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Whenever it is time for a base inspection by the FAA, you sure would want your ducks in a row. Or chickens, in this case. And of course, you would want your chickens get rid of anything incriminating. My own …

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I have flown over a quarter of a century by now, and I still don’t feel super comfortable every time I do a checkride with the FAA. I have done more of those than I can count over the years …

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I have nothing but admiration for test pilots. I assume that nowadays the procedures and safety precautions are on a higher level than what they were in the “startup” phase of aviation. But it still takes guts to be the …

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I assume we should write a trigger warning for mechanics above this strip. But I guess, no matter the profession, everybody has experienced a situation where the “help” is actually, shall we say “counterproductive”. Fortunately, I work alone in my …

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