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100 Hour Inspections

Friday, June 25th, 2010

There is a bit of confusion over when 100 hour inspections are required. Even AOPA is a bit confused. The FARs covering inspections are discussed in this post. The language covering 100-hour inspections needs to be read carefully. I can’t find the FAA opinion referenced in the following discussion, but it emphasizes the wording of […]

Earth’s Atmosphere

Monday, June 14th, 2010

This spectacular image of sunset on the Indian Ocean was taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The image presents an edge-on, or limb view, of the Earth’s atmosphere as seen from orbit. Read more at NASA. NASA has another view highlighting polar mesospheric clouds which occur near the boundary between the mesosphere […]


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