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Today I purchased a 1/4 share in a Cessna 172-I, N35388. The airplane was built 9 years before I was born, but has been well maintained and updated over the years to keep it from getting too out-of-d

Used yesterday to make short work (ha!) of 1500+ lbs of cement. Robby was the designated waterboy. Needless to say, my formerly orange wheel barrow is now silver. I've cut and notched six of the nin

Well, here are a few lessons learned (and re-learned) today:

1. Always brief the departure procedure given by clearance delivery.
2. When the line

Well, here are a few lessons learned (and re-learned) today:

1. Always brief the departure procedure given by clearance delivery.
2. When the line

So, I’ve been an official Macintosh user for a few months now.

As a whole, it has been an enlightening experience. I don’t miss the security issues of Windows, and with few exc

This weekend, we had a sales-tax holiday in Georgia. Computer components were among the tax-free items, so I decided to b

I am tired from 4 hours paddling today. But I had so much fun with friends this weekend hiking along the co

Used yesterday to make short work (ha!) of 1500+ lbs of cement. Robby was the designated waterboy. Needless to say, my formerly orange wheel barrow is now silver. I've cut and notched six of the nin

Little trainer airplane engines are called "reciprocating" because of the back and forth movement of the pistons. Horizontally-opposed is a popular arrangement for the cylinders, because they're smal

I hadn’t flown the Arrow for a couple of weeks so I booked it for Saturday morning. The early weekend forecasts sounded good, with high pressure and nice clear skies. So imagine my surprise to ope

While I'm thinking about important conservation programmes that we can all help out simply by visiting and spending a little money, how about the critically-important Ile aux Aigrettes in Mauritiu

Meet the Yellow Peril

A colleague mailed me yesterday with the following piece of 'advice' he was given by an instructor on a conversion course (a course that has to be taken by airline crew transferring from one fleet

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