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FS: DG-400 Motorglider by 2G
N321V, SN 4-149, 1986, 1950 TTAF, 171 TT engine, 17 m tips. All ADs complied with. Located in Richland, WA, glider has spent most of its life in a dry desert climate (yes, there is a desert in Washington!). Instruments include airspeed, altimeter (35,000 ft), LXNAV LX100 vario, Borgelt B40 vario,...
September 20th 13 02:32 PM
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90 degrees off topic... by 2G
On Tuesday, March 6, 2001 at 4:34:39 AM UTC-8, Jean Richard wrote: Kirk Stant a écrit : Why? While I may agree that metric units are OK for ground use, in the air and on the sea the Nautical mile (one minute of latitude) is the preferred unit of distance, easily measured on any...
April 17th 20 04:04 AM
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Scary story about landing on a Lake Tahoe golf course by 2G
Good part was it was late in the day and there were no golfers on this hole: https://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-3.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=8033935
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August 6th 20 10:56 PM
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FAA installs first of a series of weather cams in Colorado by 2G
This site is really a one-stop site for most aviation weather and other info like TFRs: https://weathercams.faa.gov/ Kudos to the FAA for doing something really right.
August 18th 20 02:05 PM
by Eric Greenwell[_4_] Go to last post
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David Blaine's balloon flight shows variations of wind speed with altitude by 2G
His flight on Wednesday took his instrumented balloon up to 27,000 ft (including a transponder). His flight track shows wind variations of up to 15 kt over a narrow range of altitudes (the flight occurred during relatively calm weather...
September 7th 20 05:08 AM
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First of the phony polls to be exposed: Florida by 2G
Pres. Trump has won Florida by 3.5 points. The polls that got it RIGHT: Trafalgar - Trump by 2 Fox - Trump by 1 The polls that got it WRONG: CNBC - Biden by THREE! (wrong by 6.5!!) Reuters - Biden by FOUR! (wrong by 7.5!!) Quinnipiac - Biden by FIVE! (wrong by 8.5!!)
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November 5th 20 08:15 PM
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A terrific story of humanity and chivalry during horrific times by 2G
We can all learn much about life from this: https://www.cnn.com/2013/03/09/living/higher-call-military-chivalry/index.html
March 28th 21 10:26 PM
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Acid Al won't even DARE to watch Lyin' Biden's press conference... by 2G
....he KNOWS how disappointed he will be, having to read (poorly) from his cheat sheets!
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March 29th 21 11:11 PM
by Ramy[_2_] Go to last post
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Who is Daryl Kabatoff? by 2G
Busker's mom wants police to pick up son Man ejected from Fringe 'very ill' Sarah Gibb Special to The StarPhoenix August 10, 2004
April 2nd 21 04:06 AM
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U. of Chicago COVID-19 interactive data visualization tool by 2G
The U. of Chicago has taken my infection rate metric (confirmed cases per million population) to the next level: interactive county-by-county visualization. This shows hot spots that state level data miss. Hot spots are counties with high infection rate that are surrounded by counties with elevated...
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April 8th 20 10:03 AM
by Martin Gregorie[_6_] Go to last post
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Battery switching without tears by 2G
On one of my flights last year I had to switch between my avionics battery and engine battery when the avionics battery voltage dropped too low (I had left the master on after the last flight and could only partially charge the avionics battery before launching). The switch over seemed to go okay,...
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April 18th 20 11:28 PM
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Registering deLorme Inreach SE with SSA by 2G
I recently swithced to the inreach SE from SPOT. My SPOT was on the SSA's sailplane tracker successfully for years, but I can't seem to get it to access my inreach share page, which is: https://share.delorme.com/tomseim Any ideas as to what I am doing wrong? Tom
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July 16th 14 04:41 AM
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When is too many at a glider meet by 2G
I recently learned that Bruno has increased the number of gliders for the Nephi, UT event to 80. That's right, eight zero. IMHO, that is too many, even if FLARM is mandated. There will be pilots there from virtually zero cross country time to seasoned racers. They may be lulled into a false sense...
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July 17th 15 09:39 PM
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AirGlide/Butterfly Vario Setup by 2G
On Saturday, April 8, 2017 at 12:20:45 PM UTC-7, Fox Two wrote: Does anybody know how to input your glider's empty weight? I've found pilot weight and ballast weight, but not empty glider weight. Thanks, Chris There is no way to input the glider's empty weight, AFAIK. The weight is...
April 11th 17 11:05 PM
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VTOL Electric Aircraft by 2G
Dale Kramer proposed a kickstarter funder VTOL aircraft a couple of years ago (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1553012513/vlazair-model-of-230mph-3hr-flight-vertical-takeof) that I had a number of serious concerns over. While the kickstarter was unsuccessful, it is worth noting that such an...
February 10th 18 08:47 PM
by Kiwi User Go to last post
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Butterfly vario waypoints by 2G
Can anyone out there tell me how to load a waypoint file (cup) into a Air Avionics Butterfly vario (aka Display S)? The manual is very vague on this. Tom
June 25th 18 04:21 PM
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ASH26E For Sale by 2G
Trading up to an ASH31Mi. Rex, the Schleicher dealer, did the maintenance and last annual: https://wingsandwheels.com/class/classified.php?id=2999 It is located at Williams, CA for inspection.
March 11th 19 01:17 AM
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Dershowitz: Mueller got the law 'all wrong' on obstruction of justice by 2G
Dershowitz grades Mueller: Obstruction of justice: C+ Legal analysis: B+ Dershowitz media grade: F https://wjla.com/news/nation-world/dershowitz-on-mueller-report-obstruction-of-justice He says that Pres Trump can't be charged with obstruction for performing his Constitutionally mandated duties,...
April 21st 19 07:01 PM
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Bloomberg: "I want to raise taxes on the poor" by 2G
No joke, Bloomberg thinks this is a GOOD IDEA! https://www.atr.org/flashback-bloomberg-says-raising-taxes-poor-people-good-thing Actually, ALL you libtards want to do this, you just WON'T ADMIT IT like Bloomberg did!!!
November 30th 19 06:39 PM
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LX9000 File system corruption by 2G
Today I turned on my LX9070 and got a message that the file system was corrupted and the unit would enter the Safe Mode with very limited navigational functions included no flight logging. Indeed, it was so limited that it was basically useless. I flew with a paper map instead. After flying I...
May 9th 21 04:23 AM
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