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    FAA actively recruiting workers who suffer "severe intellectual" disabilities and psychiatric problems

    https://www.foxnews.com/us/faas-diversity-push-includes-focus-hiring-people-severe-intellectual-psychiatric-disabilities.amp “On the FAA’s website, the agency states that people with "severe" mental and physical disabilities are the most underrepresented segment of the federal workforce.” I...
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    Parts For Sale FS: Lightspeed Zulu 3 (X3)

    On Sunday I messaged the seller since I was interested in headset. Holtzy3 appears to be a legitimate account with many valid posts. He messaged me back but the spelling and grammar issues as well as the sense of urgency in their response made me pause. Additionally, the price seemed too good to...
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    MOSAIC Rule Change

    Though four seaters may be allowed, sport pilots will only be allowed one passenger: “Regarding pilot certification, the FAA is proposing to allow sport pilots to operate airplanes that have a maximum seating capacity of four persons under § 61.316(c). However, sport pilots will continue to be...
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    The ramp queen...

    The CH750 stol that I built and fly is a very docile machine and easy to fly. I hear of similar behavior from 801s as well. However, it is draggy, drops like a rock when you chop the power, and energy dissipation is fast. The non-recoverable spin story sounds uncharacteristic based on what I...
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    100LL Ban - Not the story you expect

    My rotax 912iS has a knock sensor.
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    Crashes in the News - Thread

    I do a power-off/idle flare every time I land my 750 STOL. However, my trim is set on approach so that I have to apply a bit of back pressure and I also have elevator VGs. Both of these help with elevator authority during touch down. Flare is very short, not like a cessna but more like my old...
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    Help / Brain Cells Request Continental O-300 Problem

    This is right on the money. If you don't want to lose sleep at night, do NOT become a student of Mike Busch or watch the video below. Pulling cylinders in the field is scary business.
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