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    03-21-2023, 03:25 PM
    Dave- Thanks for the flight video. Question: is the right hand turning prop a result of the gearbox or does the engine go that way, anyway? (You...
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    03-21-2023, 03:12 PM
    JamesCaird replied to a thread Best aviation books in The Bilge
    Many good books here (Gann-Fate is the Hunter, S Exupery, and several books on flying Alaska.) Lindberg and Ann Morrow's books about their exploits...
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    03-20-2023, 03:53 PM
    JamesCaird replied to a thread How to save money. in The Bilge
    All examples of "MIssion Drift." when you go Off Purpose. also known here as "Thread Drift" One of my friends refers to it as "Branchitis", where...
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    03-19-2023, 06:02 PM
    The "Aviator" was not too bad. The H-1 was a real airplane and the one in the movie was a replica painstakenly built. It performed for othe movie...
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    03-17-2023, 11:52 AM
    "Are birds free from the chains of the skyways?" R. Zimmerman
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    03-13-2023, 08:13 PM
    JamesCaird replied to a thread I want this . . . in The Bilge
    Ted- My guess is the above top photo is in the Netherlands. Commuting this way is normal and people tend to follow the rules and be respectful. I...
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    03-13-2023, 08:05 PM
    JamesCaird replied to a thread Aquitania in The Bilge
    Hi all- this is amazing stuff- Thanks ACB. And Rob re: turbine speed- did not find an answer yet but the gear-less is something to consider. On...
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    03-13-2023, 10:25 AM
    JamesCaird replied to a thread I want this . . . in The Bilge
    Sorry, Ted, didn't mean to hijack the thread. Re: Noraly/ Itchy Boots- I thought that given the subject someone might enjoy some moving bikework...
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    03-13-2023, 08:17 AM
    JamesCaird replied to a thread I want this . . . in The Bilge
    You guys might enjoy following Noraly, a Dutch woman, who has been doing alot of riding: Last year she finished a trip from The Beagle Channel...
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    03-09-2023, 08:21 PM
    JamesCaird replied to a thread Tucker Carlson in The Bilge
    In the 22 seconds of the Zapruder film JFK and ensemble enjoyed a pleasant ride through Dallas on sunny afternoon.
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    03-09-2023, 08:00 PM
    JamesCaird replied to a thread Seat Belts in The Bilge
    But Ian in #3 and Dave in #4: I fly small airplanes, too. My passengers are always belted in but you don't need to tell them it's to keep them out...
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    03-08-2023, 12:16 PM
    The bilge pumps I use these days have load sensors rather than float switches. They are submerged (at least the suction) and cycle on every 5...
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    03-08-2023, 02:21 AM
    JamesCaird replied to a thread Paladin in The Bilge
    Ed- None of the numbers look correct for Paladin's Ham call sign. What country?
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    03-07-2023, 08:55 PM
    JamesCaird replied to a thread Paladin in The Bilge
    Paladin- I remember him and his stories from SE ASia and the various multihull gambits. I actually saved some to read through still. One of my...
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    03-07-2023, 08:20 AM
    JamesCaird replied to a thread JWST early galaxies in The Bilge
    Not sure if I get this 38micro sec/day making sense. After all, the satellites are orbiting earth so ultimately their displacement through space is...
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    03-06-2023, 09:10 PM
    JamesCaird replied to a thread conservatively rigged in The Bilge
    Back to Post #2 about James Caird: I do know something about the boat- much smaller than #1 photo with likely at third or less the volume. The...
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    03-03-2023, 04:53 PM
    JamesCaird replied to a thread slush in The Bilge
    Shackleton's ship (Endurance) wasn't lost really. Captain Worsley wrote down where it sank. Just saying.
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    03-03-2023, 03:43 PM
    JamesCaird replied to a thread Halleluja in The Bilge
    To Jack Loudon in #17, above: sorry it took too long for you to find Leonard Cohen. There is a vast catalog out there awaiting you. Halalelulia is...
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    02-26-2023, 02:02 PM
    In other small canals I have traversed their is often a collection (in a corral) of horses at the yards which step and unstep spars, left after...
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    02-22-2023, 10:48 PM
    JamesCaird replied to a thread Jimmy Carter in The Bilge
    Hi Guys- Back in 1976 i learned that candidate Carter had been in the US Navy and was in submarines. I had been in submarines myself by then, and...
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    02-22-2023, 04:32 PM
    JamesCaird replied to a thread Fall River Line in The Bilge
    Wow, side wheelers even, pretty nice. I can imagine a night run up or down the Sound (LI) in one of those: likely just a rumble of machinery- no...
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    02-22-2023, 11:39 AM
    Hi Guys- Last night I watched a couple of TV interviews of Georgia Grand Jury Foreperson, Emily Kohrs. Sorry to say that I did not find them very...
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