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    Eclipse Experimentals & Oddities

    I took my son to the Wyoming Eclipse Paramotor Fly In on the 4000 acre Kusma Ranch. We met a whole bunch of really high quality people. I got to fly my new paramotor Sunday, And climbed a hill to view the eclipse in totality Monday. The boy and I were both moved by it.
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    Amelia Earhart - New Photo

    Turns out the photo was published two years before she disappeared. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/smithsonian-curator-photo-allegedly-shows-amelia-earhart-japanese-captivity-180963964/
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    Aviation Related Books (Novels and Biographies)

    Nevil Shute's "Round The Bend" is well worth reading.
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    Single-ignition VW

    Or perhaps a Peltier junction on the exhaust.
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    Powered paraglider plans

    Purely out of curiosity, I wonder if scratch building a powered paraglider, but using a store bought wing, would meet the 51% rule for an "N' numbered homebuilt. The motive of course would be to fly with a passenger. I imagine this situation has probably already been visited with home built...
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    201 stainless tubing for fusl. structure?

    Flooding the back side of the weld to prevent sugaring (corrosion) of the weld which leaves stress risers for cracking. At the end of this video you can see the difference between purging the back of the weld and not purging. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02U0H15_WEg
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    201 stainless tubing for fusl. structure?

    Back gassing stainless would be a lot of work too.
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    The humble Port-A-Band

    I bought one of these, love it. http://www.swagoffroad.com/SWAG-V10-Portaband-Table-_p_64.html
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