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Offline vonKrimm

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Today is National Aviation Day in the U.S.
« on: August 19, 2009, 09:21:32 AM »
Now get out there and fly something!
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Offline Strip

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Re: Today is National Aviation Day in the U.S.
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2009, 09:30:38 AM »
Do paper airplanes count?

About all I can afford.....
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Offline oakranger

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Re: Today is National Aviation Day in the U.S.
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2009, 01:21:50 PM »
The only thing that i can do is go in the back yard and run around making airplane nose.
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Offline vonKrimm

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Re: Today is National Aviation Day in the U.S.
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2009, 02:33:49 PM »
Quote from: Strip on August 19, 2009, 09:30:38 AM
Do paper airplanes count?

About all I can afford.....

best part is that they cost nothing to fix too!

Quote from: oakranger on August 19, 2009, 01:21:50 PM
The only thing that i can do is go in the back yard and run around making airplane nose.

you are just weird.  :P
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Offline Clone155

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Re: Today is National Aviation Day in the U.S.
« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2009, 08:39:35 PM »
Quote from: oakranger on August 19, 2009, 01:21:50 PM
The only thing that i can do is go in the back yard and run around making airplane nose.
I needed that smile  :lol
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Offline eagl

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Re: Today is National Aviation Day in the U.S.
« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2009, 08:45:02 PM »
I got my flight today... it was short (.4 hrs) but it was a checkride and the student appreciated the brevity.
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Offline 1Duke1

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Re: Today is National Aviation Day in the U.S.
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2009, 12:29:08 AM »
Quote from: eagl on August 19, 2009, 08:45:02 PM
I got my flight today... it was short (.4 hrs) but it was a checkride and the student appreciated the brevity.

.4??? Launch right into the pattern??

Hell, in the Tomcat, it took .4 just to finish all the troubleshooting to get out of the line :aok
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Re: Today is National Aviation Day in the U.S.
« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2009, 07:59:11 AM »
Quote from: eagl on August 19, 2009, 08:45:02 PM
I got my flight today... it was short (.4 hrs) but it was a checkride and the student appreciated the brevity.

my checkride took .5........and this was with an examiner that is/was notorious for taking minimum of 1.5 on his checkrides.  :D
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Offline eagl

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Re: Today is National Aviation Day in the U.S.
« Reply #8 on: August 20, 2009, 08:08:51 AM »
Quote from: 1Duke1 on August 20, 2009, 12:29:08 AM
.4??? Launch right into the pattern??

Hell, in the Tomcat, it took .4 just to finish all the troubleshooting to get out of the line :aok

Yea, the guy only needed pattern work for this checkride so we went up, flew a couple of patterns, and landed.
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Re: Today is National Aviation Day in the U.S.
« Reply #9 on: August 20, 2009, 08:09:37 AM »
Quote from: CAP1 on August 20, 2009, 07:59:11 AM
my checkride took .5........and this was with an examiner that is/was notorious for taking minimum of 1.5 on his checkrides.  :D

Don't get a big head about it...  The examiner probably had to poop.
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Offline CAP1

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Re: Today is National Aviation Day in the U.S.
« Reply #10 on: August 20, 2009, 08:31:29 AM »
Quote from: eagl on August 20, 2009, 08:09:37 AM
Don't get a big head about it...  The examiner probably had to poop.

:rofl :rofl :rofl

i'm not. he ran me through a couple quick things......the weather sucked, the ceilings were low....i think he just wanted his fee personally.

it's ok though......because regardless of my currency, i fly with a cfi every 6 or 7 months anyway.
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Offline BlueJ1

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Re: Today is National Aviation Day in the U.S.
« Reply #11 on: August 20, 2009, 10:22:31 AM »
I dont wana go flying today. Means more dumb arse pilots right out of Annapolis creating more maintenance for me.   
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Re: Today is National Aviation Day in the U.S.
« Reply #12 on: August 20, 2009, 03:35:49 PM »
Quote from: oakranger on August 19, 2009, 01:21:50 PM
The only thing that i can do is go in the back yard and run around making airplane nose.

Lol
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