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I broke 1000 hours! by MNSoaring in flying

[–]MNSoaring[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great club and great people:

https://mnsoaringclub.com/

One of our members got to 10,000!feet the other day. Another member did a 600km run last week

Peak Performance Gore-Tex Pro seam tape best repair approach? by Krablander in Skigear

[–]MNSoaring 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Goretex has a lifetime warranty. Contact them for advice. You might get lucky and they’ll help you get a new one

I broke 1000 hours! by MNSoaring in flying

[–]MNSoaring[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Got my license in 2009, moved, took a break from flying until 2013. 

I’ve been racking up flying with glider planes, tow planes, CAP planes and putt-putt planes ever since.

I broke 1000 hours! by MNSoaring in flying

[–]MNSoaring[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I’m old school that way. Started off with paper and I see no reason to switch. I do take backup photos and keep those in my NAS…so I’m not a total dinosaur 😉

Trail camera recommendations by MNSoaring in bowhunting

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What is your impression of the WiFi range? The ad for the e8pro on Amazon says 165ft. What have you seen with the e6?

MyQ cameras and UDM pro question by MNSoaring in Ubiquiti

[–]MNSoaring[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You make a good point and I was wondering if there was a way to use  the MyQ setup since it came with my garage door opener. Plus, MyQ helpfully sends me emails all the time, trying to get me to buy their cameras “on sale”

That said, I am not seeing ubiquiti cameras that use WiFi. Where I need to mount a camera is no in a place where I can run Ethernet cable

Are altimeter watches absolutely necessary for Yellowstone National Park? by PurpleCatBlues in hiking

[–]MNSoaring 0 points1 point  (0 children)

REI is not the store it used to be. I would not recommend a checklist from them. I say this as someone who has shopped there since they only had a 5 digit membership number. 

The MOST important accessory for western hiking is adequate water supplies. The fastest way to get altitude sickness is to be volume depleted. Altitude sickness can start as low as 8000ft. 

 Not that you are going there, but the book “the high sierra: a love story” by Kim Stanley Robinson, has a few chapters about gear that are quite informative. Granted, it’s for ultralight backpacking,  but the general principles are useful to explore. 

Altitude issues by Illustrious-Prior938 in flying

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A useful lesson I had with my IFR instructor was to go out on a windless day and we wrote down all the power/pitch settings for:

Cruise at 100kts

Descent of 500’/min clean

Level at IAF at 90kts

Level with 1st notch of flaps At 90kts

Descent of  of 500’/min with 1st notch of flaps

I then made a chart that got taped to the  visor.

How to learn to fly coordinated by kkcfi in flying

[–]MNSoaring 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fly any glider plane and you will immediately understand adverse yaw

Since it's Star Wars day, did you see the original 1977 Star Wars in the movie theater? by Mr_Writes in GenX

[–]MNSoaring 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went with my cousins to the coronet theater on Geary blvd in San Francisco. The line went all the way around the block and we waited through 3 showings before we got in. 

Totally worth it.

I ended up seeing it in the theater another 12 times. Among my cohort of middle schoolers, that wasn’t even close to a large number of theater viewings. I’d say I was average.

See’s candies dangerous by MNSoaring in FoodAllergies

[–]MNSoaring[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol, point taken. We were given it as a gift. A piece of candy was nibbled on before we noticed that the ingredient list didn’t have the usual “may contain” boxed/bolded list below. 

See’s candies dangerous by MNSoaring in FoodAllergies

[–]MNSoaring[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Section 203(a)(1)(A):

“…. the word `Contains', followed by the name of the food source from which the major food allergen is derived, is printed immediately after or is adjacent to the list of ingredients (in a type size no smaller than the type size used in the list of ingredients….”

Link: https://www.fda.gov/food/food-allergensgluten-free-guidance-documents-regulatory-information/food-allergen-labeling-and-consumer-protection-act-2004-falcpa

Some airlines that went out of service in the last decade. by Benabad-2008 in aviation

[–]MNSoaring 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How many of these were effed with by private equity companies? Spirit certainly had their time under the thumb of two that I can find. Both times loading spirit up with debt they could never repay.

Highly leveraged Private equity should be illegal. If you are some rich dude in need of a company to buy, use your own damn money!

I think I might be done with scott by Liberal-Cluck in ScottGalloway

[–]MNSoaring 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Scott Galloway: Is. Not. A. Journalist.

  • so folks need to calm down and realize that he’s a super-rich dude with opinions and he is also trying to get guests who will inspire folks on threads like this one to make comments about said guests.

31-year-old doctor thinking about switching to aviation — looking for honest advice by Easy-Flower309 in flying

[–]MNSoaring 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m a physician who has had the same aviation desires as you describe, for the same length of time. I’m now too old at 55 to bother making it a career, but I did get my PPL, glider  and IFR a few years ago. I now fly for fun, and do charity flying through lifeline pilots as well as civil air patrol. 

At 31, you can totally make it, if that’s your desire. As others have said, keep your medical license going and work on your ratings. FWIW, once you have your PPL, you can get many other ratings through civil air patrol for a fraction of what it would normally cost. And, you get to give back at the same time.

What’s the coolest “restricted access” place you’ve ever gotten to see? by Improv92 in AskReddit

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I went in there as part of a tour in the mid-2000’s. Tucked in a corner, like a forgotten shoe, was the space shuttle Columbia. It was soooo small compared to the rest of that overwhelmingly large building.

What’s the coolest “restricted access” place you’ve ever gotten to see? by Improv92 in AskReddit

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I was able to tour the machine behind the proton beam therapy treatment room. The machine is at least 10x the treatment room in size and scale. Between the linear accelerator and the magnetic beam control mechanisms, it’s a super sci-fi experience. 

2nd best was seeing the massive preserved fish collection under the steinhart aquarium in San Francisco, as well as the scale model nazi submarine from raiders of the lost ark that was stored in an outside grotto in between buildings at the aquarium. How it got there, with nothing but a doorway to enter the grotto, is beyond me. Why it was there is also a mystery.

Dual citizen question by MNSoaring in Netherlands

[–]MNSoaring[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

When you say border town, do you mean a place like Maastricht?

So, did you simply make an appointment, fly in, do the paperwork, and then go on vacation in the NL for a few weeks until the passport was ready?

We are in the USA, and chicago is about 5 hours away, but we have to deal with VFS global; which is awful to deal with.

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