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EAA Seaplane Base at AirVenture 2018 - EAA

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There are a lot of ways to get to the EAA Seaplane Base during AirVenture, but the best is also the most obvious - flying in by seaplane. Ride along in a classic Grumman Goose and take a tour of this idyllic aviation haven with a look back at some of the highlights from the area during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2018.

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GoPro: Introducing HERO7 Black - Shaky Video is Dead - GoPro

This is HERO7 Black, the most advanced GoPro ever. With HyperSmooth stabilization, you get insanely smooth, gimbal‑like video - without the gimbal. And with TimeWarp, you can capture mesmerizing, stabilized time lapse video as you move through a scene. There's also a new SuperPhoto mode that delivers the best, most brilliant images automatically. Want to stream amazing moments as they happen? Now you can with live

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Pilot Destination Update - Bethel Outdoor Adventure Campground, Bethel, ME

"Great getaway!! Within 2 hours of landing at OB1 we had our tent set up and we were paddling a canoe on a 10 mile trip back to our campsite. A fuel stop, cheapest around, turned into a 2 night stay. Two good restaurants a mini mart and BBQ within a 5 min walk, pet friendly too! Good times! " - Submitted by Shaun Harkins.
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New Aviation Event - Loss of Control Seminar, Madison, WI - Monday, Oct 15, 2018

FAA Faast Team member Jurg Grosenbacher will be discussing a loss of control fatal accident at Wisconsin's Ephraim Airport in Door County in 2016. The private pilot was flying a passenger, who was a student pilot, home after her completion of a lesson with a flight instructor. During the night arrival to a nontowered airport, the pilot descended to about 150 ft above the ground on an extended right base to the runway. He subsequently flew across the runway's final approach course and began a left turn away from the runway, which continued for about 300° until impact with 50-ft-tall trees.

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Power On Stalls - ERAUSpecialVFR

One of the first maneuvers every pilot must master is the recognition of the onset of a stall and the proper recovery technique from that stall.

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New Aviation Event - Fly-In Breakfast, San Antonio, TX - Saturday, Oct 13, 2018

Come Join EAA Chapter 35 for Breakfast! We'll begin serving about 0900. Breakfast is free for those who fly in. A donation is requested from other guests. Please check the latest newsletter at www.35.org for details. See Y'all then!

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How to Lean the Mixture During Taxi to Prevent Plug Fouling - Rod Machado

Here's quick video on how to lean the mixture during taxi to prevent plug fouling. Check out more great Instructional Books and Videos at Rod Machado's Aviation Products!

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Mayday on Take Off and P-51 Qualifying Reno Air Races! - FlightChops

Great coverage of the Reno Qualifying!

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New Aviation Event - Galveston Island 150 Air Race, Galveston, TX - Saturday, Sep 29, 2018

Open to all pilots and propeller driven aircraft. A Sport Air Racing League Championship Point event. Added HANDICAP class. Flying starts at 1:00pm. Fun, fair and safe. Trophies, awards and prizes. Fly the 10 turn Texas Twister course. Check in closes at 10:30

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How Much Does It Cost To Get Your Private Pilot License | HOW TO SAVE MONEY - Aviation Guys

In this video, The Aviation Guys give you a great breakdown on how much it will cost to get your Private Pilot License, or Private Pilot Certificate.

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AOPA Live - The Ultimate Float Plane and New Avionics - AOPALive

See how Aerocet floats make for smooth sailing in the Quest Kodiak 100 Series II, and a new FBO spells less trouble in Heber City, Utah. Also this week, putting the Unpanel to the test in a Zenith kitplane.

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New Aviation Event - Free admission with Downloadable Coupon, Glenville, NY - Saturday, Sep 22, 2018

At 250 Rudy Chase Dr. Glenville, NY The Empire State Aerosciences Museum will open its doors free of charge Saturday, September 22, 2018 from 10 am to 4 pm as part of Smithsonian magazine's fourteenth annual Museum Day Live, a National celebration of boundless curiosity in which participating museums emulate the free admission policy at the Smithsonian Institution's Washington DC-based museums. Museum Day tickets are available for download at Smithsonian.com/MuseumDay Visitors who present a Museum Day ticket will gain free entrance for two people to the Empire State Aerosciences Museum on September 22, 2018. One ticket is permitted per email address. The Empire State Aerosciences Museum is a one-of-a-kind cultural resource located at the Schenectady County Airport in the Town of Glenville, at the site of the former General Electric Flight Test Center. Dedicated to interpreting aviation, particularly as related to New York State, the museum offers visitors a variety of enjoyable and educational experiences, including interpretive exhibits, a spectacular collection of restored aircraft, the State's largest aviation library and school programs. Exhibits include the enemy aircraft in the film Top Gun, scale model of the Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi built for the film Tora, Tora, Tora and a mockup of Amelia Earhart's Lockheed 10, used in the TV movie The Final Flight. Contact info: 518 377-2191

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New Aviation Event - 55th Annual Fly-in, Wichita, KS - Saturday, Oct 6, 2018

Chapter 88's largest event of the year, and will be at Colonel James Jabara Airport (KAAO), Wichita, KS. This year, our 55th annual fly-in will be October 6th. Check our Facebook page @88EAA. Free Young Eagle Flights (ages 8-17), R/C Aircraft Display, Model Rocket Display, Candy Drop, Young Builder Activities, Helicopter Rides, Warbird Rides, Airplane Display & Judging, Flight Competitions, Glider Rides, 3rd Ann. Ercoupe Stampede. Gates open 8AM-4PM.

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Starting to understand the Reno Air Races! - FlightChops

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Density Altitude - the Triple H Effect - Air Safety Institute

What causes density altitude and how does it affect my airplane? Find the answer to these questions and learn a quick and easy step to ensuring maximum aircraft performance when density altitude is a factor in your area.

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Bethel Outdoor Adventure Campground - Bethel, ME

Bethel Outdoor Adventure Campground is situated within a mile of airport, offering river trip renta...

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Veldhuizen Cheese Shoppe - Dublin, TX

Veldhuizen Cheese is hand-crafted artisan cheese made in Texas. We are a family farm that cares pass...

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Dublin Bottling Works - Dublin, TX

Dublin Bottling Works, one of the oldest producers and distributors of bottled soda in the United St...

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Things Celtic - Dublin, TX

Since 1997, selling some of the finest Celtic products from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall and C...

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Dublin Municipal Airport - Dublin, TX

Friendly small town airport. Pilots passengers get a free Dublin Bottling Works soda every time the...

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Cheap Fuel, Best Staff, GREAT Restaurant - Sweet Briar, VA

Best stop for the $100.00 hamburger in Virginia! Simply Suzanne's has great food, monstrous portions...

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Bessie's Diner - Janesville, WI

New restaurant on field. Very good...

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Hampton Airfield - New Hampshire Seacoast - North Hampton, NH

At the Hampton Airfield you can take a short Uber/Taxi to the Hampton Beach where you can spend a fu...

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Ponderosa Lodge and Golf - Lock Haven, PA

The Ponderosa Lodge and Golf has a private 1/2 mile asphalt airstrip that is available to the public...

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Aviation Videos!

Breakfast With the Metal Mistress - FunPlacesToFly.com

Evening Storm - No Flyin' this Afternoon! - FunPlacesToFly.com

AirVenture Oshkosh - Builders and Bombers - FunPlacesToFly.com

Powered Aircraft Tow for Cessna's! PLUS a C172 flight to Commerce, TX - FunPlacesToFly.com

Part 2 - GoPro Session 5 FOV Compare - Split Screen Version - FunPlacesToFly.com

GoPro Session 5 Field of View Aerial Compare: Good-bye Fish-eye! - FunPlacesToFly.com

Lightspeed Zulu 3 Aviation Headset Unboxing - FunPlacesToFly.com

Mark, Darron and Rob's new Sport Cruiser Aircraft! - FunPlacesToFly.com

Cessna 172 - Weight and Balance Calculation - FunPlacesToFly.com

B-29 Bomber - FiFi's Rudder Refurb - FunPlacesToFly.com

The New Sky Beacon ADS-B Out System - Review - FunPlacesToFly.com

EAA Chapter 1246 1st Saturday Coffee Donut Get Together - FunPlacesToFly.com

Aviation Blogs!

Synthetic Vision Capability Added to iFly GPS - Adventure Pilot, LLC.

Adventure Pilot has announced the addition of synthetic vision capability to their iFly GPS system. This new feature provides a 3D terrain view, detailed obstruction icons and many other elements that allow pilots to have a better understanding of their surroundings. Synthetic Vision is available as a free upgrade with any paid iFly GPS subscription.

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Those thrilling days of yesteryear... - Tom Speerstra

As boys growing up in the rural Midwest, my brother and I were very fortunate to have been fetched up across the road from a small sod landing strip. As a result we were both bitten by the aviation bug at a young age. I have many fond memories of lying in the tall grass at the foot of a walnut tree on the edge of the field watching the Sunday flyers carve circles around our little sod strip in the hollow in the hills.

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Flying At Night - Clayviation.com

One of my first flights was at night. I was a passenger in a Cessna 172 on a hop up to Chattanooga. The pilot was my friend and future instructor. I was still a little uneasy about flying - something that a few hours of flight training helped to take away. Every so often I would look below and a tinge of uneasiness would make me wonder how I had gotten up there, but the opposing force was the twinkling lights below and the calm stillness of the air around us. So what's different about flying at night?

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Aviate, Navigate, Communicate - A Pilot's Priority Checklist - Clayviation.com

It's a common practice for a checkride examiner to try to distract the pilot applicant. Ah yes, the old 'drop the pen' trick. Here's how it goes. You're a student pilot taking your checkride to become a certificated pilot. In the right seat, your examiner sits with a clipboard. You are flying the airplane and performing various tasks and maneuvers at the request of the examiner. Each task asked of you requires a certain degree of competency to satisfy its requirements. Maintaining plus or minus 100 feet of the assigned altitude, for instance. After a few of these, you grow accustomed to the examiner proverbially asking you to jump and you responding, proverbially, with 'how high?'

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Four Ways To Master Your Airplane's GPS On The Ground - Clayviation.com

We got ahead of some developing weather in Nashville and the route had cleared nicely for my final leg home. It was a smooth ride in a low workload environment - the kind that is easy to get bored or complacent. But a good pilot always has something to do, so I made the most of the cruise. One of the uses I found for my time was to gain a deeper understanding of the avionics in the airplane.

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Down To The Basics of BasicMed - Clayviation.com

There are a few critical things that every pilot needs to fly. You might be thinking those things are money, fuel, and airspeed, often in that order. True, but today we're talking about two documents that every pilot must have with them to fly; their pilot certificate and a medical certificate.

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Understanding Zulu Time - Clayviation.com

What time is it right now? Look at your watch or your phone. Your answer will likely differ from mine and others, even if we are all checking at the same moment in time. Think about the strike of midnight on New Years Eve, marking the turn of the new year.

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Lessons Learned From Cessna 172 Accidents - Clayviation.com

It's not hard to convince anyone that flying is an incredible way to travel. It's faster and often more convenient than other modes of transportation. It's the times when things go wrong that people fear the most.

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Weight A Moment: Weight And Balance Explained - Clayviation.com

'Alright, you can go with us, but we'll have to go with half full tanks.' The amount of seats in an airplane can be deceiving. I fly a Cessna 172, which has four seats, but carrying four people is rarely a reality. To know what I can carry, I have to run some weight and balance calculations.

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Two Methods To Develop Decent Descent Planning - Clayviation.com

We know that what goes up must come down, but when I was in flight training, I always had a hard time determining exactly when to come down. I'd tend to begin my descent to an airport too late, when it was in clear view, leaving me with a more rapid descent than ideal.

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Six Easy Steps To Create Your Passenger Briefing - Clayviation.com

Any time I run through my checklists and get to the 'Passenger Briefing' line, I can't help but think back to a scene from the movie Tommy Boy. David Spade and Chris Farley are posing as flight attendants and get stuck with the passenger briefing. 'Exits! Ok there's one back here, and there's uh, probably one over by the wing...somewhere...usually...' I'm always tempted to throw that line out, at least when other pilots fly with me.

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Flight to East Tawas, Michigan - Fly Girl Journal

This past Saturday, April 8 brought with it a bright sunny day here in West Michigan. It had been some time since we had been 'wheels up' so Randy and I decided it was time to climb into the Navion and set out on another adventure.

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