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Ramblings about flying for fun and profit

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  • Aviation Stories for April 13, 2012

    Happy Friday the 13th to you all.  Be sure to feed your black cat well today… which brings up the question: Why Friday the 13th rather than any other day?  Here’s Wikipedia’s effort to explain why today is supposed to be so much more unlucky than, say April 17th – the day your income taxes…

  • Aviation Articles for October 14, 2011

    Here are some flying articles that you may have missed this week: A TBM returns to Missoula This is from the Missoulian in Missoula, MT. The Museum of Mountain Flying in Missoula had recently acquired a Grumman TBM Avenger that was being used as a ‘slurry bomber’ fighting fires in Canada. What to do with…