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RE: Skybus "divert" To BOS?

<i>Either they had a high minimums Captain or a F/O without the requisite time in the seat to make a CAT III landing or their aircraft are only CAT I or CAT II certified. Rwy 16/34 at PSM is certainly able to handle approaches to very low mins. </i> No CAT III at PSM. Boston (4R) and Manchester (35)...

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RE: Skybus "divert" To BOS?

They held for a while this morning, but the Rwy 34 RVR never got high enough for them to land, so they had to divert.

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RE: Need Help Identifying Mystery DC-10 Out Of McGuire

I'll bet the call sign was inadvertantly mis-coded in the FAA system... The tankers up here doing <acronym title="Aerolineas Argentinas (Argentina)">AR</acronym> for the CAP were using "TankerXX" call-signs. Perhaps instead of coding TKR30 or something, they used "<acronym title="Tokushima (TKS / RJ...

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RE: Pease Air Show

I believe that the NHANG decided not to do a show this year. They were originally planning on a small show in 2006, with a large show next year.

At some point in the next couple of years, I would expect to see some sort of a show.

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RE: How Much For Multi-Engine Rating?

To be on the safe side, I would plan $15,000 to do the Single Engine land and the Instrument rating - keeping in mind that you'll need to build some cross-country time on your own prior to getting the instrument rating. The multi will likely be around $3-5,000 more. Then it's time-building, time-bui...

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RE: Damn Good West-Wing Episode On Now

Was it supposed to be scripted or entirely ad-libbed?

Honestly, while watching it my impression was "boy this is a train wreck".. But I never really got into that show to begin with.

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RE: New Hampshire ANG KC-135 Question

I believe that Pease ANGB is actually on federal land (as opposed to State of <acronym title="All-Nippon Airways (Japan)">NH</acronym>).. As I recall, it was the land retained by the feds after the AFB closed. For what it's worth. Their aircraft actually seem to fly pretty frequently - there always ...

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RE: Jeb's Son Arrested In Texas

http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll...cle?AID=/20050917/NEWS08/109170064

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RE: Cessna Lands On Pa Turnpike

The Cessna was EZ-Pass equiped !!

Well, they do call them "transponders" for a reason!

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RE: The Official Homestar Runner Thread

I too prefer 'The Cheat'. Talk about a cool character

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RE: This Is A Glass Cockpit

Personally, I'm wondering where about the absence of a secured flight deck door. The TSA is bound to be fuming about this one.

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RE: Passengers Sue Over Really Rough Landing

It sounds as if they landed the thing on the nose gear.. Believe it or not it can, and has been done before on 767's. LAB did it last year in La Paz as well. It would be interesting to see the incident report, that's for sure. Of course, it's a good thing they weren't flying with me today. Thud x3. ...

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RE: Impact Of The Pentagon's Tanker Decision On Brac?

I believe that some of the tankers from March and Grand Forks may be going into Guard units. Bangor currently operates E's, but I believe the plan is to transition them to 12 'R' models at some point.

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RE: Your Radio Comm. Pet Peeves

My big thing is "With you".. I know a lot of (most) pilots do it, and even I will occasionally ("Tower 123AB with you for 35, good evening"), but it's just a very minor pet peeve. <i>1) I guess when keying the mic, pilots decide to make sure the beginning of their transmission isn't cut off so they ...

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RE: Question On "Dump And Burn"?

I posted this once before... but it's worth the rerun. There was a story of a fellow that dumped and burned as he departed <acronym title="Canadian Regional Airlines">KI</acronym> Sawyer AFB several years ago, enroute to Pease. Apparently the residual rubber on the runway and the spruce trees along ...

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RE: Ice Hockey Singer Trys!

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RE: Ice Hockey Singer Trys!

It looks like one of the players standing on the bench behind her was Chris Draper from the Red Wings.. Which reminds me, why weren't the teams lined up on the blue lines for the national anthem(s)? Kind of wierd.

Gotta love minor league hockey games though.

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RE: Who Has A Blackberry?

I have a Cingular 7290, and have experience with numerous models and carriers. Mine uses a Blackberry Enterprise Server (BEES) and has hooks into our enterprise mail system. <i>Is it worth it?</i> Yeah, definitely. Especially for staying in touch when you're away from the office, or traveling. <i>Do...

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RE: Brac (Base Realignment And Closure) Is Coming...

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RE: The New BOS Runway To Be Completed In 2006!

They better get friggen cracking on it, if they want to have it done in 2006!! Runways don't tend to spring up out of the ground over night

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RE: B-52 Bases

There was a Kincheloe AFB in Michigan, perhaps that was renamed?
Kincheloe was closed in the late 1970's

You can also add Plattsburgh and Wurtsmith to your list... and Pease, way back when.

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RE: Brac (Base Realignment And Closure) Is Coming...

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RE: Mass. Institute Of Technology B-707-300

It is based in Bedford, though it spends a bit of time up at Pease now and again.

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RE: External Landing Gear Indicator

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RE: How To Cope When The Girlfriend Says....

I'm not necessarily an of expert on this (being a guy), but it's my understanding that Ortho (and I would guess other hormone-based contraceptives) may change a woman's cycle, as far as timing or occurance is concerned. I believe that diet and certainly stress can also play a role. Has she been on B...

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RE: DeLay's Own Tragic Crossroads

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RE: Long Lines A Potential Terrorist Target

I really need to start watching my back when I'm in line to get a sandwich at Subway!

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RE: Drunk AA Pax LAX-JFK 3/18 Dies In Flight

Can't wait to see the lawsuits over this one... as ridiculous as it will undoubtedly be.

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RE: Major Airports W/o. Precision Approaches

I believe that St. Maarten only has a VOR approach (and perhaps RNAV?).

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RE: West Michigan Tracon

I guess that doesn't really surprise me. Muskegon's Tracon is basically an old TRSA, which is relatively underutilized. I can't speak for K-Zoo, but I know that Grand Rapids is fairly busy. Lansing is as well. The FAA has been pretty big on regional TRACON's as of late... NORCAL, SOCAL, New York, Po...

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RE: Car Insurance - How Does It Work?

Source: <a href="http://info.insure.com/auto/minimum.html" target=_blank>http://info.insure.com/auto/minimum.html</a> . I make no claims as to the site's validity. Auto insurance isn't as profitable as some folks think.. Especially in some states (MA, for example) There are some -very- risky custome...

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RE: Car Insurance - How Does It Work?

New Hampshire, S. Carolina, Virginia and Wisconsin do not presently require liability insurance.

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RE: Pueblo Plane Crash: Need An Ambulance Chaser?

They put out an almost-identical release after the Challenger deal in Teterboro a few weeks ago...

Not overly surprising, all in all. Not exactly the most sensitive way of promoting a "business", eh?

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RE: Will NW DTW-MQT-CMX Ever Resume?

I really hope so. It's kind of annoying flying into Houghton via Minneapolis when you live on the east coast. I have also found that it seems to be a little less expensive for me when I fly through Detroit. The stop at <acronym title="Canadian Regional Airlines">KI</acronym> Sawyer is well worth it,...

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RE: 2006 Dodge Charger 4 Doors Good Or Bad Ideal?

Well, it's going to be a great Police Package in a couple of years - but the purests are not at all happy about the 4-doors..

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RE: The Apprentice

Horrible, horrible, horrible effort tonight - this coming from a guy who doesn't really know much about marketing campaigns, and even less about body wash. I love watching the show, because it's just so funny! Let's put it this way, common sense isn't really a prevailing theme <img src="/discu...

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RE: PHL Going Ahead With 17-35 Extension!

Lengthening 17/35 ought to be interesting - I'm thinking that it will actually be more valuable for non-commercial aircraft. Philly has a good amount of non-commercial traffic (Business jets,etc). But many probably can't accept a 5000' runway for takeoffs? Atlantic is located very close to 17/35. As...

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RE: Crosstalk On UA Ch 9 On 767s?

I know what you are referring to. Both the 75 and 76 seem to exhibit this behavior...

https://www.airliners.net/discussions/tech_ops/read.main/53061/

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RE: Crazy Wireless WiFi Router, Help!

Part of me thinks that it might not be the router - especially if you don't encounter any performance issues when you connect via a network cable. If you are using Atheros (the onboard wireless antenna/client), you might want to remove the "device" from the device manager, and re-add it. You might a...

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RE: Sammy Sosa-Baltimore Bound

Sounds like a good deal for the Cubs. Even though they will end up paying part of Sosa's (high) 2005 salary, he isn't getting any younger, and he will probably end up in a <acronym title="Atlantic Coast Airlines (USA)">DH</acronym> role very soon. Slowly but surely his hitting numbers have been trai...

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RE: Apology From An American Veteran

Entirely off topic, but the President's tie would make a cool JetBlue tail design.

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RE: Just Saw Paris Hilton And Nickole Richie At Se

she isnt a movie star or anything like that

Well........ Um.... Not entirely true.

Ought to be an interesting episode, though.

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RE: UN Security Council Chief Stopped By Miami's T

Perhaps if the gentleman cannot bear a delay while he is traveling, he should consider a private jet.

>Security did their job.<

No, they did not

Yes, they did. They have an obligation to investigate a complaint, regardless of its supposed validity.

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RE: Jaguar Unveils New Lightweight Coupe

That chrome intake/vent/whatever in front of the doors looks terrible. The rest of the car leaves me with the impression that something is missing - especially in the nose (Not to mention the nose looks like a Cavalier/Taurus imbreed). Perhaps Forest Green / British Racing Green would change my mind...

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RE: Sometimes, Midwest Weather Just Sucks!

I love winter. Honestly. My days in college of five consecutive months of snow (aka every day), and cold brings back fond memories

In the winter, New England reminds me of Florida, for comparitive sake.

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RE: C-17 Cockpit Question

That is definitely a KC-135R flight deck.

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RE: USAir - Jan 15 May Be Last Day

<i>The plane left <acronym title="Philadelphia - International (PHL / KPHL), USA - Pennsylvania">PHL</acronym> late</i> <i>.....<acronym title="Philadelphia - International (PHL / KPHL), USA - Pennsylvania">PHL</acronym> is my home airport, and I flew 60k+ miles last year...cannot say that I've ever...

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RE: M.I.T. 707-300 Flight?

That aircraft is based out of Hanscom AFB (Bedford), and I believe is a venture between MIT and the Air Force. I believe that they use the callsign "Research".

They are pretty frequent visitors to the Bangor/Pease/Hanscom facilities, as I recall.

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RE: Pan Am III Back In Business!

As far as I'm concerned, the folks at Pease need to stick it to Pan Am for the remainder of their lease at the field, and then wave goodbye - and good riddence.

My initial interest in the Guilford incarnation disappeared last year. With some of their latest stunts, they just need to disappear.

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RE: Maytag Neptune Washer/dryer Thoughts

My parents also have the front loading washer and dryer. I have only used them a few times, but they seem quite nice.

It also seems like they are very quiet, which is always a plus as far as I'm concerned.

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