I'm looking at getting back with the Offutt AFB Aero Club whose C-150s are $85.00/hr. That seems to be the going rate for my area.
  3. R

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    THANKS for the feedback Brad, I had not heard of that seminar, so I'll take a look. You're definitely right that things have changed immensely since I started flying back in 1970 in Danbury, CT. I loved hanging around pilot lounges and going to AM pancake breakfast fly-ins. I had a whole...
  4. R

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    THANKS Bill, probably will go back to Cessna / Pipers. (C-150 / C-172 / PA-140 / PA-180). I've got several hours in a C-150 aerobat. Joke is that when you do an eight-point roll in one, you dump a quart of oil out each point. My last PIC was in Rome, NY in Aug '79.
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    Directions say to "introduce yourself and jump right in". I am Roy Gertig out of Bellevue, NE. I currently have a Private Pilot ASELS w/ instruments. Haven't used it in 50yrs and am looking to get back into the cockpit. I was also ready to take my Commercial checkride, but had to go overseas. I...
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