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You got that right, mine failed but was the tach not the cable. replaced with a digital primary unit took a couple hours but was simple job.

Your right I meant nearly 13 thousand not million...my bad

As for my conclusions lets just say I'm trying to be optimistic I have never been one to panic.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that swine flu infected nearly 61 million people in the United States and caused 12,469 deaths. Worldwide, up to 575,400 people died from pandemic swine flu. same source so yes

Description Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 is the subtype of influenza A virus that was the most common cause of human influenza in 2009, and is associated with the 1918 outbreak known as the Spanish flu. It is an orthomyxovirus that contains the glycoproteins haemagglutinin and neuraminidase. You mention that nothing like this virus has happened since 1918 yet H1N1 happened in 2009 and nearly 13 thousand people died in the US and over 500k world wide. So far we are just over 1100 infected and just over 30 dead. I think people are a bit too panicked over this. Yes it's serious but I think folks need to take a chill pill. With all the cancellation of big events and now no flights from Europe as well as all the existing restrictions as well as school closures etc. this pandemic is going to fade just as fast as it began. At least I hope so. Dont forget, wash your hands and cover your face when you sneeze

Welllll...at least we approach our landings the same but when it comes to the flight levels I'm not in your league. Many of the small fields with close rising terrain that we fly to require a fluid approach sometimes steep descent with a full forward slip and full flaps gets it done others a nice stable procedure is fine. My first instructor retired Air Force pilot that flew both fixed wing and rotors in combat during the Vietnam war really stressed stick and rudder and learning how to control what you want the airplane to do. Was such a joy to fly with him.

Tragic for sure especially for all those that suffered the loss of life. God speed

Well put, but this whole discussion about reconfiguring for the go around and all I can think of is why not do what I do and set flaps to take off position (in my case two pumps) on approach. you have one less thing to worry about if the go around becomes necessary. Making it even easier still. Unless I'm coming into a real short landing requirement I like a little more speed over the numbers and just fly it onto the runway definitely an advantage with the screwy winds we have at home. I'm sorry to say and I know almost everyone out there will tell me I'm doing it wrong but I never hear the stall horn just before it touches down. Just saying. most important stay ahead of your airplane fly it don't let it fly you.

Thank you I couldn't remember what it was called

What my instructor stressed was being aware of how winds will determine when to make your base to final and if done at the right time the need for a crab should be minimal as the cross wind will align you with the runway. We spent a lot of time flying the box and around a fixed point. Really fun and valuable lesson to see the effects of winds and how to compensate for them.

Lee is a true gentleman and also been given the wright brothers aviation awards for both airmanship and maintenance. Fun to watch video since it features my home base.

Short rudder on ours as well. Afternoon cross winds are the norm at our home field. 15 to 20 knots has never been a problem but would be a good idea to take some instruction from an experienced Mooney CFI to get practiced at how it responds to control inputs. I tend to use forward slips to keep center line.

Today's flight was yesterday. We flew down to LVK to visit the family was also my verification flight for my newly installed Sky beacon (thanks to Spleecho) for not only a nice price on his used unit but for programming it to my transponder. Called Oakland center prior to flight to advise and after climbing out over the lake to assure line of sight for radio contact. Reached out to center which responded right away with a code and confirmed receiving gps signal cleared us ok for VFR navigation direct to destination within the mode C veil. As always Snoopy performance was perfect and trip was without any issues. The dispatch rate of this little airplane has been 99.999% in the several years we have owned it. Also just to let folks know the restaurant at Lampson 1o2 has re opened after some renovation and new management. Haven't tried it yet it's called Reds at the Sky Room. And they have added a pilots lounge that is next to LASAR. To access enter AWOS frequency.

I strongly agree with others that think it's useful to discuss all possible causes because it broadens the scope of things we add to our own level of experience. Let's suppose it was a prop failure but thinking about fuel starvation creates another reminder to be 100% sure about fuel requirements and supply. Another possibility not discussed as to why no evidence of fuel in photos and no fire is the possibility this plane was equipped with bladders that survived the impact. I would like to know if it was because looking at the damage to the area of the wing that contains fuel and if bladders were present and held the fuel it would be clear evidence that they do add a level of protection against fire. I'm sure this will become know from the investigation. We can speculate and still be respectful to all involved in this sad situation

Looking at all the attached pics and there isn't much showing the nose in fact not much of the whole front remaining at least that can be seen from those photos. Such a short flight hard to imagine they ran out of fuel but I suppose anything is possible. Patience I'm sure we will find out what happened and then we can all learn from this horrible accident

Terrible terrible news. Expect it will be quite some time before we know the whole story. Just sucks when these things happen to our fellow flyers. Prayers out to all that were in their lives.

Mooney space win win. I noticed in the first post that the Sky beacon was being replaced so I reached out and we struck a good deal for the purchase of the unit which I installed today. So how about that now I'm compliant and can fly into the Charlie and Bravo. Truth is we only needed it for KLVK as its one we need to access for family and it is just a mile or two into the SFO veil. Thanks again Spleecho and good luck with all your upgrades

Way way back in the day my old friends would always drink single malt scotch definitely as far from a bunch of yuppies as any group can get. Typical was Glenlivit 22 bucks for a 12 year old back in the 80's. Macallan has always been my favorite along with Bunnahabhain. Back then a couple of them went to visit Scotland and came back with a bottle of Macallan royal marriage it was a blend from Charles and Diana's birth dates. One of the best I have ever had. Don't see those guys any more since moving away but I am sure the tradition of single malt is still the case when they get together. I don't drink much at all anymore but if my wife and I go out and I see a bottle of Macallan behind the bar I will always treat myself to a shot, neat of course. Interesting subject for a bunch of aviators remember it's not just 8 from bottle to throttle but any level of impairment be safe but more importantly be smart. just googled the 1981 bottling of the Macallan royal marriage, average current price 6000 pounds. Looks like you can still get a 12 year old Livit single malt for under 25 dollars.

Good to here when we last had it done he was not planning to keep going so must have found a place off field to keep going. But I remember him telling me that he is not permitted to service anywhere on airport property so yes only works if you remove prop and get it to him.

If your referring to golden state propeller he is no longer there. Airport remodeling forced him off the property and I think he just closed shop. Too bad he was great to work with and only charged a hundred twenty five

We took Snoopy out a few days ago, weather has been not so hot for most of a month. Was just a milk run but a perfect flight except for one little mistake.

Straw hoop design, made it elementary school for a paper airplane contest. It flew the farthest and won

Not aware of a 1 AMU adsb option cheapest I know of is Garmin GDL at 1.7 AMU but requires around 8 hours to install or Uavionics at 1.9 AMU but with simple install. Please advise if you have knowledge of a thousand dollar solution

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