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One of our daughters, who has been sheltering in with us for a few weeks, had to get down to her rental house and get mail and mow the yard. It is a 6+ hour drive one way. We did it like this instead: ... and being back at home before 4 PM. BTW, those out and back times included: 1) landing, grabbing a crew car gratis (plug Beaver Lake Aviation....a.k.a Walmart's FBO) 2) grabbed lunch to go 3) Driving 10 miles ish to get to her house 4) Mowing her front, back, and side yards with a push mower 5) Her fixing a transport data pipeline issue via VPN for a very large retail organization that she works as a big data ETL/analyst type so goodies can continue to get to stores 6) Ordering and grabbing a huge mess of sushi to go from my wife's favorite sushi restaurant: 2 Crazy Crab rolls, 1 Rainbow Roll (should have gotten more), 1 Philly, 1 Mango roll, 1 Green Dragon, 2 Cali Rolls 7) Going to a store and getting a soft thermal insulated bag for the aforementioned loot. 9) Driving the 10 miles back and blasting off for the return. All the while we hardly approached a soul and stayed distanced with the exception of the two drive-through food runs. All that at my 9.2 GPH about 40 LOP, 2500 RPM Go Mooney13 points
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During this down time, I’ve gotten around to wrapping my yokes.. finished the copilot side today. Thought some of you might want to see for ideas for your own projects. The triangle logo plate isn’t done yet. I’m thinking I’ll just paint some light metal stock and then laser etch the paint off for the details.. my original logo plate is all scratched up.11 points
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I am a immigrant from Taiwan and live in the States for almost 30 years. Therefore, I have access to Mandarin speaking news from friends and families. Taiwan has a democratic government and becomes the model of fighting CV19. This 24 million people nation (live in 19K sq miles island) was originally estimated to be the second highest risky place from CV19 pandemic in the early this year because it's not far from the mainland China and it had daily flight to Wuhan city until Feb 6, 2020. If you follow the news you know so far Taiwan have merely less than 400 people infected and only 1 death. Taiwan is excluded from WHO because of China's influence (and ICAO,....etc.). When the government sent 2 doctors to Wuhan in December 19 when they heard a rumor, they immediately know something's going on. They sent warning letter to WHO but being ignored. Taiwan activated the pandemic prevention act (passed the legislation after SARS) on Jan 5 by detecting people's temperature on every airport and enforce self quarantine at home for the suspicious cases. Enough of the detail. You might ask, what's the condition today in Taiwan? There is no lock down and most of the businesses are still open. But there is wearing face mask enforcement in the public transportation system and going to the hospitals. There's social distancing rule. Despite all the restaurants and businesses are still open and everyone goes to work, it still impact the service industries very bad. From the interviews I watched, there's about 40 to 50% decrease in restaurant businesses. Here is a case happen 3 days ago in Taiwan. Please think about it if you like to take this kind of "privacy lost during abnormal time"? There was a warship returned from a 30 days mission several days ago. Taiwan DOD did not check the soldiers' well being and allow them to go home. And it turned out there're 30 confirmed cases and 70 suspected cases among the sailors. About 2 days ago, there're 200,000 people in Taiwan receiving a text message saying that they might be in the closed proximity of these sailors in the past several days. Just take extra caution if they felt unwillingness, they can call the CV19 hotline 1922 for the help (Taiwan has the world best healthcare system and the full healthcare insurance). The data was derived by the big data collected by the wireless providers and was promptly used to derive the resulting cellphone numbers for sending the text message. TV news immediately questioned the president about the encroachment of the privacy. President's response was "Because of the emergency situation, the information was used due to the abnormal time. Taiwan has the pandemic legislation currently in effect which authorizes the head of CDC make such decision to use this data.". And later survey shows the citizen approves this as people rather receive this text message than implement a lock down, which impact the freedom and economy greatly. I agree we should do it here if that's an option. Anyway the wireless providers already have the same data of our where-about if you carry a cellphone. (That's how they can send the calls to you while you moving around). But there's an on-going development in the US better than using the cellphone data and sending the text messages; I heard Apple and Google are building a Bluetooth warning app in their cellphone O/S. When one near a known CV19 patient, the cellphone will provide a warn without reveal your personal identity or the patient's identity. I hope this invention can deploy soon and help to restore our normal life. But again, do you really think your where-about is not collected when you carry a cellphone? I am not saying we should give up our rights but instead, we should use it smartly in situation like today. Google and Apple actually already have your data all the time and they sell to their affiliates. Instead of selling to affiliates without my consent, I rather use it to protect my freedom to go out, my freedom to work and protect the economy. My $0.027 points
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Thanks for all the props guys (pun intended) i started out my career as an industrial designer in the motorcycle apparel industry.. so, I kind of have professional experience that helps, but this really isn’t rocket science. Just work the leather how you want it and figure out how the hide responds.. every hide is different. work out the patterns and go at it again with final fit.. I used my cnc laser to etch the hide like I had done on my seats. It’s fun for me, but is tedious work. Patience and reworking is required to get good quality.6 points
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I usually say, "If you can hear me, rock the tower". Seriously. if you are with approach and. you cannot raise the tower, tell approach and land. Towers don't want to have to write up a go-around which they are required to do unless you tell them ahead of time by asking for the option. Some years ago I was approaching DFW. Could not get a word in edgewise on tower to get a landing clearance. I remembered the immortal words of. the ATL tower chief, "if you can't get us, just land, we know you're coming from approach." So I double checked the runway and told the F/O, "go ahead and land". We did and the tower controller then said, "turn right, hold short 17R and thank you so much". The same tower chief told me a story of a phone call he got from a Captain that was beating around the bush about his landing, then he finally said, "Captain, just tell me what you did." He blubbered out, "We landed without a clearance", the tower chief said into the phone, "OK, cleared to land".6 points
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Rather than dwell on the politics of COVID, I thought I’d just add a little “what we’re up to” post, since I’ve been away from Mooney space for a while. As a flight instructor in the USAF, We've been deemed an “essential business:” we’re still training students so I’ve had the good fortune to continue to fly. The briefings have been a bit different, with “social distancing” and masks as the norm. For those that have seen a fighter squadron before, you’d be pretty disappointed to see that our coffee makers are all shut down, the popcorn machines are shuttered and our squadron “heritage rooms” (bars) are basically a ghost town. Part of my ground job involves some of the supporting agencies on the field (RAPCON, tower, ground, airfield ops/management)- these hard working individuals have been working crazy hours to keep the skies safe over Phoenix, and I’m proud to be associated with them. As a military member, I am currently restricted to a 100nm radius from my home station for personal travel. I have been taking the Mooney out to see if I can test the limits of those boundaries. Over the weekend, I took my son down to E63 (Gila Bend), and filled up on AVGAS.... would you believe it, but it was only $3.30 a gallon!! I can’t remember the last time I paid that little! Hard to believe, six weeks ago I was paying that for 87 unleaded! So I guess that’s one good thing that’s come of this mess? Hope you all are safe and healthy.6 points
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That was a great story it took me almost 40 years to find my dream of flight. Back in high school a close friend and I would talk about how great it would be to build an airplane well we had a Pitts or a BD5 in mind but of course we were just a couple poor well middle class kids so the closest we could get was to build a hang glider using bamboo plastic tarp and duct tape following a plan in popular science or mechanics I can't remember which. His family owned a very large parcel here in lake county with a nice hill that dropped into a flat field. Test flights ended up with lots of cuts and scrapes but the thing did glide somewhat just enough to scare the crap out of anyone with even a little common sense. He went on to get his private in our senior year and we would cut class before lunch drive down to Hayward airport and rent a 152 and fly over the school during lunchtime. Fast forward to year 50 at my girlfriend now wife's encouragement I ended up buying a 150 and getting my private right here in Lake County.5 points
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My wife taught me that if you keep a wine glass in each hand, you can’t accidentally touch your face.5 points
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Thanks! Its all SCS - they are superb. They did my rugs too. They have all the patterns to do a mooney without too much trouble and the prices I remember were better than most other options by a good bit - but its been maybe 3 years and so I can't remember.... I just went to their website - and i see they are in the PPE-covid-save the world business these days. So all the more reason to support a good company. Leather does just smell good. Pheonix is hot - and I've been there melting more than a handful of times in my life...but not as hot as a good ol' hot and humid Georgia summer. Sheepskins are awesome. I have a set that I got right before I redid mine so I still have almost new sheepskins waiting until my leather is no longer "as new". Protect the leather? Or show the leather. I show the leather. Which reminds me of my grandma Sonia. Who was a frugal lady who walked out of russia with her parents during WWI - a good time to leave russia, and they emigrated to the USA in the late teens. She lived through a great depression and two world wars. Very frugal in many ways. She had a couch with plastic on it full time to protect it. When she was about 90 and moved to a retirement community she gave me that 40 year old couch that I used to sit on when I was like 5....and she would say, don't sit on the couch! When she gave it to me, she said, "its new!".4 points
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My first annual with our '66 E is going pretty well and I certainly don't expect any biggies...but, it's definitely time for new seals and o-rings in a few places. Master cylinder, flap actuator, and parking brake lock are showing signs of leaks, during the inspection so far. Fortunately, these are all (I think) relatively minor issues. Photos just because everyone loves photos...and I'll learn something from the feedback here.3 points
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Not exactly. The reason for getting an instructor specific to your type of airplane is because with their experience in type they can teach good practices from the beginning. Because they know the airplane well, they should see well in advance when things are about to go wrong and step in to prevent a problem. An instructor not intimately familiar in type just can't impart that type of knowledge. It takes time to gain the knowledge. Like a doctor who specializes in a particular phase of medicine, it has always made sense to me to specialize in a particular airplane type, especially when it comes to transition training. Flight instructing is a rewarding endeavor. You can be part of helping many people achieve their dreams while doing the same for yourself.3 points
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In a flying lawnmower with wings it is not a waste to spend an enormous amount of time looking at your oil pressure and temperature...also your monoxide sensor.... If you wait for alarms to go off it may be to late,,,you must track the trends in your mind.... everything else is just fluff.......3 points
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I don't believe so. I think they mean just to not start your Lean Find, from full rich. Rather lean back to a reasonable ROP setting, let everything settle down, then start the Lean Find and let it help you find a good LOP setting.3 points
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Agreed. That’s the reason why an instructor is there, really... to anticipate this sort of issue and be ready to stop it.3 points
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Who says a Mooney wont haul very much. This all fit in the baggage compartment. My wife had the whole back seat to herself. Landings are nice loaded like this with half flaps. We traveled from our home in San Antonio to our vacation place at the coast and never got within fifty feet of another person.2 points
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In early 2016 I went from a KMA24 to a PS 7000BT because it was cheaper than doing the top of the line at the time and it was lightyears ahead of what I had. Even the labor was a little cheaper since there was a common plug between the KMA24 and the 7000. That was a stupid decision. The little I saved wasn't worth missing the extra features of the 8000 & up PS Engineering products. If you spend a little more, you'll forget about what you spent the day you pick it up, If you spend a little less you'll kick yourself every time you look at it.2 points
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I had perforated leather made by SCS and I love it. Now remember I am hardly living south...but i have visited the south - in the summer - not fully willingly. Anyway the seats were not the problem in the heat. Chicago - - no problem. SCS is in Minnesota. Great product great prices. https://scs-interiors.com I also had memory foam, and also nice lumbar and also the base of the seats I had them build them out a bit so they were not quite as short to help accommodate my extra long legs.2 points
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Well put. I recently retired from teaching SCUBA diving for 40 years, and in addition to what Don writes above, there are times you have to take a student aside and have a serious talk with them. When they are learning a new skill which practiced carelessly has the potential to lead to fatal results, you may have to counsel them about the realities of their undertaking. I have only had to "fire" two students in 40 years, but had no regrets. Unfortunately, one found another instructor and ended up losing their life in a cave just two years later when they had never been trained to do that. Instructing opens up opportunities for the students some have never considered and allows the instructor to grow and refine their knowledge and skills at the same time. It may not be for everyone, but for those passionate about teaching, it can be a life long journey.2 points
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It is not rumor. They have several flybys in the works. Both the Navy and AF will post the dates and places as things firm up. It helps when POTUS wants to see more flybys. Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk2 points
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It amazes me that people think things that were built 50 years ago are crap because they need service. Heck, most people I know sell their 10 year old cars if they start to leak....2 points
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Great discussion on this thread, and as Anthony notes, an informed and thoughtful one - which is rare in these troubled times. While the virus doesn't do politics or economics, it does create new conditions for both. <speech on> As a lawyer working at the intersections of resource development, constitutional and public law in Canada, I'm seeing daily evidence that our existing legal orders are being challenged in the current crisis in unprecedented ways. If anything is clear - we'll need both an informed and enlightened leadership (not just politicians, but at all levels of society) and an informed and altruistic citizenry to navigate this crisis. I don't think that we can say with any confidence that those conditions exist, but at least in a democracy, we have to the option create them. We can be moved by the angels of our better natures, and work to protect each other while maintaining the foundations of our many rights and freedoms. I think we all recognize that in any functioning society, no right is absolute, and that in many cases, our individual liberties must necessarily give way to protecting our fellow citizens from harm. In an emergency, those imperatives are greater. At the same time, we must hold those who are in power accountable for their decisions by insisting on transparency and best evidence to inform policy, and equally, be vigilant against misinformation and on guard against those who would use the present crisis to further their own ends. <speech off> For more and much more eloquent thoughts in a similar vein, I'd recommend this piece by historian Yuval Noah Harari in the Financial Times of London as he weighs the impacts and benefits of using surveillance technology to fight the virus. He argues that we can have freedom, privacy and health - but it will require much more of all of us and our institutions. https://www.ft.com/content/19d90308-6858-11ea-a3c9-1fe6fedcca752 points
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The main reason an instructor is paid is to teach you to keep it from happening in the first place.2 points
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A good economist is also a good psychologist... One cannot forecast human behavior without understanding the human decision-making process. And not just everyone has been trained to have or consistently use a good process. In any case, I think the economists are in a bit of a bind because the human factors really aren't well-understood enough to be up to the task. But to the point of recovery, I think it really depends on the actions of those who were financially secure during the duration of the lock-down: If we continue to hold back, recovery will be slow or non-existent. If we return to normal or even elevated spending levels (especially if we choose local businesses and US-made products), recovery will be assured (though it may not be rapid). No, I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn last night... Take it all with an appropriate grain (boulder?) of salt.2 points
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Looks like that “crack” is near the plug. I once learned a poor mans dye penetrant trick that often works in similar situations. The borescope improves on it. While watching the scope, spray a little brake cleaner on the OUtside of the jug and see if it wicks to the crack. If it does, it is almost definitely a crack. You can spray inside too, if it takes longer to evaporate from the location. it MAY be a crack. These are crude, but easy checks without the need to pull the jug. We used to catch cracks this way around exhaust ports where the lead residue would act like the powder of dye pen. I would NOT declare airworthiness this way....for situational awareness only.2 points
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You think it's possible that you may have flubbed an approach and scared the old girl so bad she wet herself? I actually just rebuilt the oleo strut main gears on my Cherokee 180 and when I removed the large orings at the bottom of the strut housing they were worn/deformed so that the portion contacting the polished rod was permanently flat. It amazes me at the simplicity of most of the systems that get and keep us airborne. Like who ever decided "Let's throw an overgrown sewing machine on the front of a beer can and go fly. And, oh yeah, we want it fast too!!!!"2 points
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If the 440 were to downgrade after the faf due to loss of waas for example, it won’t come back to lpv during the same approach. It shouldn’t cycle quickly between lpv/lnav at all. Sounds like the 440 was happy with the lpv solution the whole time. Communication or display problem? If this happened above LNAV mins you could use those and transition to a non precision approach, or go missed. Below LNAV mins you’d need to execute your missed approach (or land if visual with the runway). I’d be pretty careful continuing to LNAV mins if my display was suddenly questionable after the faf and I didn’t know why.2 points
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Remember, it’s not your airplane yet... you really want your prebuy mechanic to be anal and thorough! If the deal is structured properly, the seller should be paying for airworthiness issues, not you. If your mechanic does a half ass job and your next annual costs $13,249, then you’ll wish you had a more thorough prebuy! A cylinder wouldn’t be the end of the world for me either, but would definitely cause me to get the price reduced accordingly.2 points
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May not be a crack, but a dye penetrant inspection could tell for certain. You'd have to pull the cylinder to do that, though, unless the crack were also evident somewhere externally. You can always use that to negotiate the price down. A crack isn't the end of the world, since cylinders are neither difficult nor prohibitively expensive to replace.2 points
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As you're selling the plane, I wouldn't do anything to it. If I was a buyer, the only negative is the useful load and I see ways to mitigate that with an Encore upgrade. But I'd let the buyer do that. I was seriously considering a 231 until I learned that a 252 could get significantly better useful load because of the Encore conversion. To my mind, that's a huge benefit of a 252. Mooneys are always short on useful load. But the F, Eagle, and Encore, can all have over 1000 lbs of useful load. And 252's can be converted to Encores.2 points
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Thank you for the service to our country and actually this thread has been very politics free and for that I compliment the gallery2 points
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Ross is correct. One of the nuances is trying to figure out the balance between a rapidly deployed test, a cheap test, and the “best” test. If I want to try to assess whether you have a protective immune response the “gold standard” might be something called an enzyme linked Immunoadsorbant Assay (ELISA). It uses antibodies that are essentially mass produced and linked to a little enzyme color generator to give a semi-quantitative indication of how much stuff those antibodies are attached to. The stuff can be virus particles, other antibodies, chemicals etc. The amount of color of the detection (sometimes radioactivity is used instead of a coloring agent), is normalized to a known standard scale. This way I can either determine a value for how much stuff (eg your blood serum), or a serial dilution of that stuff can be performed to determine the lowest detection limit for the assay (a titration -> determine a titer). In this setup you need to have a target that represents / can substitute for the clinically important thing you’re trying to measure, namely a protective antibody immune response. If a kid comes in with recurrent pneumonia I might send vaccine titers for things like Strep pneumoniae and tetanus. If he’s below a certain threshold for his antibody “levels”, he won’t have a protective immune response. They might still be detectable, but non protective at those low concentrations. Back to COVID. The primary test methodology that seems to be coming online is lateral flow assay. This is what you’d find in a doctors office for a rapid strep test, rapid flu, or pregnancy test. The issue is it’s not a quantitative assay. If you have enough “stuff” above a threshold to react with the test reagent, you get a line on a strip. It’s more difficult if not impossible to determine what that threshold for protective immune response might correlate with using this test format. It might be more useful for determining whether you have IgM but no IgG (indicative of active or very recent infection), but probably won’t tell you if you will be immune if you get re-exposed to the virus.2 points
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Under calm condition I will float the plane in landing configuration and add a little bit of power to hold it in the sweet spot.. IMG_2559.mov2 points
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Both my younger brother and I dreamed of flying from a very early age. We both wanted to fly Air Force jets, but growing up during Viet Nam to pacifist parents, that was out as well. I had corrected vision, so getting paid to fly was out of the question. My brother is a Southwest Captain and his journey to that left seat is quite a story as well. I bought a Kitplane magazine in 1990 but as the cost of the magazine was a stretch for a young High School teacher, buying anything described in the magazine was out of the question. In 1991 I happened to be in the Portland area and drove out to see the Vans factory. I fell in love with the RV6 and was still dreaming of building one as recently as 2010. But I've never really wanted to build, I really just wanted a cheaper way to fly. In 2005, having changed careers to a much more lucrative industry, and a divorce that removed the filter off the checkbook, and (most everything out of the checking account) my brother convinced me to take one flying lesson. And if I liked it, take one more.... Six lessons later I soloed and realized the dream of saying I knew how to fly. In Feb 2010, I bought an M20C and realized that dream of owning my own airplane. It's been a long road, but not sure I could have done it any quicker given the circumstances. Regardless, it's been worth every bit of it. My brother and I with our own airplane.2 points
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$2295 from @Avionics Source. But then you have to find someone willing to install it. @Avionics Source will take that 8000BT in on trade towards the 450B Like you said, it's only money.1 point
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I made the decision to buy a 231 based on the price being lower than a 252. Here are a few thoughts and some of the differences I think are most important. Nothing about avionics listed as there are many other sources for this information. 1. Intercooler and Merlyn Upper Deck Pressure controller. With the upgrades to add an intercooler and an upper deck pressure controller you significantly close the gap to a 252. Still have to manage boost pressure manually (becomes second nature after a few flights). I know intercoolers are still available for about 10k, not sure about the Merlyn controllers if you buy one without these. I believe both of these should be mandatory upgrades on a 231. 2. Encore Upgrade. The 231 doesn’t have the option to upgrade to the Encore. Mine is partially upgraded to glass, has the backup vacuum removed, went to a MT prop (15lb lighter) and has a useful load of 920 lb. Knowing the Encore is rated almost 200 lb heavier with the same wing and 10 additional hp gives me comfort loading up to max gross weight with no concerns. 3. LB Engine. As stated above…the GB engine is less ideal than the LB and requires more conservative operation. There are also some 231’s that have been upgraded to the MB engine which effectively makes them a 252 with a 12V system. 4. 231’s are all 12V and 252’s are 24V – many, if not all of the 252’s, have backup alternators while the 231’s need an aftermarket add-on if you want this. There is some safety redundancy here. 5. The removable rear seats in the later 231’s (guessing approx. 1982 forward) is a huge convenience. I can put two road bikes or two mountain bikes in my plane with the rear seats out. It takes about 2 mins to remove the rear seats. Good luck with your search. If you can afford a 252 or Encore they offer more performance for more money. You will have to determine what you can afford and the best “bang for the buck” tradeoff’s.1 point
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For many years we loved to listen to and watch Carl Sagans account of the vastness of the universe with billions and billions of galaxies. This was a number most people could not get their heads around. Well now with the Covid stimulus and relief bills we finally have a workable comparison1 point
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Received the following message from a friend and thought it was worth sharing: Rumors are spreading that the Air Force Thunderbirds and Navy Blue Angels flight teams are collaborating on a joint flyover of the New York/Philadelphia region to honor medical workers serving on the front lines of the pandemic fight. Talk of a flyby comes as airshow enthusiasts are writing about possible plans for flyovers of major cities as part of a national morale-boosting campaign. A “draft bulletin,” which purports to be issued by the FAA describes 15 aircraft from the combined teams departing from McGuire and flying throughout the region. An Air Force spokeswoman declined comment, but said joint training exercises were taking place. “The US Air Force Thunderbirds arrived at NAS Pensacola on Monday to conduct joint training with the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron in preparation for possible future operations.”1 point
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The Thunderbirds posted this on their twitter Monday, a great little clip of them doing the flyover mixed in with videos from people on the ground. There are a lot of other clips on Youtube but the little kid at the beginning of this one makes the whole thing. "What are you waiting for? Airplane to fly!" https://twitter.com/AFThunderbirds/status/1252307224187322369?s=201 point
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To remove the handle, you pull apart the ring by pulling on each side of the ring around the pin. The ring is a split ring. You just squeeze it back together again when you line up the ends into the pin's hole.1 point
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I think you could economize on your use of words. i.e. "One cannot forecast human behavior without understanding the human decision-making process."1 point
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Per the operator's manual, page 3-36 (page 68 of the PDF), it's a relatively flat torque curve (see the sea level section). Peak is probably just above 2600 RPM, but not by much; best guess is that it's basically at peak between 2550 and 2725 and falls off slowly on either side. For all practical purposes, any cruise setting will be in the power band, no matter what it is.1 point
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@malyce7 Hey there! I was that gent! Glad you are continuing your search. If you want to meander over to MQY sometime soon I’m happy to get you up for a flight.1 point
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I was fishing for Reds in the flats off the Florida west coast two weekends ago and two fighter jets did a low pass over the open water. It really is a morale booster to hear and feel that display of power. Did a flyover of my home last evening in the Mooney and my wife didn't even mention it. (sigh)1 point
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I think you are right - in all 13 points you made. Hahah - seriously though - I am amazed at how differently this new ignition is burning the fuel load to so dramatically change the temps especially most obvious in the Tit.1 point
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Very sad to see this happen. My condolence to friends and families of those involved. Flying formation with dissimilar aircraft a lead need to spent extra time discussing all aspects of the issues in the briefing such as climbing performance, approach speed and cruising speed...etc. I know a friend who is actively involved with the Spruce Creek formation group. They fly formation in dissimilar aircraft all the time. I guess a briefing may not be as detail since they've done that for so long. Not sure if the lead used the briefing checklist. The RTB, recovery and landing must be discussed during a briefing if a checklist is used. This is a reminder of those whom flying formation a detailed briefing is always needed before a flight. And moreover, a detailed debrief is always needed after each flight as well. Do not skip a debriefing because each flight can have its own unique saturation that didn't happen before. A detailed debriefing makes everyone involved got something to learn from. So the concerns can be addressed on the next flight.1 point