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You Know You're a Diamond Pilot When ...
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- greg
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Re: You Know You're a Diamond Pilot When ...
You hope that other pilot pre-flighting their plane doesn't see you. "Ooh, is that a Diamond? What's it like?" And there goes your 15 minute last light buffer...
- Sandy
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Re: You Know You're a Diamond Pilot When ...
... you get at least one unsolicited letter a week from someone wanting to purchase your DA40.
... “The Warmth of the Sun” is not just a Beach Boys tune.
... the word “corked” has no relation to wine.
... “The Warmth of the Sun” is not just a Beach Boys tune.
... the word “corked” has no relation to wine.
- Rich
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Re: You Know You're a Diamond Pilot When ...
You drop something, it slithers out of sight along the side of the front seat and you have to drag out the wrenches and Samuel L. Jackson's "Compleat Book of Magic Incantations".
2002 DA40-180: MT, PowerFlow, 530W/430W, KAP140, ext. baggage, 1090 ES out, 2646 MTOW, 40gal., Surefly, Flightstream 210, Orion 600 LED, XeVision, Aspen E5
- Lou
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Re: You Know You're a Diamond Pilot When ...
YkyaaDpw...
When you enjoy spectacular visibility on every flight.
When you enjoy spectacular visibility on every flight.
- gordsh
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Re: You Know You're a Diamond Pilot When ...
When you are practicing stalls and the DA40 asks you "are you sure you want to stall" like 10 times ...then gracefully buffets, then stalls.
- Rich
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Re: You Know You're a Diamond Pilot When ...
When a full-flap go-around from 3 ft. AGL is no big deal.
2002 DA40-180: MT, PowerFlow, 530W/430W, KAP140, ext. baggage, 1090 ES out, 2646 MTOW, 40gal., Surefly, Flightstream 210, Orion 600 LED, XeVision, Aspen E5
- RMarkSampson
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Re: You Know You're a Diamond Pilot When ...
pass by the fuel pump because you only burned 3 gallons of fuel to get there...