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"Honesty, Integrity, and a willingness to listen" by Skylune
These are the attributes the Destroyer uses to describe the new Transportation Secretary. He then says he intends to "educate" her on the issue of user fees. LOL. If these are truly her attributes, she will promptly show the Destroyer the door, as her fellow Arizonan, John McCain, has...
September 7th 06 06:00 PM
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"I don't know what he is doing up there".....ATC by Ron Lee[_2_]
"I don't know what he is doing up there".....ATC Controller I just returned from my first West Coast trip in the RV-6A. The plan was to go to Page AZ to take photos at Antelope Canyon, hike out to the Wave, go to Catalina Island via Bear Lake airport, then up to Fresno to see Yosemite. The trip...
March 27th 08 03:43 AM
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"I love this site and I appreciate the breadth of skills that areemployed in the various games." by Suganya
"I love this site and I appreciate the breadth of skills that are employed in the various games." http://shenrilaa.googlepages.com/
March 6th 08 10:55 AM
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"I only fly one of my seven airplanes at a time." by Mark
(CNSNews.com) -- Actor, environmental activist and pilot Harrison Ford, who owns seven airplanes, told his environmental critics that he will "start walking everywhere when they start walking everywhere.” http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=64907 --- Mark
May 10th 10 08:35 AM
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"If you don't like weather in Mobile, just wait a minute... by Dan Luke
....and you still won't like it: http://tinyurl.com/2zcu93
July 2nd 07 10:27 PM
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"Imagine the impossible and do it." Dr. Paul MacCready Dies In His Sleep August 28, 2007 by Larry Dighera
Aviation has lost one of it's bright shining geniuses whose innovative work revolutionized and expanded the boundaries of aviation. He is credited with imploring, ""Imagine the impossible and do it." A daring experimental physicist, MacCready was one of the few scientists to fly a free balloon...
August 31st 07 07:54 PM
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"Jericho" by Orval Fairbairn
Has anybody been watching the new TV shoe, "Jericho" on CBS Wed. nights? It is about a small town in northern Kansas, after nuclear devices have been set off in Denver and several other US cities. The town is "isolated," but the apparently have a small airport, which was the scene of some...
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October 28th 06 01:10 AM
by gatt Go to last post
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"Kissing The Black Ass" News by FREEDOM-OF-SPEECH
"Kissing The Black Ass" News Veronica Hannon Thrasher and her husband objected to the "Waldo Watermelon" caricature, which they said looked like "a happy black slave eating watermelon." http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,414042,00.html POLITICAL CORRECTNESS-TYRANNY WITH MANNERS
August 31st 08 05:37 PM
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"Lawn Chair, Two O'Clock, One Mile..." by quietguy
John Deakin included this link in his latest "Pelican's Perch" column on AvWeb.com: http://home.earthlink.net/~quade/lawnchair.html Despite the downbeat ending I find it inspirational: chase that dream...
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May 27th 07 01:55 PM
by Dan Luke Go to last post
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"License to taxi" by Mxsmanic
In the movie _Airport_ (1971), the airport manager mentions that Joe Patroni, the miraculous mechanic who gets a stuck 707 off the runway, is "licensed to taxi." Is there really such a thing as a license to taxi?? -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
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October 18th 06 12:58 PM
by Ron Natalie Go to last post
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"Mermaid" question by AJ
Has anyone flown the Sport Aircraft Company's "Mermaid"? If so, what are your impressions of it? Is it as unwieldy as it seems in the company's videos? (It's at http://www.sportaircraftworks.com/mermainmain.html). AJ Reply
June 8th 06 11:19 AM
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"Mohammed Atta Was in my Cockpit" by Orval Fairbairn
I received this as part of Gary Wiblins' (So. Africa) Aviation Safety email: It is truly chilling! "Mohammad Atta was in my Cockpit Jump-seat**by*Pat This is the response from a retired Delta pilot in response to questions
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September 12th 06 12:50 AM
by John Galban Go to last post
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"Movement Area" (airplanes and trucks) by Andrew Gideon
Landing on 22 at KCDW today (after a fantastic little trip with my wife shooting photos of the fall colors around our town), I was instructed to taxi via H to N to RN tie-down. P, the taxiway normally used to reach N from that point, was closed for construction. That taxi clearance put me in...
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November 8th 05 09:42 PM
by Jose Go to last post
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"Must-Have" Podcasts? by Kai Glaesner
Hello community, since I'm commuting a lot and aviation related content is rare on the air, I got used to listening podcasts while in the car. Starting with Jason Miller's great "The Finer Points" I'm now looking for more sources, especially related to IFR flying and other "advanced"...
September 24th 06 04:20 PM
by Thomas Borchert Go to last post
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"Over time, Mogas deteriorates faster than Avgas" by Jay Honeck
This from a thread in rec.aviation.owning: Leave unleaded mogas in your lawnmower for a year, and it likely won't start. Autogas lacks the stabilizer package found in avgas. You know, I've heard that ever since I started using mogas in my planes, but I've never seen a cite, nor have I...
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September 18th 07 07:41 PM
by Cubdriver Go to last post
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"Pakistani" airfield near Toronto? by Paul Tomblin
I was out flying around western New York yesterday, listening to 122.7 which is used for a lot of local airports as a CTAF. As usual, I could also hear some airports in southern Ontario. But then I heard something weird - a couple of guys with thick Pakistani accents were on the frequency, and it...
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August 10th 06 06:41 AM
by Jay Beckman Go to last post
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"Pearl Harbor" still sucks... by Jay Honeck
Despite this fact, we had a great turnout for our second pilot's movie night. Our invited friends included the owners of: ....a Bellanca Super Viking ....a '29 Travel Air Biplane ....a Super Cub ....a Swearingen SX-300 ....an RV-10 kit (in progress...) ....a Glasair II ....a Rose Parakeet
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May 29th 06 01:52 AM
by Andrew Gideon Go to last post
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"Pentagon Wants Kill Switch for Planes" by Jim Logajan
"Pentagon Wants Kill Switch for Planes" By Noah Shachtman "The Pentagon's non-lethal weapons division is looking for technologies that could "disable" aircraft, before they can take off from a runway -- or block the planes from flying over a given city of stretch of land. it would like...
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June 16th 08 03:27 PM
by Maxwell[_2_] Go to last post
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"Pilots for 9/11 Truth" by Orval Fairbairn
Over on alt.politics.usa is a thread called "Pilots for 9/11 Truth", with the usual collection of kooks and loons seeking "TRUTH". I am the only pilot there challanging them, so, if you want to play with the animals, I suggest that others join the party!
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September 3rd 06 06:45 AM
by cjcampbell Go to last post
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"Raptor Force" on PBS by Jon
Pretty interesting look at how several 'air superiority' birds are designed and operate: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/?s=raptor+force If you haven't already seen the show, it's been airing on PBS' "Nature" recently and is worth a look. Regards,
September 28th 08 05:07 PM
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