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Always Have an Out: The SLD Incident

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Flying westbound toward Rochester at 6,000 feet, I traversed a variety of unique cloudscapes, blasting through them with impunity courtesy of an IFR clearance An overcast layer deprived Rochester's cityscape of its fullest color potential. Toronto Center, Cherokee Four Eight One is picking up ice and needs a descent to 5,000 feet."

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Farewell Flight Turns Fatal in Cairns

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As ground staff at the airport, the pilot had security codes for access and was able to walk straight to the hangar. The hangar held three helicopters. The two larger helicopters blocked the hangar door from closing, so the hangar was left open. He drove to Cairns Airport. The fuel caught on fire.

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Delving into the Delmarva

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I departed the Williamson-Sodus Airport solo at 8:00 am and picked up my instrument clearance in the air from a Rochester Approach controller with a familiar voice. I exited the terminal parking lot and walked east toward the hangar housing the museum. Within those hangars, I found a number of treasures. For Tilting at.?

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The Flying Bear Goes to Beantown | Part 4, Going Missed

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But I accepted the clearance knowing that I could change it with a local Approach control like Syracuse. Once on with Syracuse, I decided to rectify the inefficient routing at the end of my instrument clearance and requested direct to Sodus from the Syracuse VOR. This was even better than I requested.

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Day 1: EBKT-EGPC-BIEG-BIRK – Along the Blue Spruce Routes to the USA

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And so we landed without any issue and taxied via Charlie to the Apron, arriving at the first location of the Blue Spruce Routes because we saw all the old WW2 hangars in various state of repair or disrepair … Wick is a classic stop-over for ferry pilots in both directions. after DEVBI with Iceland Radio.

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Into the Flight Restricted Zone | Part 1, Of PINs and Prop Locks

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When I contacted Rochester Approach, the controller came back with, "Are you looking for your clearance to College Park?" I answered in the affirmative, received my clearance, and was given a climb to 6,000 feet as the rain streaked over my windscreen. Shouldn't he have my full clearance? But no ice formed that morning.

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Seventh Time is the Charm: The Skyline Route

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Reservations about Reservations "Hangars Cafe, how can I help you?" "Do On July 21, 2024 we departed the Rochester area in three airplanes carrying a total of ten people for an incredible view of Manhattan with lunch afterward at Hangars Cafe on the field at the Sky Acres Airport (44N). Do you take reservations?" "It It depends.